The Tell.Me 2026 International Symposium Exhibition extends the symposium’s scientific commitment to biographical narratives into a shared transdisciplinary space where art, memory, media and society intersect. Organised between Macau, Portimão and São Paulo, Tell.Me has expanded beyond these founding geographies, bringing together artists and researchers from different parts of the world. The exhibition reflects a plurality of identities, memories and cultural perspectives, presenting narrative not only as representation, but also as a process of preservation, mediation and critical reflection.
The selected artworks explore how narratives are constructed, embodied, archived and transmitted through contemporary artistic and technological practices. Across diverse media and formats — including textile art, digital archives, XR installations, video art, sound experiences, performances and experimental digital platforms — memory emerges as a living and mutable structure that exists simultaneously within material, digital and hybrid environments. Together, the projects reveal how contemporary media ecologies transform the ways stories are remembered, shared and reinterpreted across time and space.
By integrating artistic creation within the context of an international scientific symposium, the exhibition reinforces the role of artistic practice as a form of research and knowledge production. More than a presentation of artworks, Tell.Me 2026 becomes a space for dialogue between cultures, disciplines and lived experiences, inviting visitors to reflect on the evolving relationship between memory, technology and human experience in the contemporary world.
ARTISTS: JOELLE MCTIGUE | GABRIELA FARIAS ISLAS | LUIS DANIEL HERRERA ROMERO | ZOI ARVANITI | MARTSAMRIT PASUPA | ANA RAQUEL GOUVEIA | ISABEL CRISTINA CARVALHO | PAULO MALDONADO | ANDERSON LUIZ DE SOUZA | BIN YOUN | PATRICK HARTONO | HIMMAT SHINHAT