Though it's dark, still I sing : 34th Bienal de São Paulo / guest editor, Elvira Dyangani Ose, in collaboration with The Showroom, London ; editorial coordination, Ana Roman, Cristina Fino.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Fino, Cristina, editor.

Roman, Ana, editor.

Dyangani Ose, Elvira, editor.

Showroom (Gallery), editor.

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, issuing body.

Conference Name:

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (34th : 2021 : Sao Paulo)

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Art festivals--Brazil--São Paulo--Catalogs.

Art festivals.

Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Brazil--São Paulo.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

429 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

34th Bienal de São Paulo : Though it's dark, still I sing

Faz escuro mas eu canto.

Place of Publication:

São Paulo : Bienal de São Paulo, 2021.

Summary:

The catalogue for the 34th Bienal includes texts and images on the works of the 91 artists participating in this edition and on the statements that underline the exhibition, as well as exclusive contributions by the artists and essays written by guest authors and by the curators. With Jacopo Crivelli Visconti as chief curator and a curatorial team consisting of Paulo Miyada (adjunct curator) plus Carla Zaccagnini, Francesco Stocchi and Ruth Estévez (guest curators), the 34th Bienal de São Paulo is titled Faz escuro mas eu canto [Though it's dark, still I sing], a line from a poem by Amazonian writer Thiago de Mello (Barreirinha, 1926), published in the book by the same name in 1965.

The catalogue for the 34th Bienal includes texts and images on the works of the 91 artists participating in this edition and on the statements that underline the exhibition, as well as exclusive contributions by the artists and essays written by guest authors and by the curators. With Jacopo Crivelli Visconti as chief curator and a curatorial team consisting of Paulo Miyada (adjunct curator) plus Carla Zaccagnini, Francesco Stocchi and Ruth Estévez (guest curators), the 34th Bienal de São Paulo is titled Faz escuro mas eu canto [Though itœs dark, still I sing], a line from a poem by Amazonian writer Thiago de Mello (Barreirinha, 1926), published in the book by the same name in 1965.

Contents:

Correspondence #20 / Elvira Dyangani Ose

The morning is coming / Paulo Miyada

Correspondence #16 / Francesco Stocchi

Per aspera ad astra / Carla Zaccagnini

A meeting at the edge of an abyss -CIA's* shout is for more life / Jaider Esbell

Correspondence #15 / Ana Roman

Can you sound like two thousand?* / Jota Mombaça

Correspondence #14 / Anna-Bella Papp

Correspondence #11 / Vitor Cesar

Choose micro: Lichens and micro histories for a new comprehensive understanding / Francesco Stocchi

Correspondence #8 / Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Paulo Miyada, Carla Zaccagnini, Francesco Stocchi and Ruth Estévez

A statement of intent / Ruth Estévez, a dialogue with Teresa Ralli and Miguel Rubio, founding members of Yuyachkani

Correspondence #4 / Ruth Estévez

The dark among the stars: surviving in troubled times / Helena Chávez Mac Gregor

Cut/relation: Antonin Artaud and Édouard Glissant / Ana Kifer

Correspondence #2 / Paulo Miyada

Interview with a clown / Brandon LaBelle

Correspondence #1 / Carla Zaccagnini

Excerpts from "Amazonas, water heartland" / Thiago de Mello

Becoming / Jacopo Crivelli Visconti

[Artists' biographies]

Extended program and institutional partnerships.

Notes:

This catalogue was published in September 2021 as part of the project of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo "Though it's dark, still I sing"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788585298722

8585298723

OCLC:

1285433425