Notes Against The Family Archive: Book Launch with Francisco Nuno Rodrigues & Gisela Casimiro

Join artist and filmmaker Francisco Nuno Rodrigues in conversation with artist and writer Gisela Casimiro to discuss his new publication, Notes Against The Family Archive. A close look at the troubles an archive can hold.
Written as an essayistic reflection on family, photography, and the idea of home, Notes Against the Family Archive begins after the author’s grandfather’s death, with the discovery of a buried history of abuse. The text approaches the family archive as a site of silence, unspoken trauma, and emotional residue.
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Francisco Nuno Rodrigues (b. 2001, Funchal, PT) is an artist and filmmaker based in Lisbon, Portugal. His work has been presented in galleries, festivals and unconventional venues across Portugal, including FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival (Espinho), Livraria Aberta (Porto), Dupla Cena 77 (Lisbon) and VAGA – espaço de arte e conhecimento (Azores). In 2025, his debut short film O Leite das Monarcas received the Young Talents Prize from the Cecília Zino Foundation as well as an honourable mention at the National Grand Prix of FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival. Currently, Francisco is weaving autofictional relationships with the family archive, exploring its narratives as myths.
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Gisela Casimiro (Bissau, 1984) is an artist, writer, translator, and activist. She is the author of Erosão, Giz, and Estendais, and of the plays Casa com Árvores Dentro and Vida: Uma Aplicação. She is a co-screenwriter of the television series Novas Narrativas de Caça. Her translations include Audre Lorde's Irmã Marginal and The Cancer Journals (Os Diários do Cancro), as well as Miss Major Speaks by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. Her work has been exhibited at Armário, Balcony, Zé dos Bois, the municipal galleries of Porto, Lisbon, and Almada, MACE – Elvas, Reocupa São Paulo, Appleton, and the Emanoel Araújo Afro-Brazilian Museum. Her work is part of the António Cachola Collection. She coordinated the Batalha Cinema Book Club for three years and is a co-founder of UNA – União Negra das Artes.
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