Hosted in the silos of the Agricultural Cooperative of Olive Oil Producers of Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, the museum will not have a traditional collection, instead serving as a space for the creation of digital art in situ, cantered on artistic residencies.

"The struggle is to have more and more spaces in the country's interior that bring people together, because we have to stop being elitist, and access to culture and contemporary art is important," said Fátima Marques Pereira, general programmer for the opening of the Zer0 Museum.

The seven-story building houses the exhibition area on the ground floor, consisting of four rooms: the immersive room, without natural light to immerse visitors in a digital environment; the large room; the organ room; and the multipurpose room.

In the immersive room, visitors will be able to view two digital artworks: one dedicated to the legacy of modernist architect Manuel Gomes da Costa, who designed the former cooperative's buildings in the 1950s; and another inspired by the flowers and plants of the Algarve's Barrocal region, explained João Correia Vargues, president of the Zer0 Museum's board of directors.

The large room also features an installation by the Cerveira Art Biennial Foundation, featuring videos chronicling the early days of digital art in Portugal. The organ room, which houses an antique organ, is expected to host a sound piece.

The first floor of the building will be dedicated to artists, with the Magalhães Space—the result of a cross-border project that brings together the Algarve, Alentejo, and Andalusia—functioning as a center for experimentation and artistic creation in digital art.

This workspace also includes the "FabLab," which has three 3D printers and a sound studio that, while not designed as a recording studio, has good acoustic insulation, explained João Correia Vargues.

The second floor of the building features a courtyard where concerts, performances, video mapping, and even film series, among other events, are planned. On the third floor, artistic projects can be viewed in the cooperative's former silos.

The museum will also have its own space for artist residencies, with a spatial configuration that allows each space to be organized to accommodate specific functions without conflicting with one another, João Correia Vargues also noted.

Connections with schools and academic research round out the Zer0 Museum's strengths, particularly with the Agora, on the sixth floor, an inter-university space designed to accommodate researchers. A protocol has already been reached with the University of Algarve, he added.

Created by the Lusíada Institute of Culture, a non-profit organization with public interest, the idea of ​​establishing a museum there originated with businessman and former BCP administrator Paulo Teixeira Pinto.

The Zer0 Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and admission is free.