Associação Cultural Videobrasil

Associação Cultural Videobrasil and Sesc São Paulo announce the list of fifty-five artists and collectives selected for the 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil | Imagined Communities, an exhibition and public program of events dedicated to the production of the Global South, to be held from October 9, 2019, through February 2, 2020, at Sesc 24 de Maio, in São Paulo.

A total of 2,280 artists from 105 countries submitted works to the 21st Biennial Open Call. Formed by the artistic director Solange Farkas and the trio of curators Gabriel Bogossian, Luisa Duarte, and Miguel López, the curatorial team was in charge of both the selection and the choice of guest artists. Also part of the selection jury were the curators Alejandra Hernández Muñoz, Juliana Gontijo and Raphael Fonseca.

The list of selected artists is available below, and also at the Biennial's website:

ADRIAN BALSECA, Ecuador
AHMAD GHOSSEIN, Lebanon
ALBERTO GUARANI, Brazil
ALTO AMAZONAS AUDIOVISUAL, Brazil
ANA CARVALHO, ARIEL KUARAY ORTEGA, FERNANDO ANCIL, PATRÍCIA FERREIRA PARA YXAPY, Brazil
ANDREA TONACCI, Italy / Brazil
ANDRÉ GRIFFO, Brazil
AYKAN SAFOGLU, Turkey / Germany
BRETT GRAHAM, New Zealand
CHAMECKILERNER, Brazil / United States
CLARA IANNI, Brazil
CLAUDIA MARTÍNEZ GARAY, Peru / the Netherlands
DANA AWARTANI, Saudi Arabia
ELLIE KYUNGRAN HEO, South Korea / United Kingdom
EMO DE MEDEIROS, France / Benin
ERIN COATES, Australia
EZRA WUBE, Ethiopia / United States
FEDERICO LAMAS, Argentina
GABRIELA GOLDER, Argentina
GEORGE DRIVAS, Greece
GEORGES SENGA, Democratic Republic of the Congo
HIWA K, Iraq / Germany
HRAIR SARKISSIAN, Syria / United Kingdom
JIM DENOMIE, United States
JONATHAS DE ANDRADE, Brazil
JULIA MENSCH, Argentina
KÖKEN ERGUN, Turkey
LUIZ DE ABREU, Brazil
MARILÁ DARDOT, Brazil
MARTON ROBINSON PALMER, Costa Rica
MAYA SHURBAJI, Syria
MEGAN-LEIGH HEILIG, South Africa / Belgium
MOHAU MODISAKENG, South Africa
MÔNICA NADOR, Brazil
MOVIMENTO DE LUTA NOS BAIRROS, VILAS E FAVELAS, Brazil
NATALIA SKOBEEVA, Russia / United Kingdom
NELSON MAKENGO, Democratic Republic of the Congo
NIDHAL CHAMEKH, Tunisia / France
NILBAR GÜREŞ, Turkey / United States
NO MARTINS, Brazil
NOÉ MARTÍNEZ, Mexico
OMAR MISMAR, Lebanon
PAUL ROSERO CONTRERAS, Ecuador
PAULO MENDEL E VITOR GRUNVALD, Brazil
RONEY FREITAS E ISAEL MAXACALI, Brazil
ROSANA PAULINO, Brazil
SADIK AFRAJI, Iraq / the Netherlands
TANG KWOK HIN, China
THANH HOANG, Vietnam
THIÉRRY OUSSOU, Benin / the Netherlands
TIÉCOURA N’DAOU, Mali
TOMAZ KLOTZEL, Brazil
VOTELGBT, Brazil
XIMENA GARRIDO-LECCA, Peru

Participants will compete for seven awards granted by an international jury:

• Residency Awards – Three eight-week artist residencies (airfare, lodging, and per diem) provide support for the production of an original work at one of the partners of the Videobrasil Residency Network:
  • Instituto Sacatar (Itaparica, Bahia, Brazi): An international residency program on the island of Itaparica, providing each selected artist a room, a separate studio, meals and logistical support, hosting artists of all ages, nationalities and disciplines
  • • MMCA Residency Changdong (Seoul, South Korea): Run by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), a platform for experimentation and relationship among artists, curators, and scholars
  • Sharjah Art Foundation Residency Programme (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates): Not only a place for reflection and exploration, but also a site of exchange and insertion into the contemporary circuit of the Middle East, the program expands the possibilities of dialogue between residents, the local community, and the region’s cultural scene
• State of the Art Award – Cash prize for the best participating artist or group
• Sesc Contemporary Art Award – Two cash prizes for works by Brazilian artists. The works will become part of the Sesc Brazilian Art Collection
• O.F.F. Award – Cash prize offered by the Ostrovsky Family Fund to an artist with original research on the moving image