Associação Cultural Videobrasil

From the displacements and geographies in motion outlined by Marie Ange Bordas, the editor of Caderno Sesc_Videobrasil 9, to visions of contemporary Africa and the "passersby ethics" suggested by the Cameroonian thinker Achille Mbembe. The fifth focus, The South in Perspective, is a program that focuses on the flows and cartographic subjectivities that point to a contemporary world being redesigned.

LAUNCH OF CADERNO SESC_VIDEOBRASIL 9: GEOGRAPHIES IN MOTION
with Marie Angie Bordas, Rogerio Haesbaert e Ana Paula do Val

December 5, 20h — Sesc Pompeia / Galpão

The ninth edition of the annual magazine Caderno SESC_Videobrasil is edited by the artist, researcher and writer Marie Ange Bordas, with contributions by the Philosopher and political scientist, Achille Mbembe, born in Cameroon, and the artist William Kentridge, who created a special and unpublished piece (a Flipbook) exclusively to this publication. Developed by Marie for over ten years, the project addressed the experience of transit after living together with people who were forced to move by conflict or pushed by the economic machine.

The publication explores the universe from topics such as territorialization and affective cartographies, featuring collaborations by the architect Ana Paula Val, the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, the geographer Rogerio Haesbaert, the curator Simon Njami, the renowned South African artist William Kentridge and Achille Mbembe, intellectual that is renewaling the academic thought of postcolonialism, who is also the creator of the term "afropolitanism". Illustrating the material, alongside a flipbook and works by William Kentrigde, Caderno 9 features works by Marie Ange Bordas and artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons.

The launch of the Caderno 9 is part of the 18th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, and includes a meeting with some of the collaborators. Click here to purchase a copy at Sesc e-shop.

More about the editor and collaborators of the book :

Marie Ange Bordas (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1970) Artist, researcher and wirter, she has created collaborative art projects involving displaced and/or conflict-ridden communities in Africa and Brazil.

Achille Mbembe (Otélé, Cameroon, 1957) Philosopher and political scientist. His ideas about power, violence and subjectivity have contributed to reformat contemporary postcolonial academic thinking. He is the author of books such as On the Postcolony (2001) and Necropolitics (2011).

William Kentridge (Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955) is one of the leading names in contemporary South African art, moves equally fluidly through different mediums, in a combination of references and techniques that render his work unique.

Rogério Haesbaert (São Pedro do Sul-RS, Brazil, 1958) holds a doctoral degree in human geography from USP. He has published books such as O mito da desterritorialização: do ‘fim dos territórios’ à multiterritorialidade (The myth of de-territorialization: from the 'end of territories' to multiterritoriality, 2004).

Ana Paula do Val (São Paulo, Brazil, 1976) Architect, specialized in culture and communication. Does research on art interventions in urban spaces, affective cartographies, engraving, sociocultural mapping, and cultural policies.

Simon Njami (Switzerland/Cameron, 1962) is an independent lecturer, art critic, novelist and essayist. He lives in France, and has Cameroonian roots.

María Magdalena Campos Pons (Matanzas, Cuba, 1959) is a Cuban artist, with powerful attachment to her cultural African heritage and the diaspora. Her works have been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Japan, Norway, France, Italy, and Cuba.