TURNOVER, exhibition held in two important museums in Vitória-ES

Government of the State of Espírito Santo, through the Secretariat of Culture, in partnership with Associação Cultural Videobrasil, presents RETURN, exhibition held in two important museums in Vitória

With works from the Videobrasil Collection gathered over the course of 40 years, project is divided into two exhibitions, at the Espírito Santo Art Museum (MAES) and in the Homero Massena Gallery (GHM)

From its vast collection gathered over four decades of trajectory, Associação Cultural Videobrasil presents, between days 10 June and 10 from september the show TURNOVER, held simultaneously in two outstanding spaces in Vitória (ES). while the exposure Turnaround – Art and geopolitics in the Videobrasil Collection occupies the Espírito Santo Art Museum (MAES), Reviravolta – Body and performance at the Videobrasil Collection occupies Homero Massena Gallery (GHM). Curated by Solange Farkas, founder and director of Videobrasil, the project continues the association's constant work to look at its collection and keep it alive, debating fundamental issues of contemporary.

“The two exhibitions gathered under the title turnaround attest to the power and symbolic reach of this collection on two different fronts. Conceived in light of other twists, including the recent periods of isolation in which we have been forced, everyone, performing in front of screens and seeing the world through them, reveal an artistic production committed, since always, to overturn our certainties, deal with what is urgent and put us in front of new perspectives”, says Solange.

Conceived in partnership with the Espírito Santo Secretariat of Culture – which also helped to bring works by Espírito Santo artists to the project –, the show gains even greater relevance by presenting for the first time a significant set of works from the Videobrasil Collection in the capital of Espírito Santo. The project meets the institution's historical desire to access territories outside the great axes of power, not only in the world (or South Global), but also in the country (beyond the Rio-São Paulo axis).

“We are experiencing an apex of the artistic production of Espírito Santo, a robust production, consistent; researches, practices and discursivities in direct dialogue with the urgencies of today's times. The proposed dialogue with Videobrasil in Vitória encourages an exchange necessary to strengthen the networks, of artists and their productions beyond the borders of territories”, says Nicolas Soares, director of MAES.

Art and geopolitics in the Videobrasil Collection, no MAES, part of the cartography drawn by the last two editions of the Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil. Highlighting the production of the so-called Global South – term referring to territories on the margins of hegemonic modernization and central capitalism, mainly in Latin America, Africa, eastern europe, Asia and Middle East -, the exhibition features works by Aline X, Gustavo Garden, Upper Amazon Audiovisual, Ana Vaz, Bakary Diallo, Daniel Monroy Cuevas, Enrique Ramirez, Luciana Magno, Paulo Nazareth, Seydou Cisse, Tiécoura N’Daou and the indigenous collective formed by Ana Carvalho, Ariel Sunshine Ortega, Fernando Ancil and Patricia To Yxapy.

Artistic practices appear in the exhibition that blur the boundaries with science and between sciences to expand our conceptions of the world., as well as an “artivist” use of video by minority groups, to reinforce community practices, defend threatened rights and reinforce the utopia of rebuilding the world from collectivities linked to identity and affection.

“The need to reverberate in all its potency non-hegemonic stories gives video a narrative breath that was previously the privilege of cinema.. At the same time, and almost to the same extent, artists mobilize the power of the image to create spaces and metaphors”, says Solange in text about the show. And she completes: “It is not surprising that a production based on the idea of ​​resistance and political vocation flourishes in a moment of setback and uncertainty.. The power of art that emerges from the South can no longer be ignored by the international circuit, nor is the importance of this perspective in a global concert relativized”.

The exhibition Body and performance in the Videobrasil Collection, on the other hand, presents at Galeria Homero Massena the result of an immersion in the records of performances produced by Videobrasil throughout its 40 years – including happenings, musical interventions, video performances, among others. Since its first edition, in 1983, the Videobrasil Biennial offers performance an unprecedented space on the Brazilian scene, including commissioning projects in this language for the exhibitions. In this way, the exhibition in Vitória illuminates some of the directions taken by performance over the decades, whether incorporating music, theater, dance, visual arts and urban intervention, whether looking at religious rituals.

“In the countries of the Global South, amid state violence and colonial heritage, artists shape body and image in a production that is a sign of life against the politics of death. In the main program of this exhibition, they maneuver the performance repertoire in different ways to bring to their own bodies the confrontation of urgent themes, like structural racism, state terrorism and gender violence”, highlights Farkas.

Gathered from more than 200 Videobrasil Collection performance records, the list of artists and collectives participating in the show, coming from different corners of the globe, is vast: Melati Suryodarmo, Marcello Mercado, Coco Fusco, Front 3 February, Luiz de Abreu, Otávio Donasci, Lenora de Barros and Walter Silveira, Steina Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello, Michael Smith, Wally Salomao and Carlos Nader, Eder Santos, Marco Paulo Rolla, Alexandre da Cunha, Chelpa Ferro, Ayrson Heraclitus, Felipe Bittencourt, Aya Eliav and Ofir Feldman and Paula Garcia.

There is also a special program in the exhibition dedicated to capixaba artists with performance works: Charlene Bicalho, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Geovanni Lima, hum Fone, Marcus Vinicius, Natalie Miredia and Rubiane Maia. A significant part of these works on display will become part of the Videobrasil Collection, which, in addition to safeguarding it, is committed to giving greater visibility and circulation to works and artists.

With the two exhibitions in Vitória, gathered under the title TURNOVER, the Videobrasil – created during the dictatorship – continues one of his great missions, that is, present and promote the political use, combative and libertarian that the artists make of the video. For this, the institution once again creates ways to reactivate its collection, retrieve and understand the works in their contexts and create dialogues from them. “In addition to the complex issue of conservation – of volatile support, the video collection demands heavy structure, specific knowledge and permanent updating -, there is a need to create strategies capable of keeping these contents alive and in contact with the world”, concludes Solange.

SERVICE:

TURNOVER
Art and geopolitics in the Videobrasil Collection
From 10 from June to 10 September 2022

Art Museum of the Holy Spirit Dionísio del Santo – MAES
Av. Jerome Monteiro, 631
Vitória Center - ES
Tel. (27) 3132 8393

Visitation
From Tuesday to Friday, das 10h às 18h
Saturdays, from 10:00 to 4:00 pm

Educational
Available during visiting hours.
Scheduling group visits:
e-mail maes.educativo@gmail.com
Tel. (27) 3132 8391 and (27) 3132 8393

TURNOVER
Body and performance in the Videobrasil Collection
From 10 from June to 10 September 2022
Homero Massena Gallery
Rua Pedro Palácios, 99
Vitória Center – ES

Visitation
From Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 6:00 pm
Saturdays, the 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tel. (27) 3132 8395

Educational
Available during visiting hours.
Scheduling group visits:
Tel. (27) 3132-8395

Factsheet

Curated By
Solange O. Farkas

Search
Ruy Luduvice

collection
Fabio Kawano

Editorial
Teté Martinho

Graphic design
Graphic Cabinet | Felipe Sabatini and Nina Farkas

-Graphic design
Richard Loved

Executive production
Cassia Rossini
Rafael Moretti
Van Fresnot

Production coordination
Cassia Rossini
Rafael Moretti

Local production
Reforma Design | David Trindade

Cenotecnia
Metro Scenography

Audiovisual
Fusion Audio

responsible technician
Marcos Santos

Lighting
Vitor Lorenção

Visual communication
Art in the Window

Curating public programs
Nicolas Soares

Educational coordination
Karenn Amorim

Accessibility
Marina Baffini | Include me art and culture for everyone

Acknowledgements
Carolina Ruas Palomares
Clarissa Ximenes
Fabricio Noronha
Nicolas Soares
Electrica Film and Video
SESC São Paulo

VIDEOBRASIL CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Direction
Solange O. Farkas

Executive production
Van Fresnot

collection
Fabio Kawano

Comunicação
Mark Visnadi

Administrative
Divy Cristina

Consulting board
Benjamin Seroussi
Cecília Ribeiro
Fabio Cypriano
Patricia Rousseaux
Rosangela Renno
Tata Amaral
Thereza Farkas
Vivian Ostrovsky

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO
Renato Casagrande

VICE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO
Jacqueline Moraes

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CULTURE
Fabricio Noronha

STATE SECRETARY FOR CULTURAL POLICIES
Carolina Ruas Palomares

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOOD AND INCENTIVE TO CULTURE
Maria Thereza Bosi de Magallanes

SUBSECRETARY OF STATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT
Pedro Virgolino

SPACE MANAGEMENT AND CULTURAL ARTICULATION
Vinicius Fabio Ferreira Silva

MUSEOLOGY
Paula Nunes-Costa

MUSEUM OF ART OF ESPÍRITO SANTO

DIONYS OF THE SAINT

BOARD
Nicolas Soares

ADMINISTRATIVE NUCLEUS

ADVISORY
Rosane Baptista

CULTURAL SPACE SUPERVISION
Rafane Fernanda de Andrade

COLLECTION CORE
Rafaella Soares Silva

CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTION CORE

MEDIATION
Kleiton Rosa Cavêdo

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Edson da Silva

SUPPORT TEAM
John Lucas Alves Macedo
Jose Luiz C. Macedo
Jussara Rodrigues Vianna
Mateus Felix Louzada
Rita de Cassia Lima
Sandra Maria Campista

SURVEILLANCE TEAM
Erasmo Vasconcelos
Jaider Ferreira de Souza
Jeovane Andrade dos Santos
Maikon Cardoso dos Anjos

HOMERO MASSENA GALLERY

VISUAL ARTS COORDINATION
Ivone Carvalho Vieira

ADMINISTRATIVE
Amanda Stange Martins

EDUCATIONAL
Mediation
Natalia Zamperlini

COMMUNICATION
Elvys Souza Chaves

EMPLOYEES
Bianca Alves Balbino Santos
Evani Rezende da Silva
Tania Maria de Jesus Costa

SECURITY GUARDS
Anderson Ferreira
Damião André Pinto de Oliveira
Diego Araújo Rodrigues
Rodinelio Siqueira