BiennialFebruary 6, 2024
22nd Biennial SESC_Videobrasil
The 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil | 40-Year Special occupies Sesc 24 de Maio between October 18, 2023 and February 25, 2024. Under the title Memory is an Editing Station, the exhibition dialogues with the event’s long trajectory, while simultaneously reflecting on the present moment of the world and pointing to future paths, through the works of 60 artists from the Global South.
With artistic direction by Solange Oliveira Farkas and curated by Raphael Fonseca, from Brazil, and Renée Akitelek Mboya, from Kenya, the 22nd edition is the result of a partnership between Sesc SP and the Associação Cultural Videobrasil. Drawing on a verse by Waly Salomão, the curatorial selection presents different visions and ways of approaching memory — and forgetting — whether individual or collective, linked to varied social, political and cultural contexts. The different ideas of memory that emerge at the biennial vary not only according to the generation of the participating artists, but also according to their geographic origin and the media they use — such as video, installation, photography, performance and textiles.
The Global South that emerges in this edition, with artists from 38 countries in Africa, the Americas (South, Central and North), Asia, Europe (Eastern and Portugal), the Middle East and Oceania — including representatives of Indigenous communities — also reflects the global post-pandemic context. With significant space for audiovisual languages, based on the perception of the central role that video occupies in contemporary life, the edition establishes a direct link with the early days of Videobrasil. It celebrates its four decades with the parallel exhibition 40-Year Special on the fourth floor of Sesc 24 de Maio, which covers the entire history of the event and its transformations over time.
Along with its purpose to provide a platform that generates knowledge and creates networks in marginalized territories on the world map of the arts, a series of public programs will be held throughout the event. For more information visit: 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil | Memory is an Editing Station - Videobrasil
With artistic direction by Solange Oliveira Farkas and curated by Raphael Fonseca, from Brazil, and Renée Akitelek Mboya, from Kenya, the 22nd edition is the result of a partnership between Sesc SP and the Associação Cultural Videobrasil. Drawing on a verse by Waly Salomão, the curatorial selection presents different visions and ways of approaching memory — and forgetting — whether individual or collective, linked to varied social, political and cultural contexts. The different ideas of memory that emerge at the biennial vary not only according to the generation of the participating artists, but also according to their geographic origin and the media they use — such as video, installation, photography, performance and textiles.
The Global South that emerges in this edition, with artists from 38 countries in Africa, the Americas (South, Central and North), Asia, Europe (Eastern and Portugal), the Middle East and Oceania — including representatives of Indigenous communities — also reflects the global post-pandemic context. With significant space for audiovisual languages, based on the perception of the central role that video occupies in contemporary life, the edition establishes a direct link with the early days of Videobrasil. It celebrates its four decades with the parallel exhibition 40-Year Special on the fourth floor of Sesc 24 de Maio, which covers the entire history of the event and its transformations over time.
Along with its purpose to provide a platform that generates knowledge and creates networks in marginalized territories on the world map of the arts, a series of public programs will be held throughout the event. For more information visit: 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil | Memory is an Editing Station - Videobrasil
