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21a Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Sesc_Videobrasil

Comunidades Imaginadas

9 octubre 2019 - 2 febrero 2020
Sesc 24 de Maio, San Pablo, Brasil

Directora artística: Solange Farkas

Equipo curatorial: Gabriel Bogossian, Luisa Duarte, Miguel López


Desde diversos lados del espectro político ha resurgido el nacionalismo como respuesta a las disputas de nuestra época. Este es el contexto de la 21ª Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Sesc_Videobrasil - Comunidades Imaginadas, que se lleva a cabo del 9 de octubre de 2019 al 2 de febrero de 2020, en las salas de Sesc 24 de Maio, en San Pablo, con más de 60 obras de arte y dos colecciones, 55 artistas de 28 países, incluyendo video, pintura, fotografía e instalación.

La directora artística Solange Farkas, el equipo curatorial Gabriel Bogossian, Luisa Duarte y Miguel López y el jurado (Alejandra Hernández Muñoz, Juliana Gontijo y Raphael Fonseca) analizaron juntos 2.280 propuestas de 105 nacionalidades para seleccionar obras de Brasil, América Latina, África, Asia, Oriente Medio y Oceanía. Por primera vez, el tema rector fue anunciado con la convocatoria.

La XXI Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Sesc_Videobrasil | Comunidades Imaginadas toma prestado el título del clásico estudio de Benedict Anderson para reflexionar sobre las formas de organización social y comunitaria que existen más allá, en los márgenes o en las fisuras de los Estados-nación: comunidades religiosas o místicas, grupos de refugiados desarraigados de su tierra de origen, comunidades clandestinas, ficticias y utópicas o aquellas constituidas en el mundo oculto de las experiencias corporales y sexuales.

Ese es el horizonte de las obras de artistas de grupos indígenas o pueblos originarios de Brasil, Estados Unidos, Canadá, México, Perú y Nueva Zelanda que abordan los temas presentes en la creación y representación de esas culturas en el arte y en el mundo (obras de Alberto Guarani, Jim Denomie, Alto Amazonas Audiovisual, Claudia Martínez Garay y otros), en obras que abordan el universo queer/LGBT (Aykan Safoglu, Megan-Leigh Heilig, Nilbar Güres, #Vote LGBT, Paulo Mendel & Vitor Grunvald), temas raciales (Emo de Medeiros, Nelson Makengo, Thierry Oussou, Jonathan de Andrade, etc.), conflictos fronterizos. A estas y otras muchas obras se añaden proyectos de cinco artistas invitados: Andrea Tonacci, Hrair Sarkissian, Teresa Margolles, Rosana Paulino y Thierry Oussou.

The Biennial is divided into three platforms: exhibition, public programs and publications.

Exhibition
Works by 50 selected and five guest artists are distributed on the ground, third, fifth and sixth floors. Throughout the display of 60 works and two collections, visitors will come across an unprecedented video installation by Rosana Paulino, flags made by Monica Nador and the collective JAMAC, a collection of African jewelry acquired by MAE-USP in the 1970s and never shown in public, a memorial totem developed by the New Zealand artist Brett Graham, an Islamic mosaic installation made of sand that will be swept away at the opening of the exhibition by the Saudi artist Dana Awartani, visitors will be able to take part of and activate the work RESISTA by the collective Chameckilerner, actions with the audience planned by the collective #VOTELGBT, works by original and indigenous peoples, such as that by Alberto Guarani, as well as videos, photographs, paintings and installations in different formats capable of bringing visitors into intimate and immersive contact with the theme of the Biennial.

Public Programs
A program of performances, debates, film screenings and public actions runs through the three months of the exhibition (check days and times at bienalsescvideobrasil.org.br). One of the highlights of this schedule is the seminar "Imagined Communities," which gathers over six days (October 15, 16 and 17; November 12, 13 and 14) national and international guests to debate themes directly related to the exhibition - Lucy Lippard, Vladimir Safatle, Suely Rolnik, Guilherme Wisnik, Maria Rita Khel, Amara Moira, Ampam Karakras, Coletivo Guarani, among others.

Publications
Two bilingual printed publications will be launched during the Biennial. The catalog, Livro de Artista, follows the format of an artist's book, with essays by three guest authors - Glagys Tzul Tzul, Bonaventure Ndikung and Erica Moiah. An offshoot of the international seminar "Imagined Communities," Livro de Leituras [Book of Readings] comprises a selection of excerpts from the round table debates. Also noteworthy is the production of an audio guide and content projects developed especially for the website and digital environment.

Spanning over 35 years of existence, the hitherto called Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil takes on the name of Biennial, joining the international Biennial calendar and strengthening its position in the global visual arts scene. For Videobrasil director Solange Farkas, rather than a mark of periodicity, "the term Biennial reflects the perception that our investigative practice brings us closer to the role played by international biennials such as those of Sharjah, Cuenca, Havana and Dakar, institutions that, like Videobrasil, strive to offer a more diverse panorama of global production and establish a parallel circuit to that revolving around Europe and the United States."

With its three decades of history largely linked to Sesc Pompeia, the Biennial occupies this year Sesc 24 de Maio. Benefitting from the polyphony of voices, accents and senses present in the downtown region and Paulo Mendes da Rocha's architectural design for the old Mesbla building, the Biennial relies on the harmony created between the diversity and pluralism of the venue and the proposals of its curators.

For the regional director of Sesc Sao Paulo, Danilo Santos de Miranda, "Sesc is charged with reflecting and mediating multiple perspectives through cultural action devoted to casting off shackles inherited from the colonial past and imposed by a peripheral geopolitical condition. The curatorial selection of the 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil brings together artistic experiences engaged in conceiving the commons and its respective ties from non-hegemonic elements and commitments." Miranda adds that, "For the first time the Biennial occupies Sesc 24 de Maio, which not only boasts emblematic architecture but is situated in the downtown area of Sao Paulo and hence represents the plurality of the surrounding community, including a large number of refugees."

Granted by an international jury composed of five women (Alexia Tala, Gabi Ngcobo, Marta Mestre, Reem Fada and Rosângela Rennó), seven awards were offered to the participating artists. Three eight-week residency awards were offered by partners of the Videobrasil network: Instituto Sacatar (Itaparica Island, Bahia coast); MMCA Residency Changdong (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul) and Sharjah Art Foundation Residency Program (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.) In this edition, the Sesc Contemporary Art Award goes to two works by Brazilian artists, which will be included in the Sesc Collection of Brazilian Art. Offered by Electrica Cinema & Video, the State of the Art Award was granted to the best participating artist or group. Lastly, the Ostrovsky Family Fund (O.F.F.) offered an award for the most innovative moving image artwork. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony on October 12 and received a trophy designed by the artist Alexandre da Cunha.
Awardees and Jury Statement

Cinco artistas invitadxs

Teresa Margolles
Rosana Paulino
Hrair Sarkissian
Thierry Ossou
Andrea Tonacci
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Sobre Videobrasil

Videobrasil es una plataforma de arte y asociación cultural que investiga y difunde el arte producido en regiones del mundo geopolítico del Sur - América Latina, África, Europa del Este, Asia y el Medio Oriente. Creado y dirigido por Solange Farkas, forma parte de una red de iniciativas que incluye exposiciones, publicaciones, documentales, encuentros y residencias artísticas. Con más de mil obras en vídeo y cuatro mil ítems, su colección se ha convertido en un punto clave de referencia en el continente respecto de la videoconservación, instalaciones de video y documentación de performances.

Sobre Sesc

Sesc - Servicio Social del Comercio es una institución privada sin fines de lucro, fundada en 1946 por empresarios de bienes y servicios de todo Brasil. En el estado de San Pablo, Sesc mantiene 40 centros que ofrecen actividades en las áreas de Cultura, Educación, Deporte, Esparcimiento y Salud. Los programas de Sesc San Pablo se caracterizan por su naturaleza educativa y por la búsqueda del bienestar social en base en una comprensión integral del término cultura.


Organizador:
Associação Cultural Videobrasil
Av. Imperatriz Leopoldina, #1150
Vila Leopoldina
05305-002 São Paulo - SP, Brazil
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Contacto de prensa:
Comunicação Videobrasil
comunicacao(at)videobrasil.org.br
Tel.: + 55 (11) 3645 0516

Sede:
Sesc 24 de Maio
Rua 24 de Maio, 109
Centro São Paulo
CEP: 01041-001, Brazil
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De informaciones de prensa. © Fotos: Cortesía de Videobrasil
Fotos arriba: Exposición en Sesc 24 de Maio; Rosana Paulino; Jim Denomie


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