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Cinema Kuir presents: “Normal Love” (USA, 1963, 16mm, 105′), by Jack Smith
When: Thursday, 14 September, at 7 pm
Where: Despina | Largo das Artes
Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado – Centro
Free admission
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Master class at UERJ (State University of Rio de Janeiro)
– with the participation of the artistas Carlos Martiel, Cristiano Lenhardt e Mariela Scafati.
When: Thursday, 14 September
Where: Arts Institute auditorium – UERJ
Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 – 11º andar – bloco E
Maracanã – Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Time: 1- 4 pm
Free admission
ORGANIZATION
Alexandre Sá, Consuelo Bassanesi e Frederico Pellachin
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Queercuirkuir screenprinting workshop
(with artist in residence Mariela Scafati)
Where: Despina | Largo das Artes
(Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado – Centro)
When: Wednesday, 13th September
Time: 4 – 8 pm
Free admission
CREDIT OF THE IMAGE
Mídia Ninja
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Saara Nights #18 + Tiro no Escuro
When: Wednesday, 30 August, at 7pm
Where: Despina | Largo das Artes
Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado
Centro – Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Free admission
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CREDIT OF THE IMAGE
Guilherme Falcão
Drawing, 2016
(concepted for the project “Tiro no Escuro”)
Art and Activism in Latin America – year II (2017)
Participants: Aline Besouro, Cinema Kuir, Jandir Jr., Jefferson Andrade, Lyz Parayzo, Maria Lutterbach, Marina S. Alves, Milena Lizia, Rafa Éis, Renata Sampaio, Samuel Lourenço Filho, Susana Guardado, T. Angel, Thainã de Medeiros.
More information in Portuguese + Pictures Gallery, here.
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Circuit of talks and exchange
When: 26 August and 2 September (Saturdays)
Time: 4 pm – 10 pm
Where: Despina
Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado – Centro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Free admission
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Credit of the image
T. Angel. Fluído. São Paulo, Brazil.
Photo: Leonardo Waintrub
Art and Activism in Latin America – year II (2017)
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Performance “Lamanto Kayapó” + Talk with artists in residence
Where: Tuesday, 22 August
Time: 7 pm
Where: Despina | Largo das Artes
Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado – Centro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Free admission
Credit of the image
Study for “Lamento Kayapó”
Drawing by Carlos Mariel
Art and Activism in Latin America – year II (2017)
Becoming a body
In feminist stories, experience is not enough to forge a voice. A body is also necessary. A body that is made of blood and tears, excrements and drool, muscle, skin, makeup. A body like the one we have every day and everywhere. A body that we lift, adorn with buckles and tattoos; a body covered with specific chosen objects, a body that we take to the streets. However, we can not forget that there is blood beneath this body. Not, if we are feminists.
We have this body to make it our own, to enjoy its pleasures, to inscribe time at its own pace, to expand or contract according to its desires. But our bodies are conceived before we can even experience them. It is on this tangible surface that rules are minted by others for the proper functioning of the bodies: no odour, hidden parts, procreation, shelter and care. And if not, what? If not, abjection: prostitutes, lesbians, feminazis, fat, sterile, bad mothers.
Becoming a body will deal with the disappeared bodies during the dictatorship and also with the “collective body” of the contemporary activism, which allows other forms of being in the world.
Marta Dillon is a lesbian feminist journalist and activist who lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She writes for the feminist supplement Las12, in the newspaper Page 12. She is also an active member of the collective Ni Una Menos and Emergentes – comunicación y acción. She has published the following books: Aparecida (2015), Vivir con virus (2004 and 2016) and Corazones Cautivos (2008). Marta also writes scripts for fiction and documentary films. She is currently filming the documentary La Línea 137.
ART AND ACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA is a Despina project, with the support of the Dutch organization Prince Claus Fund. The project extends for three years (2016, 2017 and 2018). Each year, a theme will guide a series of actions, including occupations, workshops, talks, film screenings, exhibitions, public talks with important names of contemporary artistic + activist thought and a residency programme. For this second edition, the project brings the BODY as its main theme and it runs from May to October. For more information about the project, this year’s theme and the full programming, click here.
Image credit (top right)
Photo: Sebastian Miguel
Art and Activism in Latin America – year II (2017)
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“Os corpos são as obras” – gran finale at Turma OK
When: 04 August
Time: 7 pm (meeting point at Despina and then walking to Turma OK – Lapa)
Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado – Centro
In this edition:
Navalha: Manicure Show #2 Tornar-se Navalha
– part of the events of the exhibition “Os corpos são as obras”
Find out more information here.
Residencies Final Show / Open Studios
with Ana Zegarra (Peru), Romy Pocztaruk (Brazil) e Shachaf Predilailo (Israel).
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SAARA NIGHTS #17
When: 27 July, Thursday, 7 pm
Where: Despina | Largo das Artes
Rua Luis de Camões, 2 – Sobrado
Centro – Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Free admission
Arte do e-flyer: Frederico Pellachin
Art and Activism in Latin America – year II (2017)
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Navalha: Manicure Show #2 Tornar-se Navalha
(part of the activities of the exhibition “The bodies are the works”)
When: Thursday, 27 July, at 7 pm
Where: Despina
Free admission
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ART AND ACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA is a project conceived by Despina, with the support from the Dutch organization Prince Claus Fund. The project extends for three years (2016, 2017 and 2018). Each year, a theme guided a series of actions and events, including occupations, workshops, talks, film screenings, exhibitions, public talks with important names from the contemporary artistic + activist thought and a residency programme. For this second edition, the theme is Body. For more information, click here.