In the First Place is the title of the 2022 edition of W&T, which proposes a reflection on what emerges and exists in the first place, rethinking current narratives and positionality as a key aspect in the definition of systems of power, knowledge and identity. Questioning divergent temporal and spatial constructions and recognizing multiple voices, presences, and positions, the program thinks of word, speech, sound, and music as ways of traveling through time and space, proposing new perspectives and readings about the spaces we inhabit - physical or metaphorical, and the relationships we establish between geographies, resources, different species, and ideas. The festival theme unfolds through various projects scattered around the city of Ponta Delgada and at vaga, the headquarters of W&T.

vaga presents a collective show featuring the work of Anishinaabe/French artist Caroline Monnet, Laura Ortman, Ghanian/British artist Larry Achiampong, Inuit artist Uyarakq, and Nigerian/Norwegian artist Linda Lamignan.