Based on an initiative put forward by the Instituto Lusíada de Cultura-ILC, a non-profit entity founded in 1982 and declared to be of public utility in 1991, the work necessary to create a Museum dedicated to digital arts is now underway. This work involves rehabilitating a significant part of the Agricultural Cooperative of Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo’s facilities.

The aim of this museum is to create a physical space in which digital art works can be exhibited. Achieving this aim will involve sharing (artwork with the public), hospitality (in welcoming in resident artists).

The great challenge faced, and the point of uncertainty in this project, is rooted in the location selected – abandoned industrial installations, within an area that is still mainly agricultural and undergoing desertification, but where extraordinary aspects and values of the Algarve’s ethnography, culture and heritage remain alive – and the ambition to transform these into an art centre that will shine an international spotlight on both the Algarve specifically, and Portugal, more generally.

Our partners range from relevant Portuguese and foreign digital art public entities and associations to the all-important partnerships we are establishing with previously existing European museums.

Museu Zer0 will also be uniquely positioned, essentially due to its location within the agricultural silos, which are, undoubtedly, a landmark.