The São Paulo Biennial Foundation, in a statement released this Friday in Luanda, states that “choreographies of the impossible” will be on display at the Guimarães Rosa Institute, in the capital, until December 8, considering the first presence on the African continent a “new historical milestone”.
The choice of Luanda as the exhibition’s itinerary “is a recognition of the historical and cultural ties between Brazil and Angola, which will celebrate fifty years of independence in 2025, with Brazil being the first country to recognize this historical fact.
Curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes and Manuel Borja-Villel, the initiative is signed by Brasáfrica and Banco BIR and brings together eight artists who bring “distinct but complementary perspectives, thinking about the cultural and historical pluralities” of the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Audiovisual works, dance, performance in dialogue, architecture, poetry and cinema will be exhibited in Luanda during the event, which also includes training, debates and the exhibition of two three-dimensional works, namely by artists Carlos Bunga (Portuguese) and Januário Jano (Angolan).
For the curators, “it was always crucial” that the exhibition reach other cities besides São Paulo.
According to the president of the São Paulo Biennial Foundation, Andrea Pinheiro, quoted in the note, the itinerary of the choreographies of the impossible, in Luanda, “marks a very important moment for the Foundation and for the strengthening of cultural ties between Brazil and Angola, as well as the promotion of art as a tool for social transformation”.
