The Portuguese artist Rui Macedo and the curator Inês Valle will transformed a piece of concrete extracted from an Israeli border wall into ordinary yet profound objects. These artworks were subsequently acquired by collectors, and the proceeds were utilized to acquire land by the artist. The resultant harvest of olives, nurtured by this endeavour, has now become an artistic manifestation in the form of olive oil.

During his residency at the CERA PROJECT, Khaled Jarrar will expand his research on the Philistine People and the profound symbolism inherent in the olive tree and its oil–both emblematic of the steadfast resistance of the Palestinian people, these symbols will take centre stage as conduits of his residency, in a local clay master studio in the North of Portugal.

This residency programme has the support of Palácio Nacional de Mafra e DGArtes.

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Rui Macedo (b. 1976) is a visual artist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Recent exhibitions include: “Apparatus” (part 2) at MEIAC (Badajoz, 2024), curated by José Alberto Ferreira; “Quodlibet” at Neorealism Museum, curated by David Santos (Vila Franca de Xira, 2024); “Gaps, Fissures, and Other Pretenses” at the Travessa da Ermida Project, curated by João Pinharanda (Lisbon, 2021); “Sfumato” at Tabacalera, curated by Begoña Torres González (Madrid, 2019); “(In) dispensable or the Painting that Troubles the Museum Collection” at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Emília Ferreira (Lisbon, 2019); “(Land)Scaping Normative Thinking” at the Millennium BCP Foundation, curated by Raquel Henriques da Silva (Lisbon, 2017); and “In Situ: Letter of Intentions” at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (Brazil, 2015). He holds a PhD in Painting from FBAUL (2017). His works are part of several art collections, including Portuguese State Collection (PT), Culturgest (PT), Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea (PT), the Benetton Foundation/Imago Mundi Collection (IT), IVAM (ES), Museu Nacional da República (BR), Fundação D. Luís I (PT), MEIAC (ES), and MARGS (BR).

Inês Valle is an artist and curator born in Lisbon, Portugal.