Videobrasil explores video-performance intersections in Russia while expanding archive projects across Brazil

Videobrasil, celebrating four decades focused on the Global South, is currently exploring intersections between video and performance in Russia. The organization has launched a new "Acervo Comentado Videobrasil" (Commented Archive) featuring works by artists including Bernardo José de Souza, Rosely Nakagawa, Sebastián Díaz Morales, and Ana Vaz. Specific works highlighted include Díaz Morales's "Insight," a 1978 piece titled "Cidade Submersa" (Submerged City), and Vaz's "Amérika – Bahia de las flechas." The archive project emphasizes the dissolution of boundaries as a defining characteristic of contemporary change. Simultaneously, Videobrasil's collection is traveling to Espírito Santo, Brazil, through the "REVIRAVOLTA" initiative. Multiple institutions and projects have issued open calls for artists to participate in these expanding programs. These developments represent Videobrasil's ongoing commitment to documenting and circulating video art from the Global South.