Ocio da Terra
Cycles of fertility and pause
Miami | EUA
September 2023
The project preparation for its annual collective exhibition was conceived as part of the Veras Cultural Centre's perennial laboratory for germinating biodiverse futures and mental reforestation. Indeed, by mirroring the titles' song written and composed by Milton Nascimento and Chico Buarque in 1977, the exhibition 'O Cio da Terra, Ócio da Terra" echoes voices advocating for life rights, reforming unproductive areas and preserving the sacrality of the earth. In that sense, the group show generates narratives resonating with 'florestania,' a conception of the future that replaces some principles of citizenship with forest knowledge and a way of life. One is the cycles of pause and fertility that characterize all life forms as a derivation of ócio (leisure) and cio (heat).
Among the artists, we are thrilled to announce the participation of Afonso Tostes, Albano Afonso, Barbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, Bel Falleiros, Bené Fonteles, Brígida Baltar, Celeida Tostes, Cristiano Lenhardt, Efe Godoy, Efrain Almeida, Ernesto Neto, Elza Lima, Gustavo Caboco, Ivan Grilo, Joelson Buggilla & Jorgge Menna Barreto, Juliana Lapa, Kamikia Kisedje, Laura Gorski, Lia Chaia, Lídia Lisbôa, Marcia Xavier, Mariana Berta, Monica Ventura, Renata Cruz, Rosana Paulino, Rose Afefé, Sallisa Rosa, Teresa Siewerdt.
Curator by Josué Mattos
Fundacíon Pablo Atchugarry | Miami, USA
www.the55project.com/ocio-da-terra
Among the artists, we are thrilled to announce the participation of Afonso Tostes, Albano Afonso, Barbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, Bel Falleiros, Bené Fonteles, Brígida Baltar, Celeida Tostes, Cristiano Lenhardt, Efe Godoy, Efrain Almeida, Ernesto Neto, Elza Lima, Gustavo Caboco, Ivan Grilo, Joelson Buggilla & Jorgge Menna Barreto, Juliana Lapa, Kamikia Kisedje, Laura Gorski, Lia Chaia, Lídia Lisbôa, Marcia Xavier, Mariana Berta, Monica Ventura, Renata Cruz, Rosana Paulino, Rose Afefé, Sallisa Rosa, Teresa Siewerdt.
Curator by Josué Mattos
Fundacíon Pablo Atchugarry | Miami, USA
www.the55project.com/ocio-da-terra
Carta para a terra, n. 2
Florianópolis/BR
Agosto 2023
Carta a terra é uma série de cartas que venho escrevendo/inscrevendo a partir das sementes que encontro nas minhas caminhadas.
Raiz da pesquisa Pedagogia das Sementes iniciada em 2019 - Utopiana/Genebra -
a proposta em escrever/inscrever com sementes faz-se urgente na ideia de regeneração da terra. Na sua primeira instância elas são escritas em papel e na segunda instância inscritas no solo, geminando e desenvolvendo novas árvores para compor/devolver a escrita da paisagem.
Raiz da pesquisa Pedagogia das Sementes iniciada em 2019 - Utopiana/Genebra -
a proposta em escrever/inscrever com sementes faz-se urgente na ideia de regeneração da terra. Na sua primeira instância elas são escritas em papel e na segunda instância inscritas no solo, geminando e desenvolvendo novas árvores para compor/devolver a escrita da paisagem.
Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills 2022 Spring Collection
Casco Art Institute | NL
28 May–10 July 2022
Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills 2022 Spring Collection show is the first collection-exhibition of the museum. Here, we are metaphorically and literally cleaning and sorting out “things” stocked not only in the depot of TFM in Leidsche Rijn, but left in the minds of many who were part of the journey of the museum. The exhibition examines what resources and relationships have been cultivating over last two special years – overlapping the pandemic time – in order to share them with a wider public. In this light, there’s no surprise that Culture for Resilience makes a theme for the collection. The collection presents cultural tools for resilient living in times of multifaceted crises – with appreciation of commons, ecology and heritage. The accompanying program includes the Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills’ regular tours and vibrant educational program for children and youth – and thus also offers the opportunity to experience and learn from the museum beyond the collection.
+ info
https://casco.art/activity/travelling-farm-museum-of-forgotten-skills-2022-spring-collection/
+ info
https://casco.art/activity/travelling-farm-museum-of-forgotten-skills-2022-spring-collection/
OŠICE SEED LIBRARY. SEEDS THAT MOVE
Sopa Gallery | SK
10. 2. - 18. 3. 2022
As winter in the Northern Hemisphere is traditionally the time to plan the garden and to tell stories, the exhibition uses this contemplative moment to speculate about the potential of seeds. Each seed carries a wealth of knowledge, the cultural and biodiversity of where they come from through histories of coevolution with communities, as well as potential for the future. This project is a collection of contributions by artists, curators, designers, gardeners, farmers, and organizations from various parts of the world, containing actual seeds, conceptual seeds, artworks, spells, instructions, videos, and sound recordings.
The contributions speak about the local circumstances they come from, as well as the possibilities or restrictions on how seeds and other bodies are allowed to travel, including crossing borders. They tell stories of grounding and uprootedness, belonging and loss, of hope and connections through the global circulation of goods, food and traditions as people travel with their seeds. As long as you have seeds in your pocket you will never be poor – goes the old saying. How can we save and exchange these seeds and share the ideas and traditions they carry? How can we care for them and create new ecologies together?
After the exhibition, in the spring, we will plant the seeds together in the soil of Košice, where they will create their own new relations and ecology.
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http://sopagallery.sk/en/?exhibition=kosice-seed-library-seeds-that-move-2
The contributions speak about the local circumstances they come from, as well as the possibilities or restrictions on how seeds and other bodies are allowed to travel, including crossing borders. They tell stories of grounding and uprootedness, belonging and loss, of hope and connections through the global circulation of goods, food and traditions as people travel with their seeds. As long as you have seeds in your pocket you will never be poor – goes the old saying. How can we save and exchange these seeds and share the ideas and traditions they carry? How can we care for them and create new ecologies together?
After the exhibition, in the spring, we will plant the seeds together in the soil of Košice, where they will create their own new relations and ecology.
+ info
http://sopagallery.sk/en/?exhibition=kosice-seed-library-seeds-that-move-2