Outputs

  • EXHIBITIONS

Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. (12 February to 2 May, 2026) Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. Curated by Begoña Torras, Leticia Crespillo and Marta Soares.

Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, online. Available from June 2026 following the closure of the physical exhibition. Curated by Begoña Torras, Leticia Crespillo and Marta Soares, it provides an interactive 3D model and a videorecording of the physical exhibition plus access to all of its digital contents (individually listed under Digital Dissemination Resources below), and downloadable catalogue and leaflet.

  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Book

Torras, B., Crespillo, L. and Soares, M. (eds) (2026) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.34619/9bly-htku.

  • Journal articles and book chapters

Crespillo, L. (2026) ‘De la pared al gemelo digital: sobre la fotogrametrización de los murales portuenses de Dordio Gomes’, Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte, (14), pp. 67–94. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5944/etfvii.14.2026.44992.

Crespillo, L. (2026) ‘Onde o mural sonha: a fotogrametria como ato de memória’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 85–94.

Lobo, P.R. (2026) ‘As artes, a valorização do Porto e as obras públicas do Estado Novo’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 51–64.

Lobo, P.R. (2026) ‘Murais para a Câmara do Porto: identidade nacional, geopolítica, diplomacia e vida boémia’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 125–136.

Minguell, J. (2026) ‘Dordio Gomes e o sistema da pintura a fresco’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 39–50.

Monteiro, P.T. and Castro, L. (2026) ‘Pintura mural e memória: valor societal e preservação em debate’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 65–84.

Monteiro, P.T. and Torras, B. (2026) ‘Uma Assunção para os Redentoristas: dogma papal e um desafio pictórico’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 113–118.

Moura, S. (2025) ‘Modernités plurielles dans l’architecture portugaise des années 1940’, In Situ. Revue des patrimoines (55). https://doi.org/10.4000/13tdw.

Moura, S. (2026) ‘O Curso Livre de Pintura a Fresco da ESBAP: a Escola na construção da cidade moderna’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 19–38.

Moura, S. (2026) ‘O Mito de Prometeu: um símbolo da Síntese das Artes em homenagem à ESBAP’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 119–124.

Santos, M.E. and Torras, B. (2026) ‘História jurídica e construção nacional no Tribunal da Relação do Porto’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 137–143.

Torras, B. (2025) ‘Dordio Gomes perante a “equação mural”: um projeto exploratório em curadoria digital’, Arrayollos: Revista de Cultura do Município de Arraiolos, (7), pp. 263–270.

Torras, B. (2026 in the press) ‘Prometheus’ Trials and Tribulations. A case study of heritage challenges posed by murals from the time of Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship (1933–1974)’, in K. Mohar and G. Dražil (eds) Art for the Community: Artworks Commissioned for Public Intitutions, 1945-1989. Ljubljiana: Založba ZRC.

Torras, B. (2026) ‘A decoração de um café moderno: divertimento, prazer e uma nota de reflexão’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 95–102.

Torras, B. (2026) ‘O batismo de Cristo e a evangelização do mundo, em contexto colonial’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 103–112.

Torras, B. and Crespillo, L. (2026) ‘Apresentação. Ou como se expõe um mural virtual?’, in B. Torras, L. Crespillo, and M. Soares (eds) Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Lisbon: IHA FCSH-NOVA/IN2PAST, pp. 9–18.

Torras, B., Crespillo, L., Soares, M., Jefferies, L. (2026 submitted) ‘Digital (re)mediation: a curatorial case study for neglected and difficult heritage’, Digital Humanities Quarterly [under editorial consideration].

  • CONFERENCE

International Conference: Beyond the Wall: Critical Perspectives on Digital Approaches to Modern Mural Heritage. FBAUP, Porto (16-17 April 2026)

  • ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Crespillo, L. (2025) ‘Entre píxeles y cal: gemelos digitales y narrativas visuales para la preservación del mural moderno’. II Congreso de la Sociedad Internacional de Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas. Compromiso cívico y social de las Humanidades Digitales, Valencia: Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas; Universitat de València, pp. 21–29. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7203/PUV-OA-9788491338307.

Crespillo, L. and Monteiro, P.T. (2026) ‘From Fragment to Space: Digital Reconstruction and Possible Futures for the Mural Heritage of the Café Rialto (Porto)’. EPoCH 2026 Heritage future(s) / future heritage(s): on the threshold of change, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto.

Crespillo, L. and Ríos Moyano, S. (2026) ‘Negaciones 4.0: multimodal digital curatorship for accessible and inclusive museography’. Beyond the Wall: Critical Perspectives on Digital Approaches to Modern Mural Heritage, FBAUP, Porto.

Jefferies, L. (2026) ‘Extended interfaces: exploring the capacity of digital user experiences and physical exhibits to collaborate in the creation of meaning – a case study’. Beyond the Wall: Critical Perspectives on Digital Approaches to Modern Mural Heritage, FBAUP, Porto.

Minguell, J. (2026) ‘Mural fresco painting, reproduction and aura’. Beyond the Wall: Critical Perspectives on Digital Approaches to Modern Mural Heritage, FBAUP, Porto.

Monteiro, P.T. and Lima, L.F. (2026) ‘Balancing visibility and context: Dordio Gomes’ murals and community participation in contested heritage’. Beyond the Wall: Critical Perspectives on Digital Approaches to Modern Mural Heritage, FBAUP, Porto.

Soares, M. and Simão, P.D. (2026) ‘Animation and art historical curatorship’. Beyond the Wall: Critical Perspectives on Digital Approaches to Modern Mural Heritage, FBAUP, Porto.

  • ADVANCED TRAINING
  • MA Dissertations

Santos, M.E. (2026) ‘Os frescos de Dordio Gomes no Palácio da Justiça do Porto: discurso nacionalista e espaços de poder no Estado Novo’. MA Dissertation. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Simão, P.D. (2025) ‘O Mito de Prometeu de Dordio Gomes’. MA Report on thesis animated film O mito de Prometeu, Universidade Lusófona (film listed under Digital Dissemination Resources).

  • Workshops, seminars, curricular internship

Torras, B. (17 November 2025) ‘Mural in Motion. Investigar em história da arte com fins de curadoria digital’, PhD Seminar in Art History, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Minguell, J. (13 February 2026) ‘A pintura a fresco, um sistema artístico’. Open workshop at FBAUP, Porto.

Monteiro, P.T. and Torras, B. (10, 12 and 17 November 2025) ‘Dordio Gomes 2.0 – rever, reenquadrar, disponibilizar, discutir’. Joint workshop by Mural in Motion and the PhD project ‘Murais portuenses: pintura mural na cidade do Porto (1944-1964): caracterização, contextualização e problemáticas’ (FCT 2021.06635.BD), in collaboration with FBAUP’s BA in Visual Arts – Painting.

Monteiro, P.T. and Torras, B. (18 March 2025) ‘Abordagens curatoriais para um património difícil’. Joint workshop by Mural in Motion and the PhD project ‘Murais portuenses: pintura mural na cidade do Porto (1944-1964): caracterização, contextualização e problemáticas’ (FCT 2021.06635.BD), in collaboration with FBAUP’s BA in Visual Arts – Theory of Image.

Soares, M., and Torras, B. (1 September to 17 November 2025). Curricular internship for four students of BA Digital Animation at Universidade Lusófona, resulting in A quimera do muro (film listed under Digital Dissemination Resources).

  • DIGITAL DISSEMINATION RESOURCES
  • Interactive 2D mural exploration platform

Jefferies, L. (2026) Murais de Dordio Gomes no Porto / Dordio Gomes’ Murals in Porto. Interactive 2D exploration of Dordio Gomes’ mural production in Porto.

  • Interactive 3D models

Crespillo. L. (2026) Interactive 3D model of the physical exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis.

Crespillo, L. (2025) Interactive photogrammetric 3D models of three fresco panels by Dordio Gomes at the former Café Rialto, Porto.

                   As Artes
                   A Alegria da Vida
                   Baco

Crespillo, L. (2025) Interactive photogrammetric 3D models of five fresco panels by Dordio Gomes at Igreja Senhora da Conceição, Porto.

                   Batismo de Cristo
                   Cristianizaçao da Península Ibérica
                   Evangelizaçao da Africa portuguesa
                   As missões católicas no Brasil
                   O Apostolado do Maduré

Crespillo, L. (2025) Interactive photogrammetric 3D model of a fresco panel by Dordio Gomes at the Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Porto.

                   Assunção da Virgem

Crespillo, L. (2025) Interactive photogrammetric 3D model of a fresco panel by Dordio Gomes at FBAUP, Porto.

                   O mito de Prometeu

Crespillo, L. (2025) Interactive photogrammetric 3D models of three fresco panels by Dordio Gomes at City Hall, Porto.

                   As Origens
                   A Dilataçao Geográfica
                   O Porto Romântico, evocando Camilo Costelo Branco

Crespillo, L. (2025) Interactive photogrammetric 3D models of two fresco panels by Dordio Gomes at the Palace of Justice, Porto.

                   Cortes de Leiria de 1254
                   Cortes de Coimbra de 1385

  • Films

Crespillo, L. (2026). A digitalização por fotogrametria – nuvens de pontos. Duration: 1’44”. Video installation for the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis showing the photgrammetric processing of the murals.

Crespillo, L. (2026) Hypothetical 3D Reconstruction of Café Rialto. Duration: 2’54”. Video installation for the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis.

Crespillo, L. (2026) Exhibition Overview. Duration: 3’35”. Videorecording of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis.

Simão, P.D. (2025) O Mito de Prometeu. Duration: 3’55”. Animated short film for the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis. Thesis film for MA in Animation Arts, Universidade Lusófona, interpretation of the classical myth based on the fresco by Dordio Gomes.

Taranu, A.M, Ferreira, C., Prates, C., Gonçalves, C., and Soares, M. (2025). A quimera do muro. Duration: 7’10”. Animated short film resulting from Curricular Internship of BA in Digital Animation, Universidade Lusófona, narrating the commission and creation process of the mural As Cortes de Coimbra, 1385.

  • PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS AND GUIDED VISITS

Crespillo, L. (11 February 2026) ‘Cultural Heritage and Digital Preservation Practices’. Online talk Invisible Infrastructures, PdBA Lisboa (República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes).

Torras, B., Moura, S., and Monteiro, P.T. (29 May 2025). Roundtable ‘O Café Rialto e as suas histórias’, Clube Millennium BCP, Porto.

Torras, B. and Moura, S. (16 April 2026). Visit and discussion ‘The decorative programme of the Palace of Justice’, Palácio da Justiça, Porto, with participants of the Beyond the wall conference.

Torras, B. (17 April 2026). Roundtable ‘Art Digitisation: Ethical and Epistemological Considerations’, Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Porto.

Torras, B. (18 March 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with Universidade Nova de Lisboa researchers.

Torras, B. (18 March 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with Porto City Council civil servants.

Torras, B. (20 March 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with Palace of Justice civil servants.

Torras, B. (21 March 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with members of the congregation of Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro.

Torras, B. (21 March 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with members of Millennium BCP Club (current tenants of former Café Rialto venue).

Torras, B. (15 April 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with members of the public.

Torras, B. (16 April 2026) Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, with participants of the Beyond the Wall conference.

Moura, S. (28 April 2026) with prof. Cristina Mateus and prof. Cristina Ferreira. Guided visit and discussion of the exhibition Dordio Gomes e a pintura mural no Porto. Cal, pigmentos e píxeis, as part of Universidade do Porto’s Transversal Inter-peer Mentorship Programme.