{"id":205847,"date":"2018-12-12T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=205847"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:32:36","slug":"cairo-biennale-features-work-by-six-brazilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/cairo-biennale-features-work-by-six-brazilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt biennale features work by six Brazilians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Artworks by six Brazilian artists are in the\u00a02<sup>nd<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingelseoff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Off Biennale<\/a>. Organized by Something Else \u2013 an independent, non-profit visual arts initiative in Cairo \u2013, the show will continue until next Saturday (15) at contemporary culture and Art center Darb 1718. The work of 100 local and international artists is featured. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian artists are: Alberto Pereira, Amaro Abreu, Cesar Meneghetti, Vin\u00edcius Couto, Alexandre Furcolin and Luiza Prado. The Brazilian producer M\u00f4nica Hirano, of Something Else, helped conceive the event. One of the Biennale\u2019s curators, Sheila Zago, is also a Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p>The Biennale\u2019s theme this year\u2019s <em>What if it didn\u2019t happen?<\/em> It\u2019s an attempt to show what the world would be like if things were different, especially traditional social values, according to Sheila Zago, who curated artworks by nine international artists, including two Brazilians \u2013Alberto Pereira and Amaro Abreu. The other artists she curated hail from the United States, Portugal, India, Pakistan, and three Arab countries: Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. The exhibition also includes work by Iraqi, Algerian, Saudi Arabian, Sudanese and Jordanian artists.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto Pereira\u2019s wheat-paste posters (<em>pictured above<\/em>), for instance, were purposely created for the Biennale. \u201cHe wanted to portray people who are deemed invisible. He took pictures of two exhibition set-up workers and put them in the spotlight, reversing the roles,\u201d said Zago.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-205847 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-205829\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-205829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu-2.jpg 686w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu-2-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-205829'>\n\t\t\t\tA mural by Amaro Abreu\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-205831\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-205831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu.jpg 960w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-bienale-cairo-amaro-abreu-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-205831'>\n\t\t\t\tA close-up of the mural\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-biennale-cairo-alberto-pereira2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-biennale-cairo-alberto-pereira2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-205833\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-205833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-biennale-cairo-alberto-pereira2.jpg 874w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-biennale-cairo-alberto-pereira2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-biennale-cairo-alberto-pereira2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/off-biennale-cairo-alberto-pereira2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-205833'>\n\t\t\t\tWheat-paste poster by Alberto Pereira\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Graffiti artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amarout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amaro Abreu<\/a>\u00a0created a mural, working with a more playful concept. \u201cHe portrays other worlds, the imaginary, and his work often deals with technology vs nature, and whether humanity is really evolving,\u201d Zago revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The curator said the works of those two Brazilian artists are permanent and will be kept in the venue after the Biennale is through. \u201cA renovated former pottery village, Darb 1718 is being frequented by people again, and the artworks remain, because one of the Biennale\u2019s goals is making art more democratic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Zago explained that Cairo used to host an official, government-funded biennial art show. Its termination drove the independent art scene to organize this \u201cunofficial biennale\u201d \u2013 hence the name: Off Biennale. Zago\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/residencia-musical-no-egito-tem-inscricoes-abertas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nomad Curator<\/a> project relied on crowdfunding to enable the two Brazilian artists to travel to Cairo. Once there, they got suppor4t from the Embassy of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sheila Zago holds a master\u2019s in Museum and Gallery Practices from the UK\u2019s University College London. She spoke with ANBA over the phone from Cairo. Zago has been living in Egypt since February, but claims to be a nomad \u2013 she\u2019s been travelling with art-related social projects for five years now. She has lived in Lebanon and Qatar. Another project of hers involves art and education with people in vulnerable conditions in Cairo, and she has worked in poor communities in Egypt, <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/brasileiros-levam-arte-e-colorem-escolas-de-sirios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lebanon and Syria<\/a>, including with Syrian and Palestinian refugees, under the Conexus project.<\/p>\n<p>Quick facts<\/p>\n<p>Off Biennale Cairo<br \/>\nUntil December 15 (Saturday)<br \/>\nCentro Cultural Darb 1718<br \/>\nKasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo<br \/>\nCairo, Egypt<br \/>\nFree admission<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingelseoff.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-205839\">Alexandre Furcolin<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd edition of Off Biennale Cairo, an independent art show in the Egyptian capital, will continue until Saturday. 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