FITA Magazine Vol. II / Garden Constellation

The poets led our verve and opened the gates to the infinite gardens of Lisbon. Fernando Pessoa composed odes and disserted on the simplicity of flowers and their aromas. In the streets we hear Cesário Verde declaim “Yesterday I went to visit the wild little garden, / Where the moon kissed us often, / And in everything I saw the love that you gave me smile, / Superb as the sun, serene as flight.”

Cover Photograph: Reginald Van de Velde, 18th Century Abandoned Castle, Belgium, 2015

Chapter 01 / Tapada da Ajuda

- Digital Strategist For The Art World, Interview to JiaJia Fei by Francisca Gigante
- Postnaturalia, Kristof Kintera
- Clouds Are Heavier Than Rocks, Maria Luísa Ramires and Leonor Zuzarte
- Antonina Poppy’s New Collection, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art Rome, Antonina Pawlo and Claudia Vicenzino

Chapter 02 / Gulbenkian Garden

- The New Director Of The Gulbenkian Museum, Interview to António Filipe Pimentel by Francisco Teles da Gama
- When We Are Gone The Trees Will Riot, Robert Montgomery
- Together We Ride, Walter & Zoniel
- Can The Horrors Of Holocaust Be Represented By Art?, Rita Neves Dias

Chapter 03 / Bordallo Pinheiro Garden

- Instituto Inhotim Curator, Interview to Fernanda Arruda by Marina Caresia
- A Chronicler Of Forgotten Magnificence, Reginald Van de Velde
- Poetry Ties, Maria do Rosário Rocha da Silva
- Bordalo in Lisbon and Lisbon in Bordalo, Bordalo Pinheiro Museum

Chapter 04 / Estrela Garden

- Reading On The Grass, Interview to Afonso Reis Cabral by Francisca Gigante and Francisco Teles da Gama
- Until I Was Born, Liam Andersen
- Artistic-Journal, Francesca Roche
- One Landscape, Laura Rebelo

Chapter 05 / Tropical Botanical Garden

- The Strings Of A Luthier’s Sonata, Interview to Catarina Veiga by Francisco Teles da Gama
- The Art of Watching Plants Grow, Catarina Gentil
- Tiger Balm, Rafael Felício
- Landscape, Martim Dinis

Chapter 06 / Eduardo VII Park

- The New Chief Curator Of Serralves Museum, Interview to Inês Grosso by Francisca Gigante
- Sintra Mountains, Rita Bernardo
- Life Found In The Moon, Hugo Lami
- Somewhere In Between, António Baião Pinto
- What Is The Role Of Museums And How May We Invision Their Potential For Evolution?, Vicky Tsirou

Chapter 07 / Botanical Garden

- Unavoidable Bridge That Unites What Is Most Natural To What Is Most Sacred, Interview to Thomas Mendonça by Beatriz Rodrigues
- The Healing Power Of Togertherness: Alberta Whittle, Carolina Marques
- More Gardens Please, Leonor Saunders
- Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021). A Friend In The Arts, Ricardo Ramos Gonçalves

Editors-in-Chief
Francisca Gigante
Francisco Teles da Gama

Research & Development Editors
Zé Bernardo da Fonseca
Ricardo Ramos Gonçalves

Editorial Designers
António Saldanha
Francisca Gigante
Francisco Teles da Gama

Proofread & Editing
Nuno Abreu e Lima

Photography & Illustration
António Saldanha
Jeniffer Lima Pais
Madalena Corrêa Mendes
Reginald Van de Velde
Rita Bernardo