Art lovers and Brazilophiles won’t want to miss this major symposium featuring artists from the Cruzamentos exhibition and documentary film series, Brazilian and Wexner Center curators, and other notable scholars, including expert voices from Ohio State.
See the symposium schedule and list of participants below. The symposium is free and open to the public, but preregistration is suggested.
Via Brasil is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Lead support provided by Morgan Stanley.
Cruzamentos: A Symposium on Contemporary Art and Film in Brazil is cosponsored by Ohio State’s Center for Latin American Studies.
Special thanks to the Embassy of Brazil in Washington, DC, for its invaluable guidance and assistance in promoting Via Brasil among its many constituents.
Wednesday
9:30 AM
Welcome and remarks
10–11 AM
Cruzamentos: Honoring the Legacy, Creating the Contemporary
Paulo Venancio Filho, co-curator of Cruzamentos, professor of art at Universidade Federal do Rio Janeiro and independent curator
Vânia Mignone, visual artist
Conversation Moderator: Kris Paulsen, assistant professor, History of Art, The Ohio State University
11:15 AM–12:15 PM
Inside/Outside: Framing Space
Lucia Koch, visual artist
Cao Guimarães, visual artist
Conversation Moderator: Cristiana Tejo, coordinator of education at Fundacão Joaquim Nabuco and independent curator
12:15–1:30 PM
Break for lunch
1:30–2:30 PM
Memory and Place
Jonathas de Andrade, visual artist
Rodrigo Braga, visual artist
Conversation Moderator: Jennifer Lange, co-curator of Cruzamentos and Film/Video Studio Program curator, Wexner Center for the Arts
2:45–4 PM
Narrative Tension: Fiction and Documentary
Fernão Pessoa Ramos, professor in the Department of Cinema Studies/Arts Institute at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Cao Guimarães, visual artist
Conversation Moderator: Chris Stults, associate curator, film/video, Wexner Center for the Arts
4–5 PM
Closing reception
