Gallery 4
Cuadernos de Movilización. Chile
Frente 3 de Fevereiro. Brasil
Escombros. Argentina
OPAVIVARÁ! Brasil
La Perrera. Perú
Cuadernos de Movilización. Chile
Graphic installation, 2014, silkscreen posters, notebooks, city map, pamphlets and printouts, dimensions variable
Cuadernos de Movilización was formed in Santiago, Chile in 2011 in the context of student protests in defense of public education. Its actions consist of “graphic interventions” that combine experimental publications, and graphic and artistic actions in silkscreen on paper. The actions are geared to communicating their message on an array of scales and contexts.
http://cuadernosdemovilizacion.tumblr.com
Costuras Urbanas. Argentina
Voto ilustrado
Fotografías, 50 x 70 cm., c/u.
Arquitectura de la exclusión [Architecture of Exclusion], 2010, video, 15´34´
Zumbi Somos Nós - O Documentário [We are Zumbí – The Documentary], video, 7´
Zumbi Somos Nós [We are Zumbí ], photograph, 400 x 200 cm
On February 3, 2004, Flávio Sant’Ana, a young black dentist whom the military police mistook for a thief, was killed in Sao Paulo. This event led to the formation of an interdisciplinary group that does research on and addresses artistically the issue of racism in Brazil. This exhibition features an overview of its large-scale urban actions, mostly at mass events. The group makes use of playful elements like banners and inflatable figures to generate surprise and question the present.
Crimen seriado [Serial Crime], 1995, photograph, 200 x 500 cm
Segundo Manifiesto / La Estética de la Solidaridad [Second Manifesto / The Aesthetic of Solidarity], 1995, selection of fragments, plotter print
Perro NN [NN Dog], 1994, photograph, 116 x 83 cm
Limpieza de un basural [Cleaning a Trash Dump], 1995, photograph, 116 x 83 cm
The street-art group Escombros was formed in 1988 at the height of an economic crisis in Argentina. In response to the social, political, and economic situation of the time, the founding artists asked themselves what would remain of the country. Their answer was “escombros,” or rubble. The group’s members are visual artists, journalists, designers, and architects. The works shown here revolve around the notion of the artist as “social server”; they point out the ability of simple actions performed in a spirit of solidarity to transform reality.
Transporte coletivo [Public Transportation], 2010, video 10
Cangaço [Beach Wrap Protest], 2014, silkscreen on five viscose-cotton beach wraps, 170 x 120 cm. each
Espreguiçadeira multi [Beach Chair Multiple], 2010, aerospace aluminum, plastic, and nylon, 90 x 140 x 110 cm
Opavivará was formed in Río de Janeiro in 2005. In response to corruption, hikes in utility rates and in taxes due to scandalous public expenditure for the World Cup and the Olympic Games, the group carried out a series of protest actions that made use of humor and irony. In Cangaço, for instance, colorful beach wraps with slogans from protests were handed out on a mass scale on the beaches of Ipanema. The documentary video Transporte colectivo shows an alternative means of transportation to get around a city altered by unfinished construction projects.
Perrahabl@, 1999, silkscreen poster, 86 x 30 cm
Consumidora Consumida [Consumed Consumer], 2003, offset poster, 80 x 60 cm
Mi cuerpo no es el campo de batalla [My Body Is Not a Battleground], 2004, offset poster, 100 x 70 cm
Ministro cumpla [Minister Complies], 2002, silkscreen poster, 122 x 170 cm
Somos la excepción a los derechos laborales [We Are the Exception to Workers’ Rights], 2002, silkscreen poster, 86 x 122 cm
Cambio no cumbia [Change not Cumbia], 2001, s ilkscreen poster, 86 x 122 cm
The group La Perrera was active in the city of Lima from 1999 to 2004. It made use of the language of street posters in actions that provoked political debate and opinion. In the colorful aesthetic of advertisements for popular dancing venues, the group’s messages of protest and awareness on corruption and gender issues appeared in the mist of so much urban visual pollution.
Foyer: 28th Sao Paulo Biennial, 2008, videos taken from the web, 5’