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