Research Catalog

Title

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.

Author

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

Publication

São Paulo : Bienal de São Paulo, 2021.

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Additional Authors

• Dyangani Ose, Elvira,
• Fino, Cristina,
• Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, issuing body.
• Roman, Ana,
• Showroom (Gallery), editor.

Description

429 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

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.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• 34th Bienal de São Paulo : Though it's dark, still I sing
• Faz escuro mas eu canto.
• Still I sing
• Works.

Subject

• Art festivals > São Paulo > Catalogs
• Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9788585298722
• 8585298723

OCLC

• on1285433425
• 1285433425

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries