The Short Circuit Gallery of Public Art is an initiative of the UFRJ Science Park and the School of Fine Arts (EBA/UFRJ) that, since September 2017, has been transforming the Park into an area of art experimentation, combined with technology and innovation. Currently, the environment has 14 works displayed in an area of 350 thousand square meters.

In December 2018, we opened the third cycle of the Short Circuit Gallery of Public Art. During this new phase, the artists Joana Perez, Paula Peregrina, Matheus Simões, Fátima Aguiar and the group formed by Julie Pires, Marcelo Ribeiro, Francisco Freitas and Danielle Mendes presented five new works inspired in different topics which vary from gender diversity to environmental sustainability. They used different techniques such as the bioconstruction and the augmented reality, with the support of the Laboratory of Computational Methods in Engineering (COPPE/UFRJ).

The second cycle of the Gallery was opened in June, 2018, with the presentation of four works. In the second stage, the artists Bruno Life, Cristiano Nogueira, Jandir Leite Moreira and Thales Valoura presented their works inspired in childhood memories, choices and life dualities. In the first stage of the project, sponsored by Vallourec, the Park housed 16 works by both students and professors from the School of Fine Arts (Escola de Belas Artes – EBA) as well as works made by nationally and internationally renowned artists.

In addition, the Park houses twenty four sculptures of the exhibition “Memórias do Boto” (Memories of the River Dolphin) and a pavilion with interventions developed by the Laboratory of Models and Digital Production (Laboratório de Modelos e Fabricação Digital - LAMO) and by the Laboratory of Temporary Interventions and Tactical Urban Planning (Laboratório de Intervenções Temporárias e Urbanismo Tático - LabIT) of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning (Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo - FAU/UFRJ). The exhibition is permanent, access is free and open to the public.