Throughout its three decades, Videobrasil outlines new contexts for image in motion, culminating in the Festival’s admission of multiple art languages, in 2011. The program's final focus closes the 18th edition, contextualizing the Festival's history in relation of the histories of each exhibit, and establishing a dialogue between key figures featured in the book 30 years.
As Videobrasil commemorates three decades of existence, two shows in São Paulo revisit pioneering figures in the history of video in Brasil. Aracy Amaral resumes at Sesc Pinheiros, alongside Roberto Moreira, the project EXPOPROJEÇÃO (1973), the first compiled list of audiovisual productions in Brazil; and São Paulo's MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art) pays homage to its former director, curator Walter Zanini (1925-2013), who in 1976 created the first department dedicated to videoart in a Brazilian museum, featuring Cacilda Teixeira da Costa as one of the coordinators. The panel remembers these initiatives in the light of further evolutions in video. | Featuring: Solange Farkas, Aracy Amaral, Roberto Moreira and Cacilda Teixeira da Costa | Mediator: Eduardo de Jesus
Aracy Amaral (São Paulo, Brazil, 1930) A Critic and curator, she was the director of Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo [Pinacotheca of the state of Sao Paulo], director of MAC/USP and curator of the 8th Biennial of Mercosul and of the Trienal de Chile
Cacilda Teixeira da Costa (São Paulo, Brazil) Curator and writer, she was the coordinator of video art at MAC/USP and of the 26th Biennial of Sao Paulo .
Eduardo de Jesus (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1967) Curator and professor at the postgraduate program of the School of Communication and Arts at PUC-MG. He co-curated Densidade Local, at the Festival Transitio-MX in Mexico City (2008). Member of the curating board for the Southern Panoramas show
Roberto Moreira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1962) Curator, professor and cultural manager, he is a consultant of audio visual and artist’s films and videos for the Itaú Cultural Institute.
Solange O. Farkas Founder of Associação Cultural Videobrasil and curator-general of the 18th Festival. She was the director and curator-in-chief at the Bahia Art Museum from 2007 to 2010, and a guest curator at the biennials of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) and Cerveira (Portugal) in 2011.
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