Rosinda Casais

Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto

Rosinda Casais completed her degree in architecture in 2006 and graduated in fine arts in 2021 from the University of Porto. Additionally, she pursued postgraduate studies in architectural heritage intervention methodologies in 2008 and earned a master’s degree in architecture in 2023, focusing on the thesis ‘Margem Material: Material-thinking through the artistic-laboratory device Crude’. From 2004 to 2022, she worked with Atelier Peter Zumthor, Vinagre & Côrte-Real, Immopo Studio, Fahr 021.3, and Hethnomodern. Today, she is a researcher in the doctoral program in art education (i2ADS/FBAUP) and an FCT fellow (2022.09894.BD, Portugal). Her research centers on the field of artistic practice, exploring the intricacies of conception processes involving ways of doing and thinking through connections with materials, places, and interdisciplinary approaches. Her work encompasses architectural projects, artist books/objects/installations, and artistic-laboratory devices.

 

Theses title
TEIA (IN)COMUM, Investigation through artistic practice as/and ‘in-betweentimes’

FCT reference
2022.09894.BD

Abstract
“Teia (in)comum” is an art-based research project that explores ‘in-betweentimes’—periods of pause, transition, and collaboration—as key moments in artistic practice and territorial transformation. It focuses on the factors that sustain experimentation and collaboration, going beyond technical skills and creativity to emphasize the dynamics that foster community cohesion and territorial reconfiguration. The methodology is based on an analysis of six collaborative projects that address distinct needs in artistic practice: Coo195 (workspace), Crude (materials), Entre (exhibitions), Mural (projects), MINA (debates), and Teia (in)comum (colleagues). Each project contributes to an interconnected network that supports and enriches artistic practice, generating impacts on the surrounding communities. The research maps the ‘in-betweentimes,’ revealing how a common structure of Spaces, Materials, The Unexplored, Themes, Reflections, Serendipities, Intuitions, and Cross-Connections emerges and influences artistic practice. The study demonstrates how valuing ‘in-betweentimes’ strengthens community cohesion and generates new dynamics of interaction and territorial transformation.

Supervision
Filipa Cruz (supervision) and Clara Pimenta do Vale (co-supervision)

 

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