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, In the Light of 30 Years, 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.
Shows in context
2014 January 30, 8 p.m. — Sesc Pompeia / Galpão
In 1974, the curator Walter Zanini held one of the country's first-ever video art shows, at MAC-SP. In the 1970s and 80s, except for separate appearances at art shows and the São Paulo Biennial, video remained absent from museums and galleries in Brazil. The trajectory of Videobrasil has followed video’s absorption by the realm of visual arts. The panel associates the Festival shows and art shows of the past three decades.
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About the participants:
Ana Maria Maia (Recife, Brazil, 1984) Journalist and holder of a master's degree in history of art. Joint curator of the Panorama of Brazilian Art, held by the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, she was assistant curator at the 29th São Paulo Biennial (2009).
Ana Pato (São Paulo, Brazil, 1972) Researcher. Former projects director at Associação Cultural Videobrasil. She is the author of the book Expanded Literature – archive and quotation in the work of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (Videobrasil/Edições Sesc São Paulo, 2012).
Daniela Labra (Santiago de Chile, 1974) Independent curator and art critic, She is the author of the book Wanda Pimentel (Niterói Contemporary Art Museum). Responsible for the Artesquema website.