VII International Seminar on Culture, Democracy and Reparation Confronts Brazil's Political Abyss
The seventh International Seminar organized by arte!brasileiros, titled "Culture, Democracy and Reparation," took place on September 22-23, 2022, at Sesc SP's Vila Mariana in São Paulo, marking the return to in-person events after a two-year hiatus. Danilo Santos de Miranda inaugurated the seminar, highlighting the importance of cultural collaborations. Patricia Rousseaux remarked on the connection between art, culture, and democracy. The initial panel, "The Abyss and the Stitching," featured discussions by Christian Dunker and Sandra Benites on Brazil's socio-political deterioration since 2013. The subsequent panel, "The Farce and the Community," included Claudinei Roberto da Silva, Farid Rakun, and Graziela Kunsch, who examined neoliberal individualism. Ligia Fonseca Ferreira addressed Black representation in the arts. The seminar ensured translation and accessibility, with recordings made available online.
Key facts
- The VII International Seminar "Culture, Democracy and Reparation" was held September 22-23, 2022.
- It was organized by arte!brasileiros in partnership with Sesc SP at the Vila Mariana unit in São Paulo.
- This was the first in-person edition after two years of pandemic-related restrictions.
- Key participants included Danilo Santos de Miranda, Patricia Rousseaux, Christian Dunker, Sandra Benites, Paula Macedo Weiss, Claudinei Roberto da Silva, Farid Rakun, Graziela Kunsch, and Ligia Fonseca Ferreira.
- The seminar addressed themes of Brazil's political crisis, indigenous rights, structural racism, and artistic resistance.
- Farid Rakun discussed the ruangrupa collective's lumbung approach for documenta fifteen in Kassel.
- Graziela Kunsch presented her "Creche Parental Pública" project from documenta fifteen.
- The event was accessible with simultaneous translation and Brazilian Sign Language, with content later available online.
Entities
Artists
- Claudinei Roberto da Silva
- Farid Rakun
- Graziela Kunsch
- Sandra Benites
- Christian Dunker
- Paula Macedo Weiss
- Patricia Rousseaux
- Danilo Santos de Miranda
- Ligia Fonseca Ferreira
- Cauê Alves
- Jochen Volz
- Clarissa Diniz
- Anselm Kiefer
- Alfredo Jaar
- Nazareth Pacheco
- Itamar Vieira Júnior
- Sojourner Truth
- Primo Levi
- Charlotte Bernhardt
- Cécile Debray
- Stéphane Guégan
- Denise Murrell
- Isolde Pludermacher
- Anne Lafont
- Théodore Géricault
- Charles Cordier
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
- Edouard Manet
- Paul Cézanne
- Henri Matisse
- Nadar
- Carjat
- Marie-Guillemine Benoist
- Mário de Andrade
- Paulo Leminski
- Caetano Veloso
- José Saramago
- Ortega y Gasset
- Jean Renoir
- Vicente Mateus
- Paulo Freire
- Tadeu Kaingang
- Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
- Antônio Bispo dos Santos (Nêgo Bispo)
- Júnior Hekurari
- Daiara Tukano
Institutions
- arte!brasileiros
- Sesc SP
- Pinacoteca de São Paulo
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM SP)
- Museu das Culturas Indígenas
- Universidade de Tübingen
- Fundação do Museu de Artes Aplicadas de Frankfurt
- Bienal de São Paulo
- Netzwerk Paulskirche
- Folhas de Relva Edições
- Museu Nacional da UFRJ
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
- Conselho Indigenista Missionário (CIMI)
- Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT)
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP)
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
- Musée d'Orsay
- Columbia University
- École des hautes études en sciences sociales
- Bazar do Tempo
- Frente 3 de Fevereiro
- ruangrupa
- documenta
- Fridericianum
- Goetheanlage
- Instituto de Psicologia da USP
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Museu Afro Brasil
- American Alliance of Museums
- Prince George’s African American Museum
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
- Universidade da Indonésia
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Universidade do Michigan
- Hong Kong University
- Goethe-Institut
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)
- Universidade Sorbonne – Paris 3
- Universidade de Tubingen
- Fundação do Museu de Artes Aplicadas (Frankfurt)
- Instituto de Arte Contemporânea (Berlim)
- Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
- Masp
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Vila Mariana
- Germany
- Frankfurt
- Kassel
- Jakarta
- Indonesia
- Paris
- France
- Roraima
- Terra Indígena Aracaçá
- Porto Feliz
- Mato Grosso
- Grão-Pará
- Gran Chaco
- Argentina
- Paraguay
- Algarve
- Portugal
- New York
- United States
- Los Angeles
- Madrid
- Spain
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Manchester
- United Kingdom
- Salvador
- Bahia
- Jacarta
- Berlim
- Terra Indígena Porto Lindo
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Rio de Janeiro