A Multiple Community: Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil

Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Arseny Zhilyaev · Catalina Lozano · Daniel Quiles · Daniel Steegmann Mangrané · Donna Haraway · Simone Bertuzzi · Simone Trabucchi · João Laia · Leela Gandhi · Mark Dery · Natasha Ginwala · Sophia Al-Maria · Valen Klimašauskas · Rodrigo Hernández · Vivian Ziherl · Zadie Xa

Nov 2018 · Edições Sesc

About this ebook

The proposal of this second volume of Leituras is to address the debate on the global South from other models of constructing reality and to speculate on the potential impact of alternative forms of organization on current times. To this end, it compiles a series of non-Western cosmologies which, while not new, present renewed interest and originality for their reduced visibility. Such forms of organization condense a more integrated kind of involvement of the individual with the collective, but also with his symbolic and natural environment; therefore, they have a direct impact on how reality is understood and constructed. This e-book features images that are best viewed on tablets.

About the author

João Laia (Portugal) is a curator and writer with a background in social sciences, film theory, and contemporary art. His recent exhibitions include Transmissions from the Etherspace at La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2017); H Y P E R C O N N E C T E D, MMOMA – Moscow Museum of Modern Art /V International Biennial of Young Art (2016); and Hybridize or Disappear, MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art of Lisbon (2015). He has exhibited other work at Videoex, Zurich; Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro; Modern Museet, Stockholm; and DRAF – David Roberts Art Foundation, Delfina Foundation, South London Gallery, and Whitechapel Gallery, all in London. He contributes regularly to Mousse magazine and has written for publications such as frieze, Spike Art Quarterly, and Flash Art.