EXIsT unfolds from João Fortuna’s investigation into the condition of the individual within cycles of acceleration and repetition. Composed through a vocabulary of fragmented visual codes, the work reflects a state where existence becomes mechanical, reduced to sequences of inputs and outputs, gestures and routines. Suspended between awareness and automatism, the piece traces a closed loop where meaning dissolves into repetition. Within this tension, between staying and escaping, permanence and rupture, EXIsT captures the fragile threshold where consciousness resists being absorbed into the system.

Emerging from Amanda Lobo’s visual universe, this edition reflects on the construction of the self as both exposed and protected. Figures take shape through layers of detail and ornament, forming a kind of external armor: a surface that both conceals and safeguards an inner core. Drawing from her language of fantasy and exaggeration, the work transforms vulnerability into structure, where decoration becomes defense, and identity is held in tension between what is shown and what is kept intact.

This edition emerges from Timur Fork’s reflection on navigating a present saturated with information and uncertainty. Against this diffuse background, the work insists on the possibility of connection, of reaching outward, of sustaining optimism as a deliberate act. Positioned between fragility and resilience, it proposes a quiet form of resistance: to continue imagining, planning, and caring despite the noise. Here, optimism is not naive, but constructed, held together through gestures of mutual support and the persistent search for freedom.

Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, Nothing to Hide was hand-finished by Nuno Viegas during his residency.

Created alongside a new series of graphite and cyanotype works, the edition reflects the artist’s exploration of material transformation, controlled exposure, and gradual image construction. Extending this process into the risograph print, each edition was completed through the addition of a hand-applied golden crown.

Rooted in a practice informed by graffiti and its raw visual language, the work balances immediacy with precision, translating the tension between spontaneity and control into a single composition.

Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, this edition was hand-finished by Rita João during her week-long residency.

Originally conceived as a glimpse into Pedrita Studio’s archive of discarded digital matrices, Mimixa 003.jpg reflects an interest in process, testing, and unexpected visual outcomes generated through experimentation and technical constraints. During the residency, the artist expanded this logic through direct manual interventions, introducing unique watercolour elements to each individual print.

Created in parallel with a new body of works on paper, the edition reflects the more immediate and open approach explored throughout the residency, where gesture, variation, and spontaneity became central to the creative process. As a result, each edition is unique.

Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, Transition was hand-finished by ±MaisMenos± (Miguel Januário) during his residency.

Built from a shared printed base, each edition was individually intervened upon through the addition of coloured linear lines inspired by the visual language explored throughout the residency. Applied directly by the artist, these markings shift position from print to print, creating subtle variations across the edition.

Created in parallel with a body of work developed through drawing, text, and moving image, the edition reflects the reduced and contrast-driven visual approach that characterises the artist’s practice, where clarity and ambiguity coexist within the same compositional structure.