Incerteza Viva – 32 Bienal de São Paulo (lista de artistas convidados)

Titled Incerteza viva [Live Uncertainty], the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo will focus on notions of uncertainty to reflect on the current conditions of life and the strategies offered by contemporary art to harbor or inhabit uncertainties. The exhibition sets out to trace cosmological thinking, ambient and collective intelligence, and systemic and natural ecologies.

In order to objectively confront the big questions of our time, such as global warming and its impact on our habitats, the extinction of species and the loss of biological and cultural diversity, economic and political instability, injustice in the distribution of the Earth's natural resources and global migration, among others, perhaps it's necessary to detach uncertainty from fear. Uncertainty is clearly connected to notions endemic to the body and the earth, with a viral quality in organisms and ecosystems. Though it is related to the word crisis, it is not equivalent to it. Uncertainty is, above all, a psychological condition linked to individual or collective decision-making processes, describing the understanding and non-understanding of concrete problems.

The notion of uncertainty is part of the repertoire of many disciplines – from mathematics to astronomy, and also including linguistics, biology, sociology, anthropology, history and education. Unlike what goes on in other fields, though, uncertainty in art points to disorder, taking into account ambiguity and contradiction. Art feeds off uncertainty, chance, improvisation, speculation and, at the same time, it attempts to count the uncountable and measure the immeasurable. It makes room for error, for doubt and even for ghosts and the most profound misgivings, without evading or manipulating them. Would it not make sense then to take art’s numerous methods of reasoning and making and apply them to other fields of public life?

Learning to live with uncertainty can teach us solutions. Understanding the significance of Live Uncertainty on a day-to-day basis means remaining aware of the fact that we exist immersed in an environment that is ruled by it. As such, we can propose other means of action in times of constant change. Discussing uncertainty requires an understanding of the diversity of knowledge, because describing the unknown always implies to interrogate what we take for granted as known. And yet it also means valuing scientific and symbolic codes as complementary rather than exclusionary. Art promotes an active exchange between people, recognizing uncertainties as guiding generative and constructive systems.

The 32nd Bienal de São Paulo – Incerteza Viva [Live Uncertainty] announces the complete list of 81 participants, comprised of artists and collectives. The result of an investigative process initiated in March of 2015, the final list presents a selection of participants from 33 countries characterized by a strong presence of artists born after 1970, women – who represent over half of the artists invited – and commissioned projects, produced for the context of the exhibition.

INVITED ARTISTS

Alia Farid

Born in Kuwait, 1985. Lives and works in Kuwait and Puerto Rico

Alicia Barney

Born in Cali, Colombia, 1952. Lives and works in Bogota, Colombia

Ana Mazzei

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1980. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Anawana Haloba

Born in Livingstone, Zambia, 1978. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway

Antonio Malta Campos

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1961. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Bárbara Wagner

Born in Brasília, Brazil, 1980. Lives and works in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Bené Fonteles

Born in Bragança, Pará, Brazil, 1953. Lives and works in Brasília, Brazil

Carla Filipe

Born in Aveiro, Portugal, 1973. Lives and works in Porto, Portugal

Carlos Motta

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, 1978. Lives and works in New York, USA

Carolina Caycedo

Born in London, United Kingdom, 1978. Lives and works in La Jagua, Colombia and Los Angeles, USA

Cecilia Bengolea and Jeremy Deller

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1984. Lives and works in Paris, France
Born in London, United Kingdom, 1966. Lives and works in London, United Kingdom

Charlotte Johannesson

Born in Malmö, Sweden, 1943. Lives and works in Skanör, Sweden

Cristiano Lenhardt

Born in Itaara, Brazil, 1975. Lives and works in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Dalton Paula

Born in Brasília, Brazil, 1982. Lives and works in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Dineo Seshee Bopape

Born in Polokwane, South Africa, 1981. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Donna Kukama

Born in Mafikeng, South Africa, 1981. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ebony G. Patterson

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, 1981. Lives and works in Kingston, Jamaica and Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Eduardo Navarro

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979. Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Em’kal Eyongakpa

Born in Mamfe, Cameroon, 1981. Lives and works in South West Cameroon and Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Erika Verzutti

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1971. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Mujica

Born in Santiago, Chile, 1974. Lives and works in New York, USA

Francis Alÿs

Born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1959. Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Frans Krajcberg

Born in Kozienice, Poland, 1921. Lives and works in Nova Viçosa, Bahia, Brazil

Gabriel Abrantes

Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, 1984. Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal

Gilvan Samico

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1928 – Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 2013

Grada Kilomba

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, 1968. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Güneş Terkol

Born in Ankara, Turkey, 1981. Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey

Heather Phillipson

Born in London, United Kingdom, 1978. Lives and works in London, United Kingdom

Helen Sebidi

Born in Marapyane, South Africa, 1943. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Henrik Olesen

Born in Esbjerg, Denmark, 1967. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Hito Steyerl

Born in Munich, Germany, 1966. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Iza Tarasewicz

Born in Kolonia Koplany, Poland, 1981. Lives and works in Bialystok, Poland and Berlin, Germany

Jonathas de Andrade

Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, 1982. Lives and works in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Jordan Belson

Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1926 – San Francisco, California, USA, 2011

Jorge Menna Barreto

Born in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, 1970. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José Antonio Suárez Londoño

Born in Medellín, Colombia, 1955. Lives and works in Medellín, Colombia

José Bento

Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1962. Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kathy Barry

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1969. Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand

Katia Sepúlveda

Born in Santiago, Chile, 1978. Lives and works in Cologne, Germany and Tijuana, Mexico

Koo Jeong A

Born in Seoul, South Korea, 1967. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Lais Myrrha

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1974. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Leon Hirszman

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1937 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1987

Lourdes Castro

Born in Funchal, Portugal, 1930. Lives and works in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal

Luiz Roque

Born in Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1979. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Luke Willis Thompson

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, 1988. Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand

Lyle Ashton Harris

Born in New York, USA, 1965. Lives and works in New York, USA

Maria Thereza Alves

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1961. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Mariana Castillo Deball

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, 1975. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Mexico City, Mexico

Maryam Jafri

Born in Karachi, Pakistan, 1972. Lives and works in New York, USA and Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Linares

Born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, 1979. Lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Michal Helfman

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, 1973. Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel

Misheck Masamvu

Born in Mutare, Zimbabwe, 1980. Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa

Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1978. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Guatemala City, Guatemala

Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas

Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1968. Lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Vilnius, Lithuania and Trondheim, Norway
Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, 1966. Lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Vilnius, Lithuania and Trondheim, Norway

Oficina de imaginação política

Created in 2016. Based in São Paulo, Brazil

OPAVIVARÁ!

Created in 2005. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Öyvind Fahlström

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1928 – Stockholm, Sweden, 1976

Park McArthur

Born in North Carolina, USA, 1984. Lives and works in New York, USA

Pia Lindman

Born in Espoo, Finland, 1965. Lives and works in Fagervik, Finland

Pierre Huyghe

Born in Antony, France, 1962. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile and New York, USA

Pilar Quinteros

Born in Santiago, Chile, 1988. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile

Pope.L

Born in Newark, New Jersey, USA, 1955. Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Priscila Fernandes

Born in Coimbra, Portugal, 1981. Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rachel Rose

Born in New York, USA, 1986. Lives and works in New York, USA

Rayyane Tabet

Born in Ashqout, Lebanon, 1983. Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon

Rikke Luther

Born in Aalborg, Denmark, 1970. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark and Berlin, Germany

Rita Ponce de León

Born in Lima, Peru, 1982. Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Rosa Barba

Born in Agrigento, Italy, 1972. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Ruth Ewan

Born in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1980. Lives and works in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sandra Kranich

Born in Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1971. Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany

Sonia Andrade
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1935. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSusan Jacobs Born in Sydney, Australia, 1977. Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia and London, United Kingdom

Till Mycha

(Helen Stuhr-Rommereim and Silvia Mollicchi)
Born in Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 1986. Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Born in Sansepolcro, Italy, 1983. Lives and works in St-Erme, France and London, United Kingdom

Tracey Rose

Born in Durban, South Africa, 1974. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ursula Biemann and Paulo Tavares

Born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1955. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland
Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 1980. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil and Quito, Ecuador

Víctor Grippo

Born in Junín, Argentina, 1936 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002

Vídeo nas Aldeias

Created in 1986. Based in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil

Vivian Caccuri

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1986. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Wilma Martins

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1934. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Wlademir Dias-Pino

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1927. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Xabier Salaberria

Born in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, 1969. Lives and works in Donostia-San Sebastián and Barcelona, Spain

32nd Bienal de São Paulo – Incerteza viva [Live Uncertainty] September 10 – December 11, 2016
Press Preview: September 5
Press, professional and guest preview: September 6-9

Local: Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo
Curator: Jochen Volz
Co-curators: Gabi Ngcobo, Júlia Rebouças, Lars Bang Larsen and Sofía Olascoaga

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