The notion of contemporary art responds to a specific system, underpinned by certain practices, players, and institutions. As the 20th century progressed, with the “dematerialization” of the artwork, new languages began to coexist with art objects of various natures, many of them associated with past traditions. Amid the multiple temporalities shared by the present, what is the meaning of a supposed idea of transcendence? If the contemporary primarily encompasses the present moment, how does one rethink and broaden the categories of art?
The Seminar Places and meanings in art: debates from the South, with curation and mediation from Sabrina Moura, looks to expand on key issues raised by the shows that make up the 19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil. In connection with the Southern Observatory study program, initiated in May 2015 in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, the seminar will discuss the expansion of art as a knowledge production field. Over the course of four meetings in October, we will engage in dialogue with thinkers, writers and artists to rethink their traditions, spaces of circulation, narratives, and histories.
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