choreographies of the impossible
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM Rio)
Jan 27 – Apr 7, 2024
citra sasmita edgar calel
emanoel araujo
katherine dunham
leilah weinraub luiz de abreu m’barek bouhchichi malinche
marilyn boror bor maya deren min tanaka, françois pain nontsikelelo mutiti quilombo cafundó rosana paulino santu mofokeng simone leigh, madeleine hunt‑ehrlich the living and the dead ensemble torkwase dyson xica manicongo zumví arquivo afro fotográfico
Timur Merah Project IX: Beyond The Realm of Senses (Allegory of The Archipelago), 2023
Installation, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, cotton cloth layered with rice flour, yellow stone powder, wooden carving, fiber and gold paint
90 × 800 cm (canvas);
33 × 33 × 58 cm (sculpture)
Timur Merah Project IX: Beyond The Realm of Senses (Oracle and Demons), 2023
Installation, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas
80 × 250 cm Ø;
80 × 200 cm Ø;
80 × 300 cm Ø (3 pieces)
all works:
Collection of the artist
Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House), 2023 Wool, cotton and soil
600 × 242 cm (1 piece); Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Ultravioleta
edgar calel in collaboration with fernando pereira dos santos
Xar – Sueño de Obsidiana, 2020-2022 Obsidian Dream
Single channel HD video loop 13’
Courtesy of the artist and Fernando Pereira dos Santos
Untitled, 2017
Automotive paint on wood Collection: Emanoel Araujo Estate
Courtesy: Simões de Assis
960 × 102 × 1320 cm
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947
Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947
Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960
Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956 12’29”
all works: 16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
SHAKEDOWN, 2018
Video, color, sound
60’22’’
starring: aiisha ferguson, jamie thomas, sha’ron harris, mahogany wilson as the shakedown angels: egypt, jazmyne, harmony, blaze, i-dallas, mocha, ms. oohzee, slim-goodie, poizun, jamaika, jo-jo, sinnamon, sunshine, cappichino, slow-wine, jazzybelle, trinitee, 360, foxy performers: junior, x, suave, tresure, nita, tight-eyez, t ceo: sha’ron harris aka “ronnie ron”, vp teresa aka ms. teresa
Autópsia, 1997 Autopsy
Video, color, sound 29’29’’
Bahia, 2009 Video, color, sound 21’20’’
Black Fashion, 2006 Video, color, sound 25’15’’
História infantil, 1995 Childhood Story Video, color, sound 22’07’’
Samba do Crioulo Doido, 2004
Video, color, sound 21’40’’
O Samba do Crioulo Doido, Ruler and Compass, 2020
Video, color, sound 15’22’’
Nous sommes ce que vous ne voulez pas voir, 2023
We Are What You Don’t Want to See Ceramic vases on wooden bases with inscriptions based on the literary work of adderrahman el mejdoub, alzira rufino, conceição evaristo, dave the potter, lourdes teodero, luiz gama, m’barek ben zida, roseli nascimento and terezinha malaquias
44 × 46 cm;
41 × 44 cm;
42 × 46 cm;
36 × 47 cm;
40 × 46,5 cm;
37 × 43 cm;
41 × 50 cm;
40 × 50 cm;
48 × 49 cm;
43 × 48 cm;
40 × 46 cm;
42 × 47 cm;
35 × 46 cm;
44 × 41 cm (vases); dimensions variable (tree trunks)
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Lienzo de Tlaxcala, 1560
Tlaxcala Fabric
Polychrome drawing on bark paper, facsimile 2 pieces, 65,9 × 86,4 cm (each)
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
El futuro que nunca fue, 2023
The Future that Never Was from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement Oil and concrete on canvas (triptych)
49 × 98 cm (each)
Collection of the artist
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento, 2022
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement
Ceramic e cement (44 pieces)
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948 HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
This participation is supported by: National Center for Art Research, Japan
Min Tanaka à La Borde, 1986
Min Tanaka at La Borde
Video, color, sound 24’
direction, screenplay and production: françois pain
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Architectural drawings of the houses of Quilombo Cafundó, c. 1978
Facsimile
6 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Cafundó, 1983
Film, color, sound
42’43’’
direction: joel yamaji
screenplay: carlos vogt, joel yamaji, uli bruhn direct sound: jorge guerreiro production manager: francisco magaldi production: luis algarra assistant: zezinho original music: newton carneiro
Documents relating to the use of Cupopia and Kimbundo, undated
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
First records published in the press about the Quilombo Cafundó community, 1978
Facsimile
14 pieces, dimensions variable
Family tree of the Quilombo Cafundó Community, undated
Facsimile
4 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Photographs of the Quilombo Cafundó, undated (c. 1978 – 1980’s)
Facsimile
41 pieces, 9 × 12,5 cm (each); (unknown authorships; 1 photo by Bob Wolfenson)
Quilombo Cafundó’s Maps, c. 1978
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: CEDAE – Centro de Documentação
Cultural Alexandre Eulálio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Caranguejo, 2023 Crab from series Mangue Mangrove
Graphite, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas
220 × 400 × 4 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
The Black Photo Album / Look at me, 1890-1950
80 slides, 35mm projection
Collection: Santu Mofokeng Foundation
© Santu Mofokeng Foundation
Courtesy: Lunetta Bartz, MAKER, Johannesburg
Conspiracy, 2022 16mm and 8mm film, black and white, sound 24’
with: simone leigh, kimari hazward, lorraine o’grady, edward sales, jin sik, sarah wang, anastasia warren
The Wake, 2021 3-channel videoinstallation, full HD, color, sound 35’
the living and the dead ensemble is now composed of: rossi jacques casimir, dieuvela cherestal, sophonie maignan, cynthia maignan, james desiris, james peter etienne, mackenson bijou, leonard jean baptiste, olivier marboeuf, louis henderson co-produced by: Spectre Productions, Le théâtre de l’Usine (Genève), Les Ateliers Médicis (ClichyMontfermeil), Kunstenfestival des Arts (Bruxelas), Z33, (Aalst) e Savvy Contemporary (Berlin)
Blackbasebeingbeyond, 2023
Site-specific installation composed of 3 pieces in wood, steel and blackwash 430 × 290 × 150 cm (each) Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Livro 1 de confissões da primeira visitação ao Brasil por Heitor Furtado de Mendonça, 1591-1595
First book of confessions of the first visit to Brazil by Heitor Furtado de Mendonça Facsimile
4 pieces: 33,5 × 23,5 cm (each)
Collection: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon
Arrumadores da Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1992
Keepers at the Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Ato da campanha “Reaja ou será morto, reaja ou será morta”, Salvador, BA, 2014
Act of the Campaign “React or You Will be Dead”, Salvador, BA
50 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada da Consciência Negra no bairro do Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 2012
Walk Celebrating the Black Awareness Day, at the Curuzu Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
75 × 50 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Manifestação para aprovação da política de cotas na Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2003 Protest Demanding the Approval of Affirmative Actions at the Universidade Federal da Bahia
90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Marcha internacional contra o genocídio do povo Negro, centro de Salvador, BA, 2013 International March Against the Genocide of Black People, Salvador City Center, BA
50 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Mestre de capoeira ensinando as crianças na comunidade Novos Alagados, no mês da Consciência Negra. Subúrbio Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1993
Mestre de capoeira ensinando as crianças na comunidade Novos Alagados, no mês da Consciência Negra. Subúrbio Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1993
Capoeira Master Teaching Children at the Novos Alagados Community During the Month of Black Awareness. Subúrbio Ferroviário Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Passeata das lavadeiras, Salvador, BH, 1992 March of the Washerwomen, Salvador, BA
105 × 72 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Primeira caminhada da Consciência Negra, bairro Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 2000
First March of the Black Awareness, Curuzu Neighborhood, Salvador, BA 60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Protesto da Irmandade do Rosário dos Pretos no Largo do Pelourinho durante as comemorações da Independência da Bahia, dia 2 de julho, 2012 Rosário dos Pretos Sisterhood Demonstration at Pelourinho During the Celebrations of Bahia Independence, in the 2nd of July
80 × 120 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protest Against the Abolition Centenary Farce Organized by the Movimento Negro [Black Movement], Salvador, BA
70 × 105 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Rapaz no cabelereiro, Salvador, BA, 1994 Young Man at the Hairdresser, Salvador, BA 105 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Reparação já! Primeira Caminhada da Consciência Negra, Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 2000 Reparations Now! First Black Consciousness March, Curuzu, Salvador, BA
120 × 80 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Roda de capoeira no Dia da Consciência Negra, parque São Bartolomeu, Subúrbio Ferroviário, 2013 Capoeira Circle at the Black Awareness Day, São Bartolomeu Park, Subúrbio Ferroviário
Neighborhood
70 × 105 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Trabalhadoras do Mercado Modelo, Salvador, BA, 1983
Workers at the Mercado Modelo, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Geremias Mendes
all works:
Digital transfer film photography
São José do Rio Preto, SP
Sesc Rio Preto
Mar 5 – May 26, 2024
amador e jr. segurança patrimonial ltda. aurora cursino dos santos carmézia emiliano colectivo ayllu frente 3 de fevereiro
januário jano katherine dunham luana vitra marilyn boror bor
maya deren nontsikelelo mutiti rommulo vieira conceição
ubirajara ferreira braga zumví arquivo afro fotográfico
patrimonial ltda.
Frestas, 2023
Cracks
Isopor, 2021/2023
Cooler
Nada!, 2024
Swim/ Nothing!
all works: Performance
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha amador
Autorretrato, undated Self-portrait
50 × 32,5 cm
Cursino Rembrandt, 1950
62 × 50 cm
Hotel Avenida, undated Avenida Hotel
50 × 40,5 cm
Untitled, 1950 58 × 50 cm
Untitled, 1950 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 50 × 65,5 cm
Untitled, undated 75,6 × 59,5 cm
Untitled, undated 79,3 × 49,5 cm
all works: Oil on paper
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Assando castanha de caju, 2023
Baking Cashew Nut
70 × 70 cm
Buritizeiro no lavrado, 2023
Buriti Tree at the Cultivated Ground
70 × 70 cm
Fazendo rede, 2023
Making Hammock
50 × 50 cm
Festival de panela de barro, 2023
Clay Pan Festival
70 × 70 cm
Lenda do casal americano, 2023
The American Couple Legend
70 × 70 cm
Mulheres colhendo buriti, 2023
Women Harvesting Buriti
40 × 60 cm
Muquiando peixe, 2023
Smoking Fish
70 × 70 cm
Salgando peixe, 2022
Salting Fish
70 × 70 cm
Wazaka, 2023
50 × 50 cm
all works:
Oil on canvas
Collection of the artist
Courtesy: Central Galeria, São Paulo
This participation is supported by: Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and Embajada de España en Brasil
¿Dónde están las cartas de nuestras ancestras al caminar sobre fuego?, 2023
Where are the letters from our ancestors when walking on Fire?
Screen-printed and embroidered fabrics, with interventions of other objects
320 × 845 cm
Collection: collectivo ayllu
Inteligência ancestral, 2023 Ancestral Intelligence
Video installation freely inspired by the life, work and memory of Maurinete Lima, founder of Frente 3 de Fevereiro
Collection: Coletivo Frente 3 de Fevereiro Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Frente 3 de Fevereiro: achiles luciano, andré montenegro, cássio martins, cibele lucena, daniel lima, daniel oliva, eugênio lima, felipe brait, felipe teixeira, fernando alabê, fernando coster, iramaia gongora, joão nascimento, julio dojcsar, majoi gongora, marina novaes, maurinete lima, pedro guimarães, roberta estrela d’alva, sato do brasil, will robson invited artists: performance: loiá fernandes digital mask: guilherme bretas image finalization and motion graphics: bijari general coordination: daniel lima production: Invisíveis Produções, Protolab Cultural text: Frente 3 de Fevereiro excerpts from the book: sinhá rosa, by maurinete lima
produced by: andré montenegro, daniel lima, felipe brait, fernando coster, iramaia gongora, julio dojcsar, sato do brasil screenplay: cibele lucena, daniel lima, eugênio lima, felipe brait, felipe teixeira, fernando coster, iramaia gongora, julio dojcsar, majoí gongora, pedro guimarães, roberta estrela d’alva, sato do brasil, will robson edited by: daniel lima e fernando coster synthetic voice artist: serhii dvornyk voice conversion services by: respeecher transcriptions and subtitles: caio polesi sound design and mixing: pedro noizyman in the family pictures, the grandsons and granddaughters: valentina gonçalves lima, miguel salvador ferreira lima, leon lima, azul gongora lima, jorge gongora lima name, image and sound rights of maurinete lima kindly provided by the family thanks to: sergio silva, amir admoni e galactonautas support: CTR USP
recording photography direction: zeca caldeira, fernando coster set production: daniela souto
direct sound: laís vallina costume design: claudia schapira make up: mel palma consulting: almir almas partnership: Labartemídia film studio: CTR USP supervision: almir almas light technician: marcos pinto scenic technician: gabriel barreto supervisor of equipment and sound: guido agovino studio technician: francisco coca audiovisual media and digital systems: marcelo leite kinect consulting: paulo costa sound and image: sandro dalla costa secretary: ivone vantini production coordinators: paulo ferreira, marcos kurtinaitis managing technicians: daniel alves da silva, vivi müller
scene 1 – photos: anonymous, edgar rocha, daniel lima scene 2 – poem: “Aldeia” by maurinete lima in “Sinhá Rosa”, 2016 scene 3 – articles from the newspapers Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo, Agora, Jornal da Tarde, Diário de São Paulo action “Monumento Horizontal” with jonas sant’ana and family, 2004 scene 4 – interview with julita lemgruber, sociologist and former police internal affairs action “Quem Policia a Polícia?”, 2004 scene 6 – action: “Morto pela Polícia”, 2005 scene 8 – action: “Carrefour Racista”, 2009 scene 9 – “Brasil Negro Salve”, 2005 painting of the flag and final action of Libertadores da América scene 11 – action “Onde Estão os Negros?”, 2005 scene 12 – action “Zumbi Somos Nós”, 20.11.2005 scene 13 – excerpt from the film “Quilombo Brasil – Territórios Simbólicos”, 2009 camera: eduardo consoni. direction, production and edition: PI – Política do Impossível action “Zumbi Somos Nós no Prestes Maia”, 2007 scene 14 – excerpts from the poem “De que terra sou” by maurinete lima in Sinhá Rosa, 2016 excerpts from the film “Arquitetura da Exclusão”, 2010
documents panel: documents and publications of the process of Frente 3 de Fevereiro creation and development, 2004-2021
Baptism, 2019
Inkjet on 100% cotton fine art paper rag
220 × 250 cm (20 pieces)
44 × 50 cm (each)
katherine dunham
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947
Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960
Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956
12’29”
all works: 16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
Pulmão da mina, 2023
Lung of the Mine
Iron, silver, copper, indigo, rope and herbs
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Monumento vivo, 2023
Living Monument from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement Cement, wood and metal 80 × 60 × 73 cm
Collection of the artist
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948
HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm)
12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
O espaço físico pode ser zona de disputa, convenções e certezas falíveis, 2023
Physical Space Can Be a Zone of Contention, Conventions and Fallible Certainties
Metal, wood, resin, glass fiber, polypropylene, polyurethane and automotive paint
Dimensions variable
technical drawing: rafael muniz
execution: césar augusto de sousa / ME Casmetal painting: edson batista pereira
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal and co-produced with Sesc –
Serviço Social do Comércio
Amigo fiel, 1991
Faithful Friend
Gouache and oil pastel on paper
50 × 66 cm
Artistas‑pacientes, 1987
Artists-Patients
Gouache on paper
66,5 × 50 cm
Autorretrato, 1987
Self-portrait
Gouache on paper
66,5 × 50 cm
Aurora Cursino, 1995
Gouache, fabric paint and oil pastel on paper
65,7 × 47,8 cm
Cena do Juquery. Guarda. Manicômio judiciário, 1990
Juquery scene. Guard. Justice Asylum
Gouache on paper
32 × 45 cm
O mundo esquizofrênico, 1995
The Schizophrenic World
Acrylic on canvas
30 × 50 cm
Os peregrinos, 1999
The Pilgrims
Gouache and crayon on paper
20,5 × 28 cm
all works:
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha
Autorretrato do fotógrafo Lázaro Roberto, 1980
Photographer Lázaro Roberto Self-portrait
50 × 75 cm
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exhibition “Black People and Their Work at Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Exposição do Zumví na Sociedade Primeiro de Maio, no Dia do Trabalhador, Subúrbio
Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1991
Exposição do Zumví na Sociedade Primeiro de Maio, no Dia do Trabalhador, Subúrbio
Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1991
Zumví Exhibition at Sociedade Primeiro de Maio, During Labor Day, Subúrbio Ferroviário Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Inauguração da sede do Movimento
Negro Unificado – MNU, bairro do Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 1991
Inauguração da sede do Movimento
Negro Unificado – MNU, bairro do Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 1991
Opening of the Movimento Negro Unificado – MNU Headquarters, Curuzu Neighborhood, Salvador, BA 40 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Outdoor do Movimento Negro em protesto contra o centenário da abolição, Salvador, BA, 1988
Black Movement Billboard in Protest Against the Centenary of the Abolition, Salvador, BA 60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Primeira sede do Zumví – Arquivo Afro Fotográfico, bairro da Ribeira, Salvador, BA, 1990 Primeira sede do Zumví – Arquivo Afro Fotográfico, bairro da Ribeira, Salvador, BA, 1990 First Headquarters of Zumví – Arquivo Afro Fotográfico, Ribeira Neighborhood, Salvador, BA 30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protest Against the Abolition Centenary Farce
Organized by the Movimento Negro [Black Movement], Salvador, BA
70 × 105 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Protesto da Sociedade Primeiro de Maio de Novos Alagados em frente à prefeitura de Salvador, BA, 1994
Demonstration of the Sociedade Primeiro de Maio de Novos Alagados in front of Salvador City Hall
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Sindicato das empregadas domésticas, Salvador, BA, undated
Domestic Workers Union, Salvador, BA
20 × 30 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Trabalhadores da Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1992
Workers at the Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
all works: Digital transfer film photography
Curitiba, PR
Museu Oscar Niemeyer (MON)
Mar 12 – May 26, 2024
aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, roseane yariana yanomami
amos gitaï
anna boghiguian dayanita singh gabriel gentil tukano geraldine javier katherine dunham luana vitra maya deren
min tanaka, françois pain morzaniel ɨramari nontsikelelo mutiti
rosana paulino sammy baloji sonia gomes tadáskía
zumví arquivo afro fotográfico
Thuë pihi kuuwi, 2023
A Woman Thinking
Video, color, sound 9’
Courtesy: Aruac Filmes
directors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, roseane yariana yanomami
director of photography and camera: roseane yariana yanomami
producers: eryk rocha, gabriela carneiro da cunha
editors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, carlos eduardo ceccon, julia faraco, rodrigo ribeiro-andrade
sound editor: waldir xavier
sound mixing: guilherme lima de assis
direct sound: marcos lopes da silva
color grading: cassiana umetsu, marcelo brandt translators: ana maria machado, richard duque, corrado dalmonego, marcelo silva, morzaniel ɨramari yanomami
general supervision: davi kopenawa yanomami, dário vitório kopenawa yanomami
responsible for yanomami audiovisual training: marília garcia senlle
executive producer: heloisa jinzenji
production coordinator: margarida serrano
financial coordinator: tárik puggina
project manager: lisa gunn
impact producers: marília garcia senlle, carolina ribas
production: Aruac Filmes
co-production: Hutukara Associação Yanomami
production associate: Gata Maior Filmes
support: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
Yuri u xëatima thë, 2023
Fishing with Timbó Video, color, sound 10’
Courtesy: Aruac Filmes
directors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, roseane yariana yanomami
director of photography and camera: roseane yariana yanomami
producers: eryk rocha, gabriela carneiro da cunha editors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, carlos eduardo ceccon, julia faraco, rodrigo ribeiro andrade
sound editor: waldir xavier
sound mixing: guilherme lima de assis
direct sound: marcos lopes da silva
color grading: cassiana umetsu, marcelo brandt original drawings: edmar tokorino yanomami, aida harika yanomami
translators: ana maria machado, richard duque, corrado dalmonego, marcelo silva, morzaniel ɨramari yanomami
general supervision: davi kopenawa yanomami, dário vitório kopenawa yanomami
responsible for yanomami audiovisual training: marília garcia senlle
executive producer: heloisa jinzenji
production coordinator: margarida serrano
financial coordinator: tárik puggina
project manager: lisa gunn
impact producers: marília garcia senlle, carolina ribas production: Aruac Filmes
co-production: Hutukara Associação Yanomami
production associate: Gata Maior Filmes
support: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
Bait, 1980
House
16mm film transferred to video
51’
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Gift: Amos Gitaï, 2015
cinematography: emanuel aldema
sound: oded hornik
editing: rina ben melech production: Channel 1 tv
Woven Winds – The Making of an Economy –Costly Commodities, 2016-2023
Installation composed of paintings, cut-out wax figures and pencil on paper; supports in wood and metal
Collection: E. Righi
Woven Winds – The Making of an Economy –Costly Commodities, 2023
Mural painting
Woven Winds – The Making of an Economy –Costly Commodities, 2023
Installation composed of earth and cotton branches
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Mona and Myself, 2013
Video
3’45’’
Mona Montage XVII, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Montage XVIII, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Montage XX, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Montage XXI, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Study Table, 2001-2021
Desk, stool and “Myself Mona Ahmed”, hardcover book, 176 pages, published by Scalo, Zurich, 2001
Museum of Dance (Mother Loves to Dance), 2021
Teak structures and archival pigment prints
108 prints, 30,5 × 45,8 cm (each)
86,4 × 61 × 221 cm (structure)
all works:
Courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London
Notebook 36, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
17 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 37, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
10 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 38, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
18 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: Museu Amazônico – UFAM, Manaus
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Manussomniumcrustacea), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
73 × 104,5 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Metacarpussomnium myrmeleontidae A), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Metacarpussomnium myrmeleontidae B), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumreduviidae A), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumreduviidae B), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumreduviidae C), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumpapilio), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
73 × 104,5 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Vertebraesomniumanisoptera), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Costaesomniumblattaria), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
73 × 104,5 cm
Collection of the artist
Desist from Hope, Insist on Despair, 2023
Applique on mono printed fabric
280 × 270 cm
Collection of the artist
Insist on Hope, Desist from Despair, 2023
Applique on mono printed fabric
280 × 270 cm
Collection of the artist
katherine dunham
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960 Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956 12’29”
all works:
16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
Pulmão da mina, 2023
Lung of the Mine
Iron, silver, copper, indigo, rope and herbs
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948
HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
This participation is supported by: National Center for Art Research, Japan
Min Tanaka à La Borde, 1986
Min Tanaka at La Borde Video, color, sound 24’ direction, screenplay and production: françois pain
morzaniel ɨramari
Mãri Hi, 2023
The Dream Tree Video, color, sound 17’
Courtesy: Aruac Filmes
direction: morzaniel ɨramari
with: davi kopenawa yanomami
director of photography and camera: morzaniel ɨramari
producers: eryk rocha e gabriela carneiro da cunha editors: morzaniel ɨramari, rodrigo ribeiro-andrade, julia faraco, carlos eduardo ceccon
sound editor: waldir xavier
sound mixing: guilherme lima de assis
direct sound: marcos lopes da silva, morzaniel ɨramari
color grading and completion: caio lazaneo original drawings: ehuana yaira yanomami translators: ana maria machado, richard duque, corrado dalmonego, marcelo silva, morzaniel ɨramari
general supervision: davi kopenawa yanomami, dário vitório kopenawa yanomami
responsible yanomami audiovisual training: marília garcia senlle
executive production: heloisa jinzenji
production coordinator: margarida serrano financial coordinator: tárik puggina
project manager: lisa gunn
impact producers: marília garcia senlle, carolina ribas
production: Aruac filmes
co-production: Hutukara Associação Yanomami production associada: Gata Maior Filmes support: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
Urihi Haromatimapë, 2014
Healers of the Forest-Land Video, color, sound 60’01’’
Collection: MUGEO – Museu Valdemar Lefèvre, São Paulo
Courtesy: Hutukara Associação Yanomami direction: morzaniel ɨramari
photographer: morzaniel ɨramari
editors: julia bernstein, morzaniel ɨramari, pedro portella
research: ana maria machado completion and distribution: pedro portella translation: morzaniel ɨramari, ana maria machado production: hutukara/ISA/OEEI-UFMG
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Peixe, 2023
Fish from series Mangue
Mangrove
Graphite, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas
220 × 400 × 4 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
Copper Negative of Luxury Cloth Kongo People; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo or Angola, 17th 18th Century, 2020 Bronze (3 pieces)
64,5 × 63 × 0,9 cm; 52,3 × 51,3 × 0,9 cm; 62 × 50,3 × 0,9 cm
Hobé’s Art Nouveau Forest and Its Lines of Color, 2021
Installation of four wood panels and acrylic on canvas
210 × 300 cm
Tales of the Copper Cross Garden, Episode 1, 2017
16:9 video, color, sound
42’
all works: Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Imane Farès, Paris
3 acordes, 2022
3 Chords
From the series Sinfonia da cores
Symphony of Colors
Various fabrics, nylon rope, and metal
340 × 120 × 60 cm
Collection of the artist
Untitled, 2022
From the series Entre pérola e vergalhão
Between Pearl and Rebar
Various fabrics, nylon rope, fiberglass, and freshwater pearls on iron rebar
97 × 45 × 51 cm
Courtesy of the artist, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, and Pace Gallery, New York
Untitled, 2022
From the series Tela corpo
Canvas-Body
Mixed media on jute
145 × 100 cm
Collection of the artist
Untitled, 2022
From the series Torção
Twist
Various fabrics and galvanized wire
71 × 84 × 38 cm
Collection of the artist
Untitled, 2005
From the series Torção
Twist
Various fabrics and galvanized wire
103 × 167 × 30 cm
Private collection
Véu de Maia, 2022
Maia’s Veil
from series Pano
Fabric
Different fabrics
203 × 265 cm
Courtesy of the artist, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
arranjo, 2019-2024
arrangement
Cattail, bamboo, fruit, colored powder, wire, plates, sewn eggshells, spray and semi-precious stones on wood
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
lua coelho negra moon black rabbit, 2024
Graphite, colored pencil, spray and pastel on paper
Dimensions variable (61 pieces)
59.5 × 42 cm
Afoxé Filhos de Korin Efan fazendo oferendas para Exu na saída do carnaval, Salvador, BA, 1990
Afoxé Filhos de Korin Efan Making Offerings to Exu at the Carnival Exit
90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av.
Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av.
Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av.
Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av.
Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
March Against Religious Intolerance
60 × 40 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada para a Pedra de Xangô, contra a intolerâcia religiosa, bairro Cajazeiras XI, Salvador, BA, 2019
Walk to the Stone of Xangô, Against Religious Intolerance, Cajazeiras XI Neighborhood
90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Desfile do bloco afro Ilê Aiyê no Carnaval de Salvador, BA, 1990
Parade of the Afro Block Ilê Aiyê at the Carnival of Salvador
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1992
105 × 70 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Mestre de capoeira ensinando as crianças na comunidade Novos Alagados, no mês da Consciência Negra. Subúrbio Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1993
Mestre de capoeira ensinando as crianças na comunidade Novos Alagados, no mês da Consciência Negra. Subúrbio Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1993
Capoeira Master Teaching Children at the Novos Alagados Community During the Month of Black Awareness. Subúrbio Ferroviário Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Mulheres do candomblé pedindo esmola para o orixá na Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 2008
Women of Candomblé Asking for Alms for the Orixá at the Feria de São Joaquim
75 × 105 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Peça teatral “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, bairro do Uruguai, Salvador, BA, 1983 Presentation of the Play “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, Uruguai Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
50 × 75 cm
Photo: Geremias Mendes
Povo de Santo no cortejo da Lavagem do Bonfim, 2012
People of Santo in the procession of the Bonfim Washing
60 × 40 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Quilombo Rio das Rãs, Bom Jesus da Lapa, BA, 1994
90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Buenos Aires – Argentina
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba)
Mar 22 – May 27, 2024
Palácio Pereda
Mar 20 – May 27, 2024
aline motta arthur bispo do rosário aurora cursino dos santos elda cerrato gabriel gentil tukano manuel chavajay nontsikelelo mutiti ubirajara ferreira braga
A água é uma máquina do tempo, 2023
Water is a Time Machine Video, color, sound 31’46’’
camera operators: aline motta, caio rosa, daniel cabrel, lucas magalhães camera assistant: flavio muniz drone operator: francisco “cochi” guimarães additional drone operator: felipe macedo generator and electricity: luther modesto video projection: daniel cabrel video projection assistant: juliana bento production coordinators: caio rosa, giulia maria reis costume designer: aline motta costume tailor: awa guimarães editing: aline motta, ana julia travia post-production supervisor: tatiana macedo supervising colorist: maísa joanni colorist: diran serafim, maísa joanni motion graphics: marina quintanilha motion graphics assistant: thais suguiyama soundtrack: aline motta, jessica gaspar, spirito santo music production and sound mixing: pedro santiago audiovisual and acoustics consultant: doo sung you 5.1 sound mixing: confraria de charutos musicians: spirito santo e caio rosa singers: jessica gaspar e spirito santo english subtitles: sophie lewis, julia sanches performers: aline motta, mari si Commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation and co-commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal. Funded in part by ZUM Photography Grant/Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil, and Programa Coincidência, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
A água é uma máquina do tempo, 2023 Water is a Time Machine Performance
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Colônia Juliano Moreira, undated Juliano Moreira Colony
Fabric, thread, cotton thread and wood
136 × 164,5 × 10 cm
Dicionário de nomes letra A I, undated
Name Dictionary Letters A I
Fabric, thread, cotton thread, wood and plant fiber
140 × 231 × 10 cm
Eu preciso destas palavras escrita, undated I Need These Written Words
Fabric, thread, cotton thread, wood, felt tip pen and ink
126 × 208 × 10 cm
Recordações, undated
Memories
Fabric, thread, cotton thread, wood, metal, plastic, synthetic leather, paper, felt tip pen and graphite
135 × 223 × 4 cm
Vós habitantes do planeta Terra, eu apresento as suas nações..., undated
You, inhabitants of planet Earth, I introduce your nations…
Fabric, thread, cotton thread, wood, ink, graphite and metal
139 × 200 × 10 cm
all works:
Collection: PCRJ/SMS/IMAS- JM/Museu Bispo do Rosário Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
A brasileira, undated
The Brazilian Woman 50 × 34,5 cm
Nocturno no Juquery, undated Nocturnal on Juquery
53,7 × 35,5 cm
Untitled, 1950 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, 1951 50 × 35 cm
Untitled, undated 49,6 × 44,8 cm
Untitled, undated 55 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 50 × 59,5 cm
Untitled, undated 47,5 × 32 cm
Untitled, undated 78 × 60 cm
all works: Oil on paper
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha
This participation is supported by: Consulado General y Centro de Promoción de la República
Argentina en San Pablo
Algunas experiencias relativas al Okidanokh, 1965
Some experiences related to the Okidanokh from series Producción de Energía
Energy Production Oil on canvas
115 × 145 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
El encuentro, 1967
The Encounter from series Sobre poesia de A. Pellegrini
About A. Pellegrini’s poetry
Enamel on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Epopeya del Ser Beta. Despolarización mutua de dos entes. (ó Comunicaciones del Ser Beta). Etapa preparatoria, 1970
Epic of the Beta Being. Mutual depolarization of two entities. (oh Beta Being Communications).
Preparatory phase from series Entes extraños
Strange entities
Acrylic on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Epopeya del Ser Beta. Despolarización mutua de dos entes. (ó Comunicaciones del Ser Beta). Etapa activa, 1971
Epic of the Beta Being. Mutual depolarization of two entities. (oh Beta Being Communications).
Active phase from series Entes extraños
Strange entities
Acrylic on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
La santa fuente de la energía, 1965
The holy energy fountain
Oil on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Materialización de imágenes proyectadas en el aprendizaje de la organización de los cambios y los traslados, 1965
Materialization of projected images in learning the organization of changes and transfers
Oil on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Nódulos genéticos de la línea Beta, 1966
Beta line genetic nodes
Acrylic on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Penetración de la energía producida y ya normalizada y emisión de la misma en una versión simple de imágenes mentales, 1965
Penetration of the energy produced and already normalized and issuing it in a simple version of mental images
Acrylic on canvas
45,5 × 35,5 cm
Collection: Archive Elda Cerrato (ECET)
RF: Segmentos_CPV: Okidanokh, 1964-2022
HD video
8’22’’
Collection: Archivo Elda Cerrato (ECET)
realization: elda cerrato, ramiro larrain, luis zubillaga, luciano zubillaga
Ser Beta no aislado (Iniciación del viaje), 1967
Non-isolated Beta Being (Initiation of the Journey)
Oil on canvas
45,5 × 71 cm (diptych)
Collection: Patricio Supervielle
Un resultado de la elaboración del Okidanokh, 1966
A Result of the Elaboration of the Okidanokh
Oil on canvas
115 × 145 cm
Collection: Archivo Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Vista parcial del laboratorio de la Santa Fuente, 1967
Partial view of Santa Fuente’s laboratory
Oil and enamel on hardboard
45,5 × 35,5 × 3,5 cm
Collection: Archivo Elda Cerrato (ECET)
Notebook 36, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
17 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 37, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
10 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 38, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
18 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: Museu Amazônico – UFAM, Manaus
Oq Ximtali, 2017-2023 Videoperformance 6’02’’ Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
A dança no inferno, 2000
The Dance at Hell
Acrylic and oil on canvas
40 × 50 cm
A morte como companheira, 1993
Death as a Companion
Gouache on paper
50,8 × 66,5 cm
A prisão, 1997
The Prison
Gouache on paper
31,4 × 21,4 cm
Autorretrato, 1990
Self-portrait
Gouache and crayon on paper
50 × 66,5 cm
Escritos, 1998
Writings
Gouache on paper
70,2 × 50 cm
Galhos secos, 2000
Dry Branches
Gouache and crayon on paper
31,3 × 21,5 cm
Invasão do Kuwait, 1991
Invasion of Kwait
Gouache on paper
50 × 66,5 cm
O vovô. Pai e filho, 1996
The Grandfather. Father and Son
Oil and graphite on paper
21,9 × 31,2 cm
Sem título (Mulher sentada), 2000
Untitled (Seated Woman)
Gouache and acrylic on paper
21 × 29,6 cm
Sem título (Olho mágico), 1987
Untitled (Magic Eye)
Gouache, marker and oil pastel on paper
50 × 66,5 cm
all works:
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha
Belém, PA
Museu de Arte de Belém (Mabe)
Apr 2 – May 26, 2024
deborah anzinger edgar calel gabriel gentil tukano mahku nikau hindin nontsikelelo mutiti
An Unlikely Birth, 2018
Acrylic, synthetic hair, Aloe barbadensis and polystyrene on canvas
203,2 × 332,7 cm
Before you realized you could be seen, I watched you soaked in the shade while I was conceiving, 2018
Acrylic, mirror and synthetic hair on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Coy, 2016
Acrylic, styrofoam, Aloe barbadensis and mirror on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Eye, 2018
Acrylic, Aloe barbadensis and ceramic
76,2 × 71,1 × 50,8 cm
Fiction as a Vessel for Reality, 2016
Acrylic, Aloe barbadensis and ceramic
30,5 × 30,5 × 10,2 cm
I Told You, 2016
Acrylic and mirrored glass on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Inhospitable, 2018
Acrylic, mirror and synthetic hair on canvas
172,7 × 137,2 cm
Resonant, 2017
Acrylic on ceramic
50,8 × 35,6 × 7,6 cm
Unfeed, 2019
Acrylic on ceramic
71,1 × 43,2 × 7,6 cm
all works:
Collection of the artist
Xar – Sueño de Obsidiana, 2020-2022
Obsidian Dream Single channel HD video loop 13’
Courtesy of the artist and Fernando Pereira dos Santos
Notebook 36, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
17 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 37, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
10 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 38, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
18 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: Museu Amazônico – UFAM, Manaus
Rewe Rashūiti, 2023
Healing Song
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
mahku artists: ibã hunikuin, kassia borges karaja, acelino hunikuin, bane hunikuin, mana hunikuin, itamar rios yaka hunikuin, cleudo hunikuin collaborators: vanessa giroldo, vinicius figueiredo, gabriel alves
Ngā Whetū Maiangi o te Maramataka, 2023
The Dawn Stars of the Māori Lunar Stellar Calendar
Site-specific installation composed of 13 pieces made of red ochre, soot ink and blue ochre pigment (Vivianite) on Aute (Māori bark cloth Broussonetia papyrifera)
Whiro. Te Tahi o Pipiri 29.06.2022, 2023
New Moon. The First of Hamal 126 × 39,5 cm
Whiro. Te Rua o Takurua 29.07.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Second of Sirius 102,5 × 35 cm
Whiro. Te Toru Here o Pipiri 27.08.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Third of Atik 116,5 × 43,2 cm
Whiro. Te Whā o Mahuru 26.09.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Fourth of Alphard 159,2 × 38,5 cm
Whiro. Te Rima o Kōpū 25.10.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Fifth of Venus 117,5 × 45,5 cm
Whiro. Te Ono o Whitiānaunau 24.11.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Sixth of Y Leo 112,5 × 48,6 cm
Whiro. Te Whitu o Hakihea 23.12.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Seventh of Menkent 135,5 × 42,5 cm
Whiro. Te Waru o Rehua 22.01.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Eighth of Antares 124 × 35,5 cm
Whiro. Te Iwa o Rūhiterangi 20.02.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Ninth of Alniyat 127,5 × 35,5 cm
Whiro. Te Ngahuru o Poutūterangi 22.03.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Tenth of Altair 101 × 48 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā tahi Paengawhāwhā 20.04.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Eleventh of Enif 120 × 52 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā rua o Haki Haratua 20.05.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Twelfth of Matar 107 × 35,7 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā toru o Ruhanui 18.06.2923, 2023
New Moon. The Thirteenth of Sheratan
98,5 × 47 cm
Rākau Iti, 2023
Small Tree
Beaten Aute (Māori bark cloth Broussonetia papyrifera)
98,5 × 47 cm
Rākau Nui, 2023
Full Moon (Big Tree)
Beaten Aute (Māori bark cloth, Broussonetia papyrifera), Natural Aho Muka (handmade twine, Phormium tenax) and Aho Muka dyed with Tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides)
127,5 × 540 cm
all works:
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Salvador, BA
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia (MAM Bahia)
May 2 – Jul 28, 2024
citra sasmita
davi pontes, wallace ferreira
edgar calel
emanoel araujo inaicyra falcão julien creuzet
leilah weinraub luiz de abreu m’barek bouhchichi mahku
malinche
marilyn boror bor maya deren nontsikelelo mutiti quilombo cafundó rosana paulino
simone leigh, madeleine hunt ehrlich torkwase dyson xica manicongo
Timur Merah Project IX: Beyond The Realm of Senses (Allegory of The Archipelago), 2023
Installation, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, cotton cloth layered with rice flour, yellow stone powder, wooden carving, fiber and gold paint
90 × 800 cm (canvas);
33 × 33 × 58 cm (sculpture)
Timur Merah Project IX: Beyond The Realm of Senses (Oracle and Demons), 2023
Installation, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas
80 × 250 cm Ø;
80 × 200 cm Ø;
80 × 300 cm Ø (3 pieces)
all works:
Collection of the artist
Repertório n. 3, 2023
Repertoire n. 3
Performance
edgar calel
Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House), 2023
Wool, cotton and soil
600 × 242 cm (1 piece);
50 × 50 cm (48 pieces)
Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Ultravioleta
edgar calel in collaboration with fernando pereira dos santos
Xar – Sueño de Obsidiana, 2020-2022
Obsidian Dream
Single channel HD video loop
13’
Courtesy of the artist and Fernando Pereira dos Santos
Untitled, 2017
Automotive paint on wood
960 × 102 × 1320 cm
Collection: Emanoel Araujo Estate
Courtesy: Simões de Assis
Tokunbó: sons entre mares, 2023
Sounds between Seas 12’’ Record
Recorded, mixed and edited by Luciano Salvador Bahia at the Estúdio 40.000
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Tokunbó: sons entre mares, 2023
Sounds between Seas Book
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
This participation is supported by: Institut français
ZUMBI ZUMBI ETERNO, 2023
ETERNAL ZUMBI ZUMBI
Site-specific installation composed of sewn plastic sails, galvanized tubes, plastic gallons and acrylic on wood pieces choreographed by: ana pi, bad gyal cassie love ana pi iris fabre antoine camus louise somveille chadine amghar & zumbi dos palmares
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
SHAKEDOWN, 2018 Video, color, sound 60’22’’
starring: aiisha ferguson, jamie thomas, sha’ron harris, mahogany wilson as the shakedown angels: egypt, jazmyne, harmony, blaze, i-dallas, mocha, ms. oohzee, slim-goodie, poizun, jamaika, jo-jo, sinnamon, sunshine, cappichino, slow-wine, jazzybelle, trinitee, 360, foxy performers: junior, x, suave, tresure, nita, tight-eyez, t ceo: sha’ron harris aka “ronnie ron”, vp teresa aka ms. teresa
Samba do Crioulo Doido, 2004
Video, color, sound 21’40’’
O Samba do Crioulo Doido, Ruler and Compass, 2020
Video, color, sound 15’22’’
Nous sommes ce que vous ne voulez pas voir, 2023 We Are What You Don’t Want to See Ceramic vases on wooden bases with inscriptions based on the literary work of adderrahman el mejdoub, alzira rufino, conceição evaristo, dave the potter, lourdes teodero, luiz gama, m’barek ben zida, roseli nascimento and terezinha malaquias
44 × 46 cm;
41 × 44 cm;
42 × 46 cm;
36 × 47 cm;
40 × 46,5 cm;
37 × 43 cm;
41 × 50 cm; 40 × 50 cm; 48 × 49 cm; 43 × 48 cm;
40 × 46 cm;
42 × 47 cm;
35 × 46 cm;
44 × 41 cm (vases); dimensions variable (tree trunks) Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Rewe Rashūiti, 2023
Healing Song
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
mahku artists: ibã hunikuin, kassia borges karaja, acelino hunikuin, bane hunikuin, mana hunikuin, itamar rios yaka hunikuin, cleudo hunikuin collaborators: vanessa giroldo, vinicius figueiredo, gabriel alves
Lienzo de Tlaxcala, 1560 Tlaxcala Fabric
Polychrome drawing on bark paper, facsimile 2 pieces, 65,9 × 86,4 cm (each)
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
El futuro que nunca fue, 2023
The Future that Never Was from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement Oil and concrete on canvas (triptych)
49 × 98 cm (each)
Collection of the artist
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento, 2022
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement
Ceramic e cement (44 pieces)
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948 HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Architectural drawings of the houses of Quilombo Cafundó, c. 1978
Facsimile
6 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Cafundó, 1983 Film, color, sound 42’43’’
direction: joel yamaji screenplay: carlos vogt, joel yamaji, uli bruhn direct sound: jorge guerreiro production manager: francisco magaldi production: luis algarra assistant: zezinho original music: newton carneiro
Documents relating to the use of Cupopia and Kimbundo, undated Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
First records published in the press about the Quilombo Cafundó community, 1978
Facsimile
14 pieces, dimensions variable
Family tree of the Quilombo Cafundó Community, undated Facsimile
4 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Photographs of the Quilombo Cafundó, undated (c. 1978 – 1980’s)
Facsimile
41 pieces, 9 × 12,5 cm (each); (unknown authorships; 1 photo by Bob Wolfenson)
Quilombo Cafundó’s Maps, c. 1978
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: CEDAE – Centro de Documentação Cultural Alexandre Eulálio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Caranguejo, 2023
Crab from series Mangue
Mangrove
Graphite, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas
220 × 400 × 4 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
Conspiracy, 2022
16mm and 8mm film, black and white, sound 24’
with: simone leigh, kimari hazward, lorraine o’grady, edward sales, jin sik, sarah wang, anastasia warren
Blackbasebeingbeyond, 2023
Site-specific installation composed of 3 pieces in wood, steel and blackwash
430 × 290 × 150 cm (each)
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Livro 1 de confissões da primeira visitação ao Brasil por Heitor Furtado de Mendonça, 1591-1595
First book of confessions of the first visit to Brazil by Heitor Furtado de Mendonça
Facsimile
4 pieces: 33,5 × 23,5 cm (each)
Collection: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon
Sesc Campinas
Jun 6 – Sep 8, 2024
aline motta
aurora cursino dos santos
januário jano
kamal aljafari
luana vitra
luiz de abreu mahku
manuel chavajay
marilyn boror bor
maya deren
nontsikelelo mutiti
quilombo cafundó
ubirajara ferreira braga zumví arquivo afro fotográfico
A água é uma máquina do tempo, 2023 Water is a Time Machine Video, color, sound 31’46’’
camera operators: aline motta, caio rosa, daniel cabrel, lucas magalhães camera assistant: flavio muniz drone operator: francisco “cochi” guimarães additional drone operator: felipe macedo generator and electricity: luther modesto video projection: daniel cabrel video projection assistant: juliana bento production coordinators: caio rosa, giulia maria reis costume designer: aline motta costume tailor: awa guimarães editing: aline motta, ana julia travia post-production supervisor: tatiana macedo supervising colorist: maísa joanni colorist: diran serafim, maísa joanni motion graphics: marina quintanilha motion graphics assistant: thais suguiyama soundtrack: aline motta, jessica gaspar, spirito santo music production and sound mixing: pedro santiago audiovisual and acoustics consultant: doo sung you 5.1 sound mixing: confraria de charutos musicians: spirito santo e caio rosa singers: jessica gaspar e spirito santo english subtitles: sophie lewis, julia sanches performers: aline motta, mari si Commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation and co-commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal. Funded in part by ZUM Photography Grant/Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil, and Programa Coincidência, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Autorretrato, undated Self-portrait
50 × 32,5 cm
Cursino Rembrandt, 1950
62 × 50 cm
Hotel Avenida, undated Avenida Hotel
50 × 40,5 cm
Untitled, 1950
58 × 50 cm
Untitled, 1950
60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated
60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated
60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated
50 × 65,5 cm
Untitled, undated
75,6 × 59,5 cm
Untitled, undated
79,3 × 49,5 cm
all works: Oil on paper
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha
Baptism, 2019 Inkjet on 100% cotton fine art paper rag
220 × 250 cm (20 pieces)
44 × 50 cm (each)
The Camera of the Dispossessed, 2023
6-channel video installation, projection
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
conceived and produced by: kamal aljafari
edited by: kamal aljafari, yannig willmann, flavia mazzarino
sound: attila faravelli
original music: simon fisher turner line producer: flavia mazzarino
vfx: yannig willmann
sound mixing: jochen jezussek
voice: darin dibsy, kamal aljafari 2023 © kamal aljafari productions
music
“Akka”, lyrics by: samih al qasim; composition by: naeem rajwan, 1963
“Swan Lake”, composition by: piotr ilych tchaikovsky; live recording: New Philharmonia Orchestra, leopold stokowski, 1989
“Palestinian Bedouin Tape Archive”, Majazz Project, 2021
texts from: “Austerlitz”, w.g. sebald, 2001
“Anis Sayegh on Anis Sayegh”, anis sayegh, 2006
“Only Ten Meters”, ghassan kanafani, 1959
“Returning to Haifa”, ghassan kanafani, 1969
end credits: a phone call between kamal and yousef, 2019
Pulmão da mina, 2023
Lung of the Mine
Iron, silver, copper, indigo, rope and herbs
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Samba do Crioulo Doido, 2004
Video, color, sound 21’40’’
O Samba do Crioulo Doido, Ruler and Compass, 2020
Video, color, sound 15’22’’
Rewe Rashūiti, 2023
Healing Song
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
mahku artists: ibã hunikuin, kassia borges karaja, acelino hunikuin, bane hunikuin, mana hunikuin, itamar rios yaka hunikuin, cleudo hunikuin collaborators: vanessa giroldo, vinicius figueiredo, gabriel alves
Oq Ximtali, 2017-2023
Videoperformance
6’02’’ Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Monumento vivo, 2023
Living Monument from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement Cement, wood and metal 80 × 60 × 73 cm
Collection of the artist Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948
HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Architectural drawings of the houses of Quilombo Cafundó, c. 1978
Facsimile
6 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Cafundó, 1983
Film, color, sound
42’43’’
direction: joel yamaji
screenplay: carlos vogt, joel yamaji, uli bruhn direct sound: jorge guerreiro production manager: francisco magaldi production: luis algarra assistant: zezinho original music: newton carneiro
Documents relating to the use of Cupopia and Kimbundo, undated
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
First records published in the press about the Quilombo Cafundó community, 1978
Facsimile
14 pieces, dimensions variable
Family tree of the Quilombo Cafundó Community, undated
Facsimile
4 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Photographs of the Quilombo Cafundó, undated (c. 1978 – 1980’s)
Facsimile
30 pieces, 9 × 12,5 cm (each); (unknown authorships; 1 photo by Bob Wolfenson)
Quilombo Cafundó’s Maps, c. 1978
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: CEDAE – Centro de Documentação
Cultural Alexandre Eulálio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Amigo fiel, 1991
Faithful Friend
Gouache and oil pastel on paper
50 × 66 cm
Artistas‑pacientes, 1987
Artists-Patients
Gouache on paper
66,5 × 50 cm
Autorretrato, 1987
Self-portrait
Gouache on paper
66,5 × 50 cm
Aurora Cursino, 1995
Gouache, fabric paint and oil pastel on paper
65,7 × 47,8 cm
Cena do Juquery. Guarda. Manicômio judiciário, 1990
Juquery scene. Guard. Justice Asylum
Gouache on paper
32 × 45 cm
O mundo esquizofrênico, 1995
The Schizophrenic World
Acrylic on canvas
30 × 50 cm
Os peregrinos, 1999
The Pilgrims
Gouache and crayon on paper
20,5 × 28 cm
Untitled, 1988
Gouache on paper
119,5 × 314 cm
all works:
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha
Autorretrato do fotógrafo Lázaro Roberto, 1980
Photographer Lázaro Roberto Self-portrait
50 × 75 cm
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exposição “O Negro e seu trabalho na Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA, 1992
Exhibition “Black People and Their Work at Feira de São Joaquim”, Salvador, BA
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Exposição do Zumví na Sociedade Primeiro de Maio, no Dia do Trabalhador, Subúrbio
Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1991
Exposição do Zumví na Sociedade Primeiro de Maio, no Dia do Trabalhador, Subúrbio
Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1991
Zumví Exhibition at Sociedade Primeiro de Maio, During Labor Day, Subúrbio Ferroviário Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Inauguração da sede do Movimento
Negro Unificado – MNU, bairro do Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 1991
Inauguração da sede do Movimento
Negro Unificado – MNU, bairro do Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 1991
Opening of the Movimento Negro Unificado – MNU Headquarters, Curuzu Neighborhood, Salvador, BA 40 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Outdoor do Movimento Negro em protesto contra o centenário da abolição, Salvador, BA, 1988
Black Movement Billboard in Protest Against the Centenary of the Abolition, Salvador, BA 60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Primeira sede do Zumví – Arquivo Afro Fotográfico, bairro da Ribeira, Salvador, BA, 1990 Primeira sede do Zumví – Arquivo Afro Fotográfico, bairro da Ribeira, Salvador, BA, 1990 First Headquarters of Zumví – Arquivo Afro Fotográfico, Ribeira Neighborhood, Salvador, BA 30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protest Against the Abolition Centenary Farce
Organized by the Movimento Negro [Black Movement], Salvador, BA
70 × 105 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Protesto da Sociedade Primeiro de Maio de Novos Alagados em frente à prefeitura de Salvador, BA, 1994
Demonstration of the Sociedade Primeiro de Maio de Novos Alagados in front of Salvador City Hall
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Sindicato das empregadas domésticas, Salvador, BA, undated
Domestic Workers Union, Salvador, BA
20 × 30 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Trabalhadores da Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1992
Workers at the Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Brasília, DF
Museu Nacional da República
Jun 13 – Aug 25, 2024
deborah anzinger
denilson baniwa
katherine dunham mahku
manuel chavajay
maya deren
melchor maría mercado
nadir bouhmouch, soumeya ait ahmed nikau hindin
nontsikelelo mutiti
rosa gauditano
simone leigh, madeleine hunt ehrlich torkwase dyson
zumví arquivo afro fotográfico
Before you realized you could be seen, I watched you soaked in the shade while I was conceiving, 2018
Acrylic, mirror and synthetic hair on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Coy, 2016
Acrylic, styrofoam, Aloe barbadensis and mirror on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Eye, 2018
Acrylic, Aloe barbadensis and ceramic
76,2 × 71,1 × 50,8 cm
Fiction as a Vessel for Reality, 2016
Acrylic, Aloe barbadensis and ceramic
30,5 × 30,5 × 10,2 cm
I Told You, 2016
Acrylic and mirrored glass on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Inhospitable, 2018
Acrylic, mirror and synthetic hair on canvas
172,7 × 137,2 cm
Resonant, 2017
Acrylic on ceramic
50,8 × 35,6 × 7,6 cm
Unfeed, 2019
Acrylic on ceramic
71,1 × 43,2 × 7,6 cm
all works:
Collection of the artist
Kwema, 2023
Dawn
Site-specific installation composed of 2 stones, earth, gravel, metallic structure, wood, maize plants, canvas and artificial featherwork
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
in collaboration with francineia baniwa
Itá, 2023
Bas-relief stone carving
Courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
in collaboration with jerá guarani
Kaá, 2023
Guarani corn farm
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
in collaboration with aparecida baniwa
Tatá, 2023
Baniwa featherwork on tururi fiber canvas
Courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947
Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960
Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956 12’29”
all works: 16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
Rewe Rashūiti, 2023
Healing Song
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
mahku artists: ibã hunikuin, kassia borges karaja, acelino hunikuin, bane hunikuin, mana hunikuin, itamar rios yaka hunikuin, cleudo hunikuin collaborators: vanessa giroldo, vinicius figueiredo, gabriel alves
Oq Ximtali, 2017-2023
Videoperformance 6’02’’
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948
HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm)
12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
melchor maría mercado
Álbum de paisajes, tipos humanos y costumbres de Bolivia, 1841-1869
Album of Landscapes, Human Types and Mores of Bolivia
Watercolor on paper
141 pieces, 24 × 32 cm (each)
Collection: Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia
nadir bouhmouch, soumeya ait ahmed
Assays: On Art & Food from Below, 2023
Site-specific installation composed of video, diagram, photographic prints, carpets, pillows and cordel publications
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
A Seasonal Work Song, 2020-2023 16:9 video, color, sound 42’
film by: soumeya ait ahmed, nadir bouhmouch poetry and music by: fadma boutalaa, cheikh hammou khella
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Assays in Ypy ra ouêra, 2023
Carpets and pillows
Dimensions variable common knowledge of Amazigh peoples adaptation in São Paulo by: soumeya ait ahmed, nadir bouhmouch
carpets: Escola de Artesanato do Muquém / Instituto Renato Imbroisi inês ferreira mendes, mara rita da cunha, rosa helena miguel, roseli barreto rezende, rosiana oliveira diniz
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Manshour – Cordel, Iteration #1, 2023
Offset print on paper 21 × 15 cm
graphic design (Against Monoculture): nassim azarzar
graphic design (Remedies for Monotony): montasser drissi
illustrations: nabil himich
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
On Food and Art from Below, Non‑Oral
Iteration #1, 2023
Cut-out vinyl wall diagram
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Untitled, 2023
Fine Art print
105 × 70 cm
photo: soumeya ait ahmed
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Untitled, 2023
Fine Art print
70 × 105 cm
photo: nadir bouhmouch
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Ngā Whetū Maiangi o te Maramataka, 2023
The Dawn Stars of the Māori Lunar Stellar Calendar
Site-specific installation composed of 13 pieces made of red ochre, soot ink and blue ochre pigment (Vivianite) on Aute (Māori bark cloth Broussonetia papyrifera)
Whiro. Te Tahi o Pipiri 29.06.2022, 2023
New Moon. The First of Hamal 126 × 39,5 cm
Whiro. Te Rua o Takurua 29.07.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Second of Sirius 102,5 × 35 cm
Whiro. Te Toru Here o Pipiri 27.08.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Third of Atik 116,5 × 43,2 cm
Whiro. Te Whā o Mahuru 26.09.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Fourth of Alphard 159,2 × 38,5 cm
Whiro. Te Rima o Kōpū 25.10.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Fifth of Venus 117,5 × 45,5 cm
Whiro. Te Ono o Whitiānaunau 24.11.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Sixth of Y Leo 112,5 × 48,6 cm
Whiro. Te Whitu o Hakihea 23.12.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Seventh of Menkent 135,5 × 42,5 cm
Whiro. Te Waru o Rehua 22.01.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Eighth of Antares 124 × 35,5 cm
Whiro. Te Iwa o Rūhiterangi 20.02.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Ninth of Alniyat 127,5 × 35,5 cm
Whiro. Te Ngahuru o Poutūterangi 22.03.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Tenth of Altair 101 × 48 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā tahi Paengawhāwhā 20.04.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Eleventh of Enif 120 × 52 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā rua o Haki Haratua 20.05.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Twelfth of Matar 107 × 35,7 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā toru o Ruhanui 18.06.2923, 2023
New Moon. The Thirteenth of Sheratan
98,5 × 47 cm
Rākau Iti, 2023
Small Tree
Beaten Aute (Māori bark cloth Broussonetia papyrifera)
98,5 × 47 cm
Rākau Nui, 2023
Full Moon (Big Tree)
Beaten Aute (Māori bark cloth, Broussonetia papyrifera), Natural Aho Muka (handmade twine, Phormium tenax) and Aho Muka dyed with Tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides)
127,5 × 540 cm
all works: Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Vidas proibidas, 1979 Forbidden Lives
Dinossauros Bar and Ferro’s Bar
Vidas proibidas, Dinossauros Bar, 1979
Forbidden Lives
60 × 90 cm (11 pieces), 90 × 60 cm (6 pieces)
Vidas proibidas, Ferro’s Bar, 1979
Forbidden Lives
60 × 90 (11 pieces); 150 × 100 cm (2 pieces); 100 × 150 cm (1 piece)
all works:
Mineral pigment print on cotton paper from digital file
Conspiracy, 2022
16mm and 8mm film, black and white, sound 24’
with: simone leigh, kimari hazward, lorraine o’grady, edward sales, jin sik, sarah wang, anastasia warren
Blackbasebeingbeyond, 2023
Site-specific installation composed of 3 pieces in wood, steel and blackwash 430 × 290 × 150 cm (each)
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Arrumadores da Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1992
Keepers at the Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Ato da campanha “Reaja ou será morto, reaja ou será morta”, Salvador, BA, 2014
Act of the Campaign “React or You Will be Dead”, Salvador, BA
50 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada da Consciência Negra no bairro do Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 2012
Walk Celebrating the Black Awareness Day, at the Curuzu Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
75 × 50 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Manifestação para aprovação da política de cotas na Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2003
Protest Demanding the Approval of Affirmative Actions at the Universidade Federal da Bahia
80 × 120 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protesto do Movimento Negro contra a farsa do Centenário da Abolição no Brasil, Salvador, BA, 1988
Protest Against the Abolition Centenary Farce Organized by the Movimento Negro [Black Movement], Salvador, BA
70 × 105 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Rapaz no cabelereiro, Salvador, BA, 1994
Young Man at the Hairdresser, Salvador, BA
105 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Roda de capoeira no Dia da Consciência Negra, parque São Bartolomeu, Subúrbio Ferroviário, 2013
Capoeira Circle at the Black Awareness Day, São Bartolomeu Park, Subúrbio Ferroviário
Neighborhood
70 × 105 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Trabalhadoras do Mercado Modelo, Salvador, BA, 1983
Workers at the Mercado Modelo, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Geremias Mendes
all works: Digital transfer film photography
Belo Horizonte, MG
Palácio das Artes
Jun 20 – Sep 15, 2024
ahlam shibli
aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, roseane yariana yanomami amos gitaï anna boghiguian dayanita singh eustáquio neves gabriel gentil tukano geraldine javier katherine dunham
luana vitra
luiz de abreu
maya deren min tanaka, françois pain morzaniel ɨramari nontsikelelo mutiti ricardo aleixo rommulo vieira conceição rosa gauditano
rosana paulino
sammy baloji
sonia gomes
zumví arquivo afro fotográfico
series Death, 2011-2012
Chromogenic print
100 × 70 cm (6 pieces);
38 × 57,7 cm (12 pieces);
57,7 cm × 38 cm (4 pieces)
Thuë pihi kuuwi, 2023
A Woman Thinking Video, color, sound 9’
Courtesy: Aruac Filmes
directors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, roseane yariana yanomami
director of photography and camera: roseane yariana yanomami
producers: eryk rocha, gabriela carneiro da cunha
editors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, carlos eduardo ceccon, julia faraco, rodrigo ribeiro-andrade
sound editor: waldir xavier
sound mixing: guilherme lima de assis
direct sound: marcos lopes da silva color grading: cassiana umetsu, marcelo brandt translators: ana maria machado, richard duque, corrado dalmonego, marcelo silva, morzaniel ɨramari yanomami
general supervision: davi kopenawa yanomami, dário vitório kopenawa yanomami
responsible for yanomami audiovisual training: marília garcia senlle
executive producer: heloisa jinzenji
production coordinator: margarida serrano financial coordinator: tárik puggina
project manager: lisa gunn
impact producers: marília garcia senlle, carolina ribas production: Aruac Filmes
co-production: Hutukara Associação Yanomami
production associate: Gata Maior Filmes
support: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
Yuri u xëatima thë, 2023
Fishing with Timbó
Video, color, sound 10’
Courtesy: Aruac Filmes
directors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, roseane yariana yanomami
director of photography and camera: roseane yariana yanomami
producers: eryk rocha, gabriela carneiro da cunha
editors: aida harika yanomami, edmar tokorino yanomami, carlos eduardo ceccon, julia faraco, rodrigo ribeiro andrade sound editor: waldir xavier
sound mixing: guilherme lima de assis
direct sound: marcos lopes da silva color grading: cassiana umetsu, marcelo brandt original drawings: edmar tokorino yanomami, aida harika yanomami
translators: ana maria machado, richard duque, corrado dalmonego, marcelo silva, morzaniel ɨramari yanomami
general supervision: davi kopenawa yanomami, dário vitório kopenawa yanomami
responsible for yanomami audiovisual training: marília garcia senlle
executive producer: heloisa jinzenji
production coordinator: margarida serrano
financial coordinator: tárik puggina
project manager: lisa gunn
impact producers: marília garcia senlle, carolina ribas production: Aruac Filmes
co-production: Hutukara Associação Yanomami
production associate: Gata Maior Filmes
support: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
Bait, 1980 House 16mm film transferred to video 51’
Collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Gift: Amos Gitaï, 2015
cinematography: emanuel aldema sound: oded hornik
editing: rina ben melech production: Channel 1 tv
Woven Winds – The Making of an Economy –Costly Commodities, 2016-2023
Installation composed of paintings, cut-out wax figures and pencil on paper; supports in wood and metal
Collection: E. Righi
Woven Winds – The Making of an Economy –Costly Commodities, 2023
Mural painting
Woven Winds – The Making of an Economy –Costly Commodities, 2023
Installation composed of earth and cotton branches
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Mona and Myself, 2013 Video 3’45’’
Mona Montage XVII, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Montage XVIII, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Montage XX, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Montage XXI, 2021
Gelatin silver and archival pigment print
41,3 × 61,3 cm
Mona Study Table, 2001-2021
Desk, stool and “Myself Mona Ahmed”, hardcover book, 176 pages, published by Scalo, Zurich, 2001
Museum of Dance (Mother Loves to Dance), 2021 Teak structures and archival pigment prints
108 prints, 30,5 × 45,8 cm (each)
86,4 × 61 × 221 cm (structure)
all works:
Courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London
Untitled, 1993-1994 from series Arturos
72 × 100 cm
Untitled, 1993-1994 from series Arturos 72 × 56 cm
Untitled, 1993-1994 from series Arturos 72 × 56 cm
Untitled, 2006-2007 from the series Encomendador de almas Commissioner of Souls 72 × 56 cm
Untitled, 2006-2007 from the series Encomendador de almas Commissioner of Souls 72 × 56 cm
Untitled, 2006-2007 from the series Encomendador de almas Commissioner of Souls 72 × 56 cm
Untitled, 2006-2007 from the series Encomendador de almas Commissioner of Souls 72 × 56 cm
all works: Photography on paper, Fine Art print
Notebook 36, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
17 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 37, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
10 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 38, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
18 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works: Collection: Museu Amazônico – UFAM, Manaus
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Manussomniumcrustacea), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
73 × 104,5 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Metacarpussomnium myrmeleontidae A), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Metacarpussomnium myrmeleontidae B), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumreduviidae A), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumreduviidae B), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumreduviidae C), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Pelvissomniumpapilio), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
73 × 104,5 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Vertebraesomniumanisoptera), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
71 × 59 cm
Collection of the artist
9 Creatures in Search of their Species (Costaesomniumblattaria), 2012
Lithography, sreenprint and preserved leaves on Kozo paper
73 × 104,5 cm
Collection of the artist
Insist on Hope, Desist from Despair, 2023
Applique on mono printed fabric
280 × 270 cm
Collection of the artist
katherine dunham
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960 Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956 12’29”
all works:
16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
Pulmão da mina, 2023
Lung of the Mine
Iron, silver, copper, indigo, rope and herbs
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Samba do Crioulo Doido, 2004
Video, color, sound 21’40’’
O Samba do Crioulo Doido, Ruler and Compass, 2020
Video, color, sound 15’22’’
Meditation on Violence, 1948 HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
This participation is supported by: National Center for Art Research, Japan
Min Tanaka à La Borde, 1986
Min Tanaka at La Borde
Video, color, sound 24’
direction, screenplay and production: françois pain
Mãri Hi, 2023
The Dream Tree Video, color, sound 17’
Courtesy: Aruac Filmes
direction: morzaniel ɨramari
with: davi kopenawa yanomami director of photography and camera: morzaniel ɨramari
producers: eryk rocha e gabriela carneiro da cunha editors: morzaniel ɨramari, rodrigo ribeiro-andrade, julia faraco, carlos eduardo ceccon
sound editor: waldir xavier
sound mixing: guilherme lima de assis
direct sound: marcos lopes da silva, morzaniel ɨramari
color grading and completion: caio lazaneo
original drawings: ehuana yaira yanomami translators: ana maria machado, richard duque, corrado dalmonego, marcelo silva, morzaniel ɨramari
general supervision: davi kopenawa yanomami, dário vitório kopenawa yanomami responsible yanomami audiovisual training: marília garcia senlle
executive production: heloisa jinzenji
production coordinator: margarida serrano financial coordinator: tárik puggina
project manager: lisa gunn
impact producers: marília garcia senlle, carolina ribas
production: Aruac filmes
co-production: Hutukara Associação Yanomami production associada: Gata Maior Filmes support: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental
Urihi Haromatimapë, 2014
Healers of the Forest-Land Video, color, sound 60’01’’
Collection: MUGEO – Museu Valdemar Lefèvre, São Paulo
Courtesy: Hutukara Associação Yanomami direction: morzaniel ɨramari
photographer: morzaniel ɨramari
editors: julia bernstein, morzaniel ɨramari, pedro portella
research: ana maria machado completion and distribution: pedro portella translation: morzaniel ɨramari, ana maria machado production: hutukara/ISA/OEEI-UFMG
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Diário da encruza, 2023
Crossroads Diary
O tempo todo tudo muda, 2023
Everything Changes All the Time
all works: Performance
O espaço físico pode ser zona de disputa, convenções e certezas falíveis, 2023
Physical Space Can Be a Zone of Contention, Conventions and Fallible Certainties
Metal, wood, resin, glass fiber, polypropylene, polyurethane and automotive paint
Dimensions variable
technical drawing: rafael muniz
execution: césar augusto de sousa / ME Casmetal painting: edson batista pereira
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal and co-produced with Sesc –Serviço Social do Comércio
Quando a posição define o espaço social, sendo objeto continente dessa posição, 2020
When the Position Defines the Social Space, Being a Continent Object of that Position
Printed glass
220 × 550 cm
Collection: Arte da Cidade/ Supervisão de Acervo/ CCSP/SMC/PMSP, São Paulo
Vidas proibidas, 1979
Forbidden Lives
Dinossauros Bar and Ferro’s Bar
Vidas proibidas, Dinossauros Bar, 1979 Forbidden Lives
60 × 90 cm (3 pieces), 90 × 60 cm (3 pieces)
Vidas proibidas, Ferro’s Bar, 1979 Forbidden Lives
60 × 90 (5 pieces); 150 × 100 cm (2 pieces); 100 × 150 cm (1 piece)
all works: Mineral pigment print on cotton paper from digital file
Peixe, 2023
Fish from series Mangue
Mangrove
Graphite, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas
220 × 400 × 4 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
Copper Negative of Luxury Cloth Kongo People; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo or Angola, 17th 18th Century, 2020 Bronze (3 pieces)
64,5 × 63 × 0,9 cm; 52,3 × 51,3 × 0,9 cm; 62 × 50,3 × 0,9 cm
Tales of the Copper Cross Garden, Episode 1, 2017
16:9 video, color, sound 42’
all works: Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Imane Farès, Paris
3 acordes, 2022
3 Chords
From the series Sinfonia da cores
Symphony of Colors
Various fabrics, nylon rope, and metal
340 × 120 × 60 cm
Private collection
Untitled, 2022
from series Entre pérola e vergalhão
Between Pearl and Rebar
Different fabric, nylon rope, glass fiber and freshwater pearl on iron rebar
97 × 45 × 51 cm
Courtesy of the artist, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, and Pace Gallery, New York
Untitled, 2022
from series Tela corpo
Canvas-Body
Mixed media on jute
Canvas-Body
145 × 100 cm
Collection of the artist
Untitled, 2022
from series Torção
Twist
Various fabrics and galvanized wire
71 × 84 × 38 cm
Collection of the artist
Untitled, 2005
From the series Torção
Twist
Various fabrics and galvanized wire
103 × 167 × 30 cm
Collection of the artist
Véu de Maia, 2022
Maia’s Veil
from series Pano
Fabric
Different fabrics
203 × 265 cm
Courtesy of the artist, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
Afoxé Filhos de Gandhy no Carnaval de Salvador, BA, 1993
Afoxé Filhos de Gandhy at the Carnival of Salvador, BA
50 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av. Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av. Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av. Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Caminhada contra a intolerância religiosa, Av. Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
March Against Religious Intolerance
60 × 40 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada em homenagem aos 300 anos de Zumbi, Praça Municipal, Salvador, BA, 1995
March in Honor of the 300th Anniversary of Zumbi 90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Caminhada INCOMODE: Contra o Genocídio e o extermínio, a LGBTfobia, o feminicídio, o ódio religioso e o encarceramento em massa da Juventude NEGRA, 2019
INCOMODE March: Against Genocide and Extermination, LGBTphobia, Femicide, Religious Hatred, and the Mass Incarceration of BLACK Youth 60 × 40 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Desfile de Carnaval do bloco afro Olodum, com o tema “Os tesouros de Tutancâmon”, largo do Pelourinho, Salvador, BA, 1993
Olodum Carnival Parade with the Theme “The Treasures of Tutankhamun”, Pelourinho, Salvador, BA 70 × 105 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Desfile do bloco afro Ilê Aiyê no carnaval de Salvador, BA, 1990 Parade of the Afro Block Ilê Aiyê at the Carnival of Salvador 90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Ebó na encruzilhada: prato com charuto, farofa e garrafa de cachaça, na primeira Caminhada pelo fim da violência e da intolerância religiosa, Av. Vasco da Gama, 2010
75 × 50 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Festa do Bom Jesus dos Navegantes, praia da Boa Viagem, Salvador, BA, 1983
Bom Jesus dos Navegantes Celebration, Boa Viagem Beach, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Geremias Mendes
Irmandade do Rosário dos Pretos apreciando o cortejo do Dois de Julho, 1983
Sisterhood of the Rosário dos Pretos appreciating the procession of the 2nd of July 75 × 50 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Irmandade Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, Cachoeira, BA, 1987
Sisterhood of Our Lady of the Good Death, Cachoeira, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Jônatas Conceição
Jovens percussionistas do bloco Rastafári, Subúrbio Ferroviário, Salvador, BA, 1990
Young Percussionists of the Rastafári Block 105 × 70 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Mulheres do candomblé pedindo esmola para o orixá na Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 2008
Women of Candomblé Asking for Alms for the Orixá at the Feira de São Joaquim 105 × 75 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Peça teatral “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, bairro do Uruguai, Salvador, BA, 1983
75 × 50 cm
Peça teatral “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, bairro do Uruguai, Salvador, BA, 1983
Peça teatral “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, bairro do Uruguai, Salvador, BA, 1983
Peça teatral “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, bairro do Uruguai, Salvador, BA, 1983
Peça teatral “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, bairro do Uruguai, Salvador, BA, 1983
Presentation of the Play “Minha analista”, Espaço Cultural Alagados, Uruguai Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
50 × 75 cm
Photo: Geremias Mendes
Pichação contra o 13 de Maio no bairro do Comércio, Salvador, BA, 2015
Graffiti Against May 13th in the Comércio neighborhood
90 × 60 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Placa fotografada na Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1992
Sign Photographed at the Feira de São Joaquim
120 × 80 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Povo de Santo no cortejo da Lavagem do Bonfim, 2012
People of Santo in the Procession of the Bonfim Washing
60 × 40 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Primeira apresentação do Bando de Teatro Olodum da peça “Essa é nossa praia”, teatro Gregório de Matos, Salvador, BA, 1990
Primeira apresentação do Bando de Teatro Olodum da peça “Essa é nossa praia”, teatro Gregório de Matos, Salvador, BA, 1990
Bando de Teatro Olodum’s First Presentation of the Play “Essa é a nossa praia”, Gregório de Matos Theater, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Primeira caminhada da Consciência Negra, bairro Curuzu, Salvador, BA, 2000
First March of the Black Awareness, Curuzu Neighborhood, Salvador, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
Romaria da terra, Monte Santo, BA, 1993
Pilgrimage, Monte Santo, BA
60 × 90 cm
Photo: Geremias Mendes
Senhora na Caminhada contra a intolerancia religiosa, Av. Vasco da Gama, Salvador, BA, 2007
Lady in the March Against Religious Intolerance
75 × 50 cm
Trabalhador da Feira de São Joaquim, Salvador, BA, 1993
Worker at the Feira de São Joaquim
30 × 45 cm
Photo: Lázaro Roberto
all works:
Digital transfer film photography
Paz – Bolivia
Museu Nacional de Arte (MNA)
Aug 16 – Oct 20, 2024
ahlam shibli bouchra ouizguen cabello / carceller carmézia emiliano colectivo ayllu melchor maría mercado min tanaka, françois pain nontsikelelo mutiti stanley brouwn trinh t. minh‑ha
series Death, 2011-2012
Chromogenic print
38 × 57,7 cm (20 pieces); 57,7 cm × 38 cm (10 pieces)
Corbeaux, 2017 Crows
16:9 video
7’37’’
with: kabboura aït ben hmad, khadija amrhar, zahra bensllam, fatima el hanna, fatna ibn el khatyb, hasnae el ouarga, halima sahmoud, malika soukri © Compagnie O
production: Association Rokya, Paris / Association Originale, Marrakech
co-production: MuCEM / Festival de Marseille
Fatna, 2017 16:9 video
16’33’’
with: fatna ibn el khatyb © Compagnie O
production: Association Rokya, Paris / Association Originale, Marrakech
co-production: MuCEM / Festival de Marseille
Una voz para Erauso. Epílogo para un tiempo trans, 2021-2022
A Voice for Erauso. Epilogue for a Trans Time 4k videoinstallation transferred to HD, color, sound
28’15’’
Buritizeiro no lavrado, 2023
Buriti Tree at the Cultivated Ground
70 × 70 cm
Festival de panela de barro, 2023
Clay Pan Festival
70 × 70 cm
Lenda do casal americano, 2023
The American Couple Legend
70 × 70 cm
Mulheres colhendo buriti, 2023
Women Harvesting Buriti
40 × 60 cm
Salgando peixe, 2022
Salting Fish
70 × 70 cm
Wazaka, 2023
50 × 50 cm
all works:
Oil on canvas
Collection of the artist
Courtesy: Central Galeria, São Paulo
This participation is supported by: Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and Embajada de España en Brasil
¿Dónde están las cartas de nuestras ancestras al caminar sobre fuego?, 2023
Where are the letters from our ancestors when walking on Fire?
Screen-printed and embroidered fabrics, with interventions of other objects
320 × 845 cm
collectivo ayllu and abigail campos leal, aldones nino, alla soüb d’nadah, anderson feliciano, bárbara esmenia, bia marins, bruno dos santos, camila fontenele de miranda, constanza alvarez, dilma angela da silva, gisela casimiro, malu avelar, manauara clandestina, ricarda vicente de araújo, tao itacaramby, uarê erremays
Bordar‑Lands: las cartas son el tejido, 2023
The Letters are the Fabric
Screen-printed and embroidered fabrics, with interventions of other objects (workshop)
290 × 390 cm
all works:
Collection: collectivo ayllu
melchor maría mercado
Álbum de paisajes, tipos humanos y costumbres de Bolivia, 1841-1869
Album of Landscapes, Human Types and Mores of Bolivia
Watercolor on paper
141 pieces, 24 × 32 cm (each)
Collection: Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia
This participation is supported by: National Center for Art Research, Japan
Min Tanaka à La Borde, 1986
Min Tanaka at La Borde
Video, color, sound 24’
direction, screenplay and production: françois pain
Number of steps or meters in the direction of various cities, 1975-atual
Installation composed of vinyl and MDF
Dimensions variable
Courtesy: the estate of stanley brouwn, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Jan Mot, Brussels and Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Reassemblage, 1982
16mm film transferred to digital video 40’
Courtesy: Trinh T. Minh-ha and Moongift Films
Espaço Cultural Palácio Anchieta Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo Dionísio Del Santo (MAES)
Aug 28 – Nov 3, 2024
castiel vitorino brasileiro citra sasmita colectivo ayllu
grupo de investigación en arte y política (giap) leilah weinraub malinche
marilyn boror bor maya deren m’barek bouhchichi nontsikelelo mutiti quilombo cafundó rosana paulino rubiane maia sarah maldoror
simone leigh, madeleine hunt ehrlich xica manicongo
Montando a história da vida, 2023
Manufacturing the History of Life
Installation composed of black soil, fishing boat, alguidars, eucalyptus logs, bricks, corten steel and paintings
Dimensions variable
Untitled, 2023 from the series Edificações
Buildings Oil on linen 92 × 75 cm
Untitled, 2023 from the series Edificações
Buildings Oil on linen 123 × 77 cm
Passagens secretas, 2023
Secret Passages from the series Edificações
Buildings Oil on linen 110 × 74 cm
Untitled, 2023 from the series Direito ao fogo Right to Fire Oil on linen subjected to a burning process 110 × 74 cm
Família de fósseis, 2023
Family of Fossils
Set of 9 watercolor and charcoal paintings on paper 65 × 90 cm
Museu dos objetos com almas roubadas pela polícia brasileira, 2023
Museum of Objects with Souls Stolen by the Brazilian Police
Corten steel plate
50 × 95 cm
all works:
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Timur Merah Project IX: Beyond The Realm of Senses (Oracle and Demons), 2023
Installation, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas
80 × 250 cm Ø;
80 × 200 cm Ø; (2 pieces)
Collection of the artist
This participation is supported by: Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and Embajada de España en Brasil
¿Dónde están las cartas de nuestras ancestras al caminar sobre fuego?, 2023
Where are the letters from our ancestors when walking on Fire?
Screen-printed and embroidered fabrics, with interventions of other objects
320 × 845 cm
Collection: collectivo ayllu
grupo de investigación en arte y política (giap)
Autonomía, 2018
Autonomy
Oil and acrylic on canvas
65 × 46 cm
grupo de investigación en arte y política (giap)
Derechos de las mujeres. Bases de Apoyo del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, 2016 Women’s Rights. Support Bases of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation Video, color, sound
8’34’’
edited by: Tercios Compas, Agencia de Medios de EZLN
Ejercicio del Caracol Encadenado. Milicianos del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, 2017
Exercise of the Chained Snail. Militiamen of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation Video, color, sound
5’4’’
recordings and editing: alessandro zagato
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, 1992-2017
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Photography on paper, Fine Art print 20 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
photos: antonio turok, natalia arcos, miguel cruz, francisco de parres, alessandro zagato
La danza del trabajo colectivo del maíz. Bases de apoyo del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, 2016
The Dance of the Corn Collective Work. Support Bases of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation Video, color, sound
6’39’’
edited by: tercios compas, Agencia de Medios de EZLN
La Marcha del Silencio. Acción masiva de Bases de Apoyo del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, 2012
The March of Silence. Massive action of the Support Bases of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation Video, color, sound
6’44’’
edited by: Rompeviento TV
Resistencia. Bases de Apoyo del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, 2016
Resistance. Support Bases of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation Video, color, sound
7’24’’
edited by: tercios compas, Agencia de Medios de EZLN
Untitled, 2013-2023
Embroidery on cotton fabric 13 pieces, 30 × 30 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: Grupo de Investigación en Arte y Política (GIAP)
SHAKEDOWN, 2018
Video, color, sound 60’22’’
starring: aiisha ferguson, jamie thomas, sha’ron harris, mahogany wilson as the shakedown angels: egypt, jazmyne, harmony, blaze, i-dallas, mocha, ms. oohzee, slim-goodie, poizun, jamaika, jo-jo, sinnamon, sunshine, cappichino, slow-wine, jazzybelle, trinitee, 360, foxy performers: junior, x, suave, tresure, nita, tight-eyez, t ceo: sha’ron harris aka “ronnie ron”, vp teresa aka ms. teresa
Lienzo de Tlaxcala, 1560 Tlaxcala Fabric
Polychrome drawing on bark paper, facsimile 2 pieces, 65,9 × 86,4 cm (each)
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
El futuro que nunca fue, 2023
The Future that Never Was from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement Oil and concrete on canvas (triptych)
49 × 98 cm (each)
Collection of the artist
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento, 2022
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement from series Nos quitaran la montaña, nos dieron cemento
They Have Taken the Mountain from Us, They Have Given Back Cement
Ceramic e cement (44 pieces)
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Meditation on Violence, 1948 HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
Nous sommes ce que vous ne voulez pas voir, 2023
We Are the What You Don’t Want to See Ceramic vases on wooden bases with inscriptions based on the literary work of adderrahman el mejdoub, alzira rufino, conceição evaristo, dave the potter, lourdes teodero, luiz gama, m’barek ben zida, roseli nascimento and terezinha malaquias
44 × 46 cm;
41 × 44 cm;
42 × 46 cm;
36 × 47 cm;
40 × 46,5 cm;
37 × 43 cm;
41 × 50 cm;
40 × 50 cm;
48 × 49 cm;
43 × 48 cm;
40 × 46 cm;
42 × 47 cm;
35 × 46 cm;
44 × 41 cm (vases);
dimensions variable (tree trunks)
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Architectural drawings of the houses of Quilombo Cafundó, c. 1978
Facsimile
6 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Cafundó, 1983
Film, color, sound
42’43’’
direction: joel yamaji
screenplay: carlos vogt, joel yamaji, uli bruhn direct sound: jorge guerreiro production manager: francisco magaldi production: luis algarra assistant: zezinho original music: newton carneiro
Documents relating to the use of Cupopia and Kimbundo, undated
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
First records published in the press about the Quilombo Cafundó community, 1978
Facsimile
14 pieces, dimensions variable
Family tree of the Quilombo Cafundó Community, undated
Facsimile
4 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Photographs of the Quilombo Cafundó, undated (c. 1978 – 1980’s)
Facsimile
41 pieces, 9 × 12,5 cm (each); (unknown authorships; 1 photo by Bob Wolfenson)
Quilombo Cafundó’s Maps, c. 1978
Facsimile
2 pieces, 21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works:
Collection: CEDAE – Centro de Documentação
Cultural Alexandre Eulálio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Caranguejo, 2023 Crab from series Mangue Mangrove
Graphite, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas
220 × 400 × 4 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
A língua sempre se dobra diante do inquestinável ou maldito
Livro Performance, capítulo VI, 2018-2023
The tongue bends whenever it faces what is unquestionable or what has been cursed book-performance, chapter VI
Performance and performance documentation invited performer: jamile cazumbá
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal and co-produced with Sesc –Serviço Social do Comércio
Announcement for a screening of Sambizanga in Leuven, Belgium (unknown author), 1972-1973
Offset print on paper
90 × 70 cm
Inscription card to the theater class, Les Griots company, 1956-1957
Facsimile
21 × 13 cm
Collection: © ENSATT École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre – Bibliothèque (Archives Période Rue Blanche, students records 1941-1993), Lyon
French poster for the film Sambizanga (unknown author), 1972-1973
Offset print on paper
90 × 70 cm
Guns for Banta filming photographs by Suzanne Lipinska, 1970
Digital transfer film photography
38 × 50 cm (4 pieces); 75 × 100 cm (1 pieces); 230 × 150 (1 piece)
© Suzanne Lipinska
Les Griots, 1959
The Griots
Facsimile
27 × 21 cm
Collection: © ENSATT École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre – Bibliothèque (Archives Période Rue Blanche, students records 1941-1993), Lyon
Mrs Christiane Yandé Diop, director of Présence Africaine at the 1st Congress of Black Writers and Artists, 1956
Facsimile
30 × 40 cm
Portrait of Sarah Maldoror por George Hallett, undated
Digital transfer film photography
75 × 100 cm
© George Hallett
todas as obras: Cortesia: Annouchka de Andrade & Henda Ducados
Conspiracy, 2022
16mm and 8mm film, black and white, sound 24’
with: simone leigh, kimari hazward, lorraine o’grady, edward sales, jin sik, sarah wang, anastasia warren
Livro 1 de confissões da primeira visitação ao Brasil por Heitor Furtado de Mendonça, 1591-1595
First book of confessions of the first visit to Brazil by Heitor Furtado de Mendonça
Facsimile
4 pieces: 33,5 × 23,5 cm (each)
Collection: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon
Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Ceará / Centro Dragão do Mar
Sep 10 – Dec 1, 2024
cozinha ocupação 9 de julho – mstc
deborah anzinger
denilson baniwa gabriel gentil tukano
katherine dunham
leilah weinraub mahku
maya deren
melchor maría mercado
nadir bouhmouch, soumeya ait ahmed
nikau hindin
nontsikelelo mutiti
rosa gauditano
simone leigh, madeleine hunt‑ehrlich
Lute como quem cuida, 2021
Fight as Someone Who Cares
Video, color, sound
13’03’’
Manifestações, 2023
Demonstrations
Fabric banners and flags
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Quem ocupa cuida, 2023
Occupying is Caring
Installation
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Before you realized you could be seen, I watched you soaked in the shade while I was conceiving, 2018
Acrylic, mirror and synthetic hair on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Coy, 2016
Acrylic, styrofoam, Aloe barbadensis and mirror on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Eye, 2018
Acrylic, Aloe barbadensis and ceramic
76,2 × 71,1 × 50,8 cm
Fiction as a Vessel for Reality, 2016
Acrylic, Aloe barbadensis and ceramic
30,5 × 30,5 × 10,2 cm
I Told You, 2016
Acrylic and mirrored glass on canvas
182,9 × 137,2 cm
Inhospitable, 2018
Acrylic, mirror and synthetic hair on canvas
172,7 × 137,2 cm
Resonant, 2017
Acrylic on ceramic
50,8 × 35,6 × 7,6 cm
Unfeed, 2019
Acrylic on ceramic
71,1 × 43,2 × 7,6 cm
all works:
Collection of the artist
in collaboration with francineia baniwa
Itá, 2023
Bas-relief stone carving
Courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
in collaboration with aparecida baniwa
Tatá, 2023
Baniwa featherwork on tururi fiber canvas
Courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
Notebook 36, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
17 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 37, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
10 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
Notebook 38, 1979
Colored pencil, crayon, marker and ballpoint pen on paper
18 pieces
21 × 29,7 cm (each)
all works: Collection: Museu Amazônico – UFAM, Manaus
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960 Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956 12’29”
all works:
16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
SHAKEDOWN, 2018 Video, color, sound 60’22’’
starring: aiisha ferguson, jamie thomas, sha’ron harris, mahogany wilson as the shakedown angels: egypt, jazmyne, harmony, blaze, i-dallas, mocha, ms. oohzee, slim-goodie, poizun, jamaika, jo-jo, sinnamon, sunshine, cappichino, slow-wine, jazzybelle, trinitee, 360, foxy performers: junior, x, suave, tresure, nita, tight-eyez, t ceo: sha’ron harris aka “ronnie ron”, vp teresa aka ms. teresa
Rewe Rashūiti, 2023
Healing Song
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
mahku artists: ibã hunikuin, kassia borges karaja, acelino hunikuin, bane hunikuin, mana hunikuin, itamar rios yaka hunikuin, cleudo hunikuin collaborators: vanessa giroldo, vinicius figueiredo, gabriel alves
Meditation on Violence, 1948 HD digital black and white film, sound (from original 16mm) 12’25”
Courtesy: Light Cone, Paris
Álbum de paisajes, tipos humanos y costumbres de Bolivia, 1841-1869
Album of Landscapes, Human Types and Mores of Bolivia
Watercolor on paper
141 pieces, 24 × 32 cm (each)
Collection: Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia
nadir bouhmouch, soumeya ait ahmed
Assays: On Art & Food from Below, 2023
Site-specific installation composed of video, diagram, photographic prints, carpets, pillows and cordel publications
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
A Seasonal Work Song, 2020-2023 16:9 video, color, sound 42’
film by: soumeya ait ahmed, nadir bouhmouch poetry and music by: fadma boutalaa, cheikh hammou khella
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Assays in Ypy ra ouêra, 2023
Carpets and pillows
Dimensions variable common knowledge of Amazigh peoples adaptation in São Paulo by: soumeya ait ahmed, nadir bouhmouch
carpets: Escola de Artesanato do Muquém / Instituto Renato Imbroisi inês ferreira mendes, mara rita da cunha, rosa helena miguel, roseli barreto rezende, rosiana oliveira diniz
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Manshour – Cordel, Iteration #1, 2023
Offset print on paper 21 × 15 cm
graphic design (Against Monoculture): nassim azarzar
graphic design (Remedies for Monotony): montasser drissi
illustrations: nabil himich
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
On Food and Art from Below, Non‑Oral
Iteration #1, 2023
Cut-out vinyl wall diagram
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Untitled, 2023
Fine Art print
105 × 70 cm
photo: soumeya ait ahmed
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Untitled, 2023
Fine Art print
70 × 105 cm
photo: nadir bouhmouch
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Ngā Whetū Maiangi o te Maramataka, 2023
The Dawn Stars of the Māori Lunar Stellar Calendar
Site-specific installation composed of 13 pieces made of red ochre, soot ink and blue ochre pigment (Vivianite) on Aute (Māori bark cloth Broussonetia papyrifera)
Whiro. Te Tahi o Pipiri 29.06.2022, 2023
New Moon. The First of Hamal 126 × 39,5 cm
Whiro. Te Rua o Takurua 29.07.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Second of Sirius 102,5 × 35 cm
Whiro. Te Toru Here o Pipiri 27.08.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Third of Atik 116,5 × 43,2 cm
Whiro. Te Whā o Mahuru 26.09.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Fourth of Alphard 159,2 × 38,5 cm
Whiro. Te Rima o Kōpū 25.10.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Fifth of Venus 117,5 × 45,5 cm
Whiro. Te Ono o Whitiānaunau 24.11.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Sixth of Y Leo 112,5 × 48,6 cm
Whiro. Te Whitu o Hakihea 23.12.2022, 2023
New Moon. The Seventh of Menkent 135,5 × 42,5 cm
Whiro. Te Waru o Rehua 22.01.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Eighth of Antares 124 × 35,5 cm
Whiro. Te Iwa o Rūhiterangi 20.02.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Ninth of Alniyat 127,5 × 35,5 cm
Whiro. Te Ngahuru o Poutūterangi 22.03.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Tenth of Altair 101 × 48 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā tahi Paengawhāwhā 20.04.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Eleventh of Enif 120 × 52 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā rua o Haki Haratua 20.05.2023, 2023
New Moon. The Twelfth of Matar 107 × 35,7 cm
Whiro. Ngahuru mā toru o Ruhanui 18.06.2923, 2023
New Moon. The Thirteenth of Sheratan 98,5 × 47 cm
Rākau Iti, 2023
Small Tree
Beaten Aute (Māori bark cloth Broussonetia papyrifera)
98,5 × 47 cm
Rākau Nui, 2023
Full Moon (Big Tree)
Beaten Aute (Māori bark cloth, Broussonetia papyrifera), Natural Aho Muka (handmade twine, Phormium tenax) and Aho Muka dyed with Tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides)
127,5 × 540 cm
all works:
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Vidas proibidas, 1979 Forbidden Lives Dinossauros Bar and Ferro’s Bar
Vidas proibidas, Dinossauros Bar, 1979 Forbidden Lives 100 × 150 cm (4 pieces), 150 × 100 cm (1 piece)
Vidas proibidas, Ferro’s Bar, 1979 Forbidden Lives 60 × 90 (5 pieces)
all works: Mineral pigment print on cotton paper from digital file
Conspiracy, 2022
16mm and 8mm film, black and white, sound 24’
with: simone leigh, kimari hazward, lorraine o’grady, edward sales, jin sik, sarah wang, anastasia warren
Luanda – Angola
Instituto Guimarães Rosa Sep 20 – Dec 8, 2024
aline motta
bouchra ouizguen
carlos bunga
ilze wolff
januário jano
nontsikelelo mutiti
raquel lima
sarah maldoror
trinh t. minh‑ha
A água é uma máquina do tempo, 2023 Water is a Time Machine
Video, color, sound 31’46’’
camera operators: aline motta, caio rosa, daniel cabrel, lucas magalhães camera assistant: flavio muniz drone operator: francisco “cochi” guimarães additional drone operator: felipe macedo generator and electricity: luther modesto video projection: daniel cabrel video projection assistant: juliana bento production coordinators: caio rosa, giulia maria reis costume designer: aline motta costume tailor: awa guimarães editing: aline motta, ana julia travia post-production supervisor: tatiana macedo supervising colorist: maísa joanni colorist: diran serafim, maísa joanni motion graphics: marina quintanilha motion graphics assistant: thais suguiyama soundtrack: aline motta, jessica gaspar, spirito santo music production and sound mixing: pedro santiago audiovisual and acoustics consultant: doo sung you 5.1 sound mixing: confraria de charutos musicians: spirito santo e caio rosa singers: jessica gaspar e spirito santo english subtitles: sophie lewis, julia sanches performers: aline motta, mari si Commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation and co-commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal. Funded in part by ZUM Photography Grant/Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil, and Programa Coincidência, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Corbeaux, 2017 Crows
16:9 video 7’37’’
with: kabboura aït ben hmad, khadija amrhar, zahra bensllam, fatima el hanna, fatna ibn el khatyb, hasnae el ouarga, halima sahmoud, malika soukri © Compagnie O production: Association Rokya, Paris / Association Originale, Marrakech co-production: MuCEM / Festival de Marseille
Fatna, 2017 16:9 video 16’33’’
with: fatna ibn el khatyb © Compagnie O production: Association Rokya, Paris / Association Originale, Marrakech co-production: MuCEM / Festival de Marseille
This participation is supported by: República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes
Habitar el color, 2018/2024
To Inhabit the Color Ink and objects on floor 480 × 1680 cm
hophuis: a site of dance and solidarity, 2023 4k video, color, sound 22’08’’ Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
featuring: floors andreas, letitia pandora, ǂhoab soreb (a.k.a. culture), fernando damon, stephanus daniels, siyabonga mthembu, chalwyn thomas, brownwyn katz directed by: ilze wolff produced by: Wolff Architects researcher & associate producer: mmakhotso lamola edited by: malik ntone edjabe cinematography: heinrich wolff & malik ntone edjabe music supervision & sound mix: malik ntone edjabe translation (Afrikaans – English): danielle bruintjies translation (English – Portuguese): Fundação Bienal de São Paulo music: “walking shadows”, assif tsahar, peter kowald, rashid ali; “war is jy nou”, brian toue, zebulon ricardo; “ras zebulon”, fernando damon; “sad”, fernando damon; “wat die here kan doen”, fernando damon; “trot riler (hophuis version)”, malik ntone edjabe; “footmovements”, fernando damon; “ok’salayo ons bly”, siya mthembu emalik ntone edjabe; “motion from the gut (hophuis version)”, malik ntone edjabe
special thanks to: paul weinberg, paul grendon, tina smith, jasper wolff, oscar wolff, samuel wolff, carmen cloete, nina young, eugene pandohe, zebulon ricardo, brian toue, willemina andreas; Kleinzee Museum, University of Cape Town Manuscripts and Archives, The Chief Directorate: National Geospatial Information, Hollywood Lodge and Green Jewel Adventure, Pang Speciality Coffee, Keleketla! Library, Kapstadtkuier Shuttles and Tours, Nama FM Radio, The Steinkopf residents and their children, the builders of the] Steinkopf Community Centre additional support for the Hophuis project by: Anthony Lange Trust, Columbia GSAPP, University of Johannesburg GSA, A Wolff Architects Production
Baptism, 2019
Inkjet on 100% cotton fine art paper rag
220 × 250 cm (20 pieces)
44 × 50 cm (each)
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
This participation is supported by: República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes
Rasura, 2021
Erasure
Video, color, sound 14’03’’
creation: raquel lima
direction and video edition: lubanzadyo mpemba, raquel lima
photography direction: lubanzadyo mpemba
sound edition: sara morais
acknowledgements: daniel, delson, jorge, pedro, tchiloli mini riboquino
Excerpt of the poem “sucubu” in “Ingenuidade Inocência Ignorância” by raquellima (2019 – BOCA, Animal Sentimental)
proofreading: anne karhio
subtitles: Manufactura Independente
Regards de mémoire, 2003
Gazes of the Memory Video, color, sound 24’
direção: sarah maldoror direção de fotografia: philippe clapot montagem: christophe baudin, julia maspero som: mathieu daude, jean-pierre lafarge assistência de direção: jean-charles germany participações: aimé césaire, édouard glissant, roland suvelor, madeleine de grandmaison, alunos do colégio julia nicolas narração: greg germain produção: fabia rosine
Wifredo Lam peintre et sculpteur, 1980
Wifredo Lam Painter and Sculptor 16mm film, transferred to video, sound 4’
all works: Courtesy: Annouchka de Andrade & Henda Ducados
Bodies of the Desert, 2005
Digital video
20’
Reassemblage, 1982
16mm film transferred to digital video
40’
The Desert is Watching, 2003 Digital video
11’32’’
all works:
Courtesy: Trinh T. Minh-ha and Moongift Films
Porto Alegre, RS
Fundação Iberê
Nov 30, 2024 – Mar 9, 2025
aurora cursino dos santos
katherine dunham mahku nontsikelelo mutiti
rosana paulino
simone leigh, madeleine hunt‑ehrlich
ubirajara ferreira braga
A brasileira, undated
The Brazilian Woman
50 × 34,5 cm
Nocturno no Juquery, undated Nocturnal on Juquery
53,7 × 35,5 cm
Untitled, 1951 50 × 35 cm
Untitled, undated 49,6 × 44,8 cm
Untitled, undated 37 × 55 cm
Untitled, undated 55 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 60 × 50 cm
Untitled, undated 50 × 59,5 cm
Untitled, undated 50 × 65,5 cm
all works:
Oil on paper
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha
katherine dunham
Ag’Ya Fight from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947
Charm Dance from “L’Ag’Ya”, 1947 Shango, 1947
7’24”
Choros, 1960
Cumbia, 1960
31’36”
Washerwoman, 1956 12’29”
all works:
16mm film transferred to video Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy: Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt
Rewe Rashūiti, 2023
Healing Song
Acrylic on canvas Dimensions variable Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
mahku artists: ibã hunikuin, kassia borges karaja, acelino hunikuin, bane hunikuin, mana hunikuin, itamar rios yaka hunikuin, cleudo hunikuin collaborators: vanessa giroldo, vinicius figueiredo, gabriel alves
Poster and Visual Identity to the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, 2023
Graphic design work
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo for the 35th Bienal
Peixe, 2023
Fish from series Mangue Mangrove
Graphite, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas
220 × 400 × 4 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
Conspiracy, 2022
16mm and 8mm film, black and white, sound 24’
with: simone leigh, kimari hazward, lorraine o’grady, edward sales, jin sik, sarah wang, anastasia warren
A dança no inferno, 2000
The Dance at Hell
Acrylic and oil on canvas
40 × 50 cm
A morte como companheira, 1993
Death as a Companion
Gouache on paper
50,8 × 66,5 cm
A prisão, 1997
The Prison
Gouache on paper
31,4 × 21,4 cm
Autorretrato, 1990
Self-portrait
Gouache and crayon on paper
50 × 66,5 cm
Escritos, 1998
Writings
Gouache on paper
70,2 × 50 cm
Galhos secos, 2000
Dry Branches
Gouache and crayon on paper
31,3 × 21,5 cm
Invasão do Kuwait, 1991
Invasion of Kwait
Gouache on paper
50 × 66,5 cm
O vovô. Pai e filho, 1996
The Grandfather. Father and Son
Oil and graphite on paper
21,9 × 31,2 cm
Sem título (Mulher sentada), 2000
Untitled (Seated Woman)
Gouache and acrylic on paper
21 × 29,6 cm
Sem título (Olho mágico), 1987
Untitled (Magic Eye)
Gouache, marker and oil pastel on paper
50 × 66,5 cm
all works:
Collection: Museu de Arte Osório Cesar, Franco da Rocha
Courtesy: Complexo Hospitalar do Juquery and Prefeitura de Franco da Rocha