Every week, UMBIGO invites two people to share their 5 cultural suggestions. What can we do at home? From a book to a podcast, album or film: here are recommendations from artists, curators, gallery owners, cultural activists, friends.

We will share the recipe for what makes us better, and we remain united and positive.

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Diana Policarpo

Books
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
A Door Into Ocean by Johanna Slonczewski
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin

Álbum
Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!, 1970) de Alice Coltrane

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Diana Policarpo is a visual artist and composer, currently developing her artistic activity between visual arts, electroacoustic music and multimedia performance. She studied music at the National Conservatory of Music in Lisbon, graduated in Fine Arts at the Superior School of Art and Design (ESAD) and has a master’s degree in Visual Arts (MFA) from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Policarpo recently presented installations, performances and readings at the MACE, Elvas, PT (2020); MAAT, Lisbon, PT (2019); Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2019); Forum Arte Braga, Braga, PT (2019); Lisboa Soa, Lisbon, PT (2018); Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, NO (2018), LUX – Moving Image, London, UK (2018), ICA, London, UK (2018), Cafe OTO, London, UK (2018), Chiado 8, Lisbon, PT (2018) and Tenderpixel Gallery, London, UK (2018).