Pooling voices sensitive to contemporary impasses, drawn from different fields, fronts, and backgrounds, the Seminars explore such themes as the invention of a new political imagination, the particularities of time that have emerged since the advent of virtual life, a de-colonial approach to current feminisms, and the reverberation of the symbolic production of indigenous peoples and social movements.

A central axis on which the Public Programs are plotted at the 21st Biennial, the meetings are designed to generate opportunities to produce previously unheard-of forms of thinking the future, both around and beyond the works on display, and with room for discussion and dissension.

The Seminars are held at the Theater (lower ground) and Auditorium (6th floor), in two stages, spanning three consecutive evenings apiece. The first takes place between October 15 and 17, and the second, November 12 and 15. In the interests of more thorough access, all sessions will have simultaneous translation in sign language.

The addresses prepared by the speakers were edited for publication under the title Leituras [Readings], which, along with the catalogue of works and artists, completes the 21st Biennial's editorial platform. 

AMARA MOIRA — Holder of a doctorate from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Moira is a transvestite, feminist, and militant for LGBTQI+ and prostitutes rights. She is a member of the Warrior Women Association, the Identity Group, and the TransTornar Collective, and the author of the work E se eu fosse puta (hoo editora, 2016). She also writes a column for Mídia Ninja. 

JULIANA BORGES — An anthropology researcher, Borges served as associate-secretary for women’s policy at São Paulo city hall (2013), and as an articulator from the Black Initiative for a New Policy on Drugs. She is a columnist on the site Justificando and author of the book O que é encarceramento em massa? (Letramento, 2018).

DIANE LIMA — Independent curator, researcher, and creative director. Her practices discuss symbolic violence, the ethics and aesthetics of resistance, and the decolonization of feelings and institutions. Her recent projects include the racial awareness program A.Gentes and the exhibition Diálogos ausentes (São Paulo, 2016), both at Itaú Cultural.  

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