Roundtable of the Seminars of the 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil | Imagined Communities, held at Sesc 24 de Maio (São Paulo) in October and November 2019.
Debaters:
PAULO HERKENHOFF — Curator, author, critic, and art historian, his posts have included cultural director of the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR, 2012–2016); curator-general of the 24th Bienal de São Paulo (1998); curator of the Brazilian pavilion at the 47th Venice Biennale (1997); associate curator of the department of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art New York (1999–2002); and consultant to documenta IX, Kassel, Germany (1991).
NYDIA GUTIERREZ — Museologist, independent curator, author, and architect, Gutierrez lectures at the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá, and was chief curator of the Museo de Antioquia (2012–2019). She was curator and museological advisor on the 12th Encounter of Young Artists at FIA-Caracas (2010), among others.
Mediator:
FERNANDA D’AGOSTINO — Coordinator of the museological collection center at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, D’Agostino was assistant curator on the 28th Bienal de São Paulo (2008) and supervisor on the project to reorganize the storage, organization, access, and publicity/ promotion systems at the Pinacoteca (2011–2012).