34th Bienal de São Paulo

#34bienal (Interview) Carla Zaccagnini

In The voices of the artists #3: Sino de Ouro Preto [Bell of Ouro Preto], the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The third encounter was dedicated to the Sino de Ouro Preto< [Bell of Ouro Preto]. Take a look at the interview with the guest curator Carla Zaccagnini.

#34bienal (Interview) Vincent Meessen

In The voices of the artists #3: Sino de Ouro Preto [Bell of Ouro Preto], the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The third encounter was dedicated to the Sino de Ouro Preto< [Bell of Ouro Preto]. Take a look at the interview with the artist Vincent Meessen.

#34bienal (Interview) Nina Beier

In The voices of the artists #3: Sino de Ouro Preto [Bell of Ouro Preto], the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The third encounter was dedicated to the Sino de Ouro Preto< [Bell of Ouro Preto]. Take a look at the interview with the artist Nina Beier.

#34bienal (Interview) Jota Mombaça

In The voices of the artists #3: Sino de Ouro Preto [Bell of Ouro Preto], the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The third encounter was dedicated to the Sino de Ouro Preto< [Bell of Ouro Preto]. Take a look at the interview with the artist Jota Mombaça.

#34bienal (Live) The voices of the artists #3: Sino de Ouro Preto [Bell of Ouro Preto]

In the virtual encounters from the series The voices of the artists, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talk with some of the artists taking part in the exhibition about the statements of the show. The third encounter, held on February 25 2021, was dedicated to the Sino de Ouro Preto [Bell of Ouro Preto]. To understand what kind of reverberations this poetic statement can have in our current context, Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Paulo Miyada talked to Jota Mombaça (1991, Natal, Brazil), Ana Adamović (1959, Belgrade, Serbia), Nina Beier (1975, Aarhus, Denmark) and Vincent Meessen (1971, Baltimore, USA), as well as guest curator Carla Zaccagnini (1973, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Watch to the video record of the event!

#34bienal Vento [Wind]

The show Vento [Wind], from Nov 14 to Dec 13, 2020, at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion is part of the program of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo – Though it’s dark, still I sing. The exhibition, titled after Joan Jonas’ film Wind (1968), includes mostly immaterial works (in audio or video) seeks to emphasize a sense of space and distance that can rarely be experienced by the public at exhibitions and events usually held at the building.

Production and media partnership: Arte Que Acontece

#34bienal (Interview) Jaune Quick-to-see Smith

In The voices of the artists #2: Tikmũ’ũn chants, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The second encounter was dedicated to the Tikmũ’ũn chants. Take a look at the interview with the artist Jaune Quick-to-see Smith.

#34bienal (Interview) Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste

In The voices of the artists #2: Tikmũ’ũn chants, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The second encounter was dedicated to the Tikmũ’ũn chants. Take a look at the interview with the artist Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste.

#34bienal (Entrevista/Interview) Sung Tieu

In The voices of the artists #2: Tikmũ’ũn chants, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The second encounter was dedicated to the Tikmũ’ũn chants. Take a look at the interview with the artist Sung Tieu.

#34bienal (Interview) Jaider Esbell

In The voices of the artists #2: Tikmũ’ũn chants, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The second encounter was dedicated to the Tikmũ’ũn chants. Take a look at the interview with the brazilian artist Jaider Esbell.

#34bienal (Live) The voices of the artists #2: Tikmũ’ũn chants

In the virtual encounters from the series The voices of the artists, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talk with some of the artists taking part in the exhibition about the statements of the show. The second encounter, held on November 26 2020, was dedicated to the Tikmũ’ũn chants. To understand what kind of reverberations this poetic statement can have in our current context, Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Paulo Miyada talked to Jaider Esbell (Brazil), Jaune Quick-to-see Smith (USA), Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste (Chile) and Sung Tieu (Vietnam). Watch to the video record of the event!

#34bienal (Interview) Edurne Rubio

In The voices of the artists #1: the verse Though it's dark, still I sing, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The first encounter was dedicated to the title of this edition of the Bienal, Though it's dark, still I sing, a verse by the Amazonian poet Thiago de Mello (b. Barreirinha, 1926). Take a look at the interview with Edurne Rubio.

#34bienal (Interview) Carmela Gross

In The voices of the artists #1: the verse Though it's dark, still I sing, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The first encounter was dedicated to the title of this edition of the Bienal, Though it's dark, still I sing, a verse by the Amazonian poet Thiago de Mello (b. Barreirinha, 1926). Take a look at the interview with Carmela Gross.

#34bienal (Interview) Zina Saro-Wiwa

In The voices of the artists #1: the verse Though it's dark, still I sing, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The first encounter was dedicated to the title of this edition of the Bienal, Though it's dark, still I sing, a verse by the Amazonian poet Thiago de Mello (b. Barreirinha, 1926). Take a look at the interview with Zina Saro Wiwa.

#34bienal (Interview) Manthia Diawara

In The voices of the artists #1: the verse Though it's dark, still I sing, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talked with the exhibition's participant artists, from Brazil and abroad, about the statements of the show. The first encounter was dedicated to the title of this edition of the Bienal, Though it's dark, still I sing, a verse by the Amazonian poet Thiago de Mello (b. Barreirinha, 1926). Take a look at the interview with the Manthia Diawara.

#34bienal (Live) The voices of the artists #1: the verse Though it's dark, still I sing

In the virtual encounters from the series The voices of the artists, the curators of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo talk with some of the artists taking part in the exhibition about the statements of the show. The first encounter, held on October 22 2020, was dedicated to the title of this edition of the Bienal, Though it's dark, still I sing [a verse by the Amazonian poet Thiago de Mello (b. Barreirinha, 1926)], published as a namesake book by the author in 1965. To understand what kind of reverberations this poetic statement can have in our current context, Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Paulo Miyada talked to Manthia Diawara, Carmela Gross, Edurne Rubio and Zina Saro-Wiwa. Watch to the video record of the event!

#34bienal (Public Program) Curators

For the first time gathered at this public meeting, Jacopo Crivelli Visconti (general curator), Paulo Miyada (assistant curator), Carla Zaccagnini, Francesco Stocchi and Ruth Estévez (guest curators) held a talk on the recently announced artists of the 34th Bienal, its individual shows, public programming and curatorial research. The conversation with the public at the Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade took place on Tuesday, February 4.

#34bienal A Maze in Grace

Documentary on the performance "A Maze in Grace", by Neo Muyanga featuring Legítima Defesa + Bianca Turner, presented on February 8, 2020, at the Bienal Pavilion in the context of the #34bienal. The performance was coproduced with the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.

#34bienal (Public Program) Philipp Fleischmann

Philipp Fleischmann (n. 1985, Hollabrunn, Áustria) participating artist of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo – Though it's dark, still I sing, talks with the public at the Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade on November 9, 2019.