Seminar "Brasis - Dissonant Territories

In the 100 years of the Modern Art Week and 200 years of Brazil's Independence, seminar "Brasis - Territórios Dissonantes" discusses the construction of Brazilian identity from 28 June at Sesc Pinheiros

Event invites intellectuals to rethink the legacy the legacy of these two defining events in the country's history, such as Cida Bento, Dione Carlos, Lilia Schwarcz, Suely Rolnik, Moacir dos Anjos, Rita von Hunty and Chavoso da USP

Strengthening the proposed debates, the program also brings artistic interventions with Allyson Amaral Beatriz Sano, Bia Ferreira, KL Jay and Há-Manas

In the year that marks the first centenary of the Week of Modern Art and the second centenary of the Declaration of Independence of Brazil, Sesc Pinheiros proposes a new reflection on the narratives of construction of Brazilian identity. On June 28, 29 and 30 and July 5, 6 and 7, the seminar "Brasis - Territories of Dissonance" will bring together intellectuals and artists at the Teatro Paulo Autran to reflect on the historical intersections between these two defining events of our past with Brazil today.

"There is an urgent need to publicly discuss the problems of chronic socio-economic inequality, the capture of the State by corporate agendas, structural racism and, in the antipodes, the self-determination of peoples and communities, the recognition and valuing of different cultural matrices and, also, the unpostponable historical reparation owed to peoples who have been neglected by Brazil in the singular," says Danilo Santos de Miranda (Regional Director of Sesc São Paulo).

Addressing issues such as new voices in cultural production, indigenous literature, social achievements of the last century and theresistance of art to contemporary colonial violence, the program consists of round tables, conferences and artistic interventions and integrates the network action "Diverse 22: Projects, Memories, Connections", developed by Sesc São Paulo. Registration can be made for the entire program or each day of the event on the site of the unit (https://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc-pinheiros-realiza-o-seminario-brasis-territorios-dissonantes/).

DAY BY DAY PROGRAMMING

28TH JUNE

* 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm - MEETING: THE ARANHAS, THE GUARANI AND SOME EUROPEANS

Notes for decolonising the unconscious and ridding it of the fascist plague

With Suely Rolnik | Mediation: Sesc

It is impossible to combat dystopian scenarios (like this one, caused by the fascist plague) without confronting the dominant unconscious regime. For this micropolitical confrontation, suggestions will be made based on resonances between spiders, the Guarani and some Europeans.

* 8.00 pm to 8.15 pm - OPENING

Opening contextualising the Seminar "Brasis: Dissonant Territories" in the context of the actions of Diverse 22.

* 8.15pm to 8.30pm - OPENING-MANIFESTO

With DJ KL Jay

The Racionais MC's DJ presents a narrative in rhythm and poetry about Brazil, mixing songs, speech extracts and various sounds to create a musical enunciation that represents a black and peripheral look at the history of the country.

* 8.30-10.00pm - OPENING CONFERENCE: WHO INVENTED BRAZIL?

With Cida Bento | Provocation: Thiago Amparo

The conference invites to reflect on the imperatives of decolonising thought in contemporary times and how counter-hegemonic politico-cultural organisations act to deconstruct hierarchical narratives of gender, race, sexual position and orientation, class and origin.

29TH JUNE

* 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm - MEETING: TO DEFEND THE DEAD AND ANIMATE THE LIVING

Art's resistance to contemporary colonial violence

With Moacir dos Anjos | Mediation: Sesc

Reinterpretation and reinvention of 19th century Brazilian images in contemporary art production.

* 8.00 pm to 8.15 pm - OPENING-MANIFESTO: SA(N)GRADO

Há-Manas Collective (Tânia Granussi, Branca Gonzaga and Esther Antunes) | Mediation: Sesc

In partnership with the artists Branca Gonzaga and Esther Antunes, she performs with the text "The world is my trauma" by Jota Mombaça.

* 8.15pm - 10pm - TABLE: BETWEEN THREE BRASIS (1822, 1922 AND 2022)

With Lilia Schwarcz and Gênese Andrade | Provocation: Jeferson Tenório

What are the points of proximity and divergence between the Brazils of Independence, of the Week of Modern Art and of today? If, on the one hand, the exclusionary and violent processes of our socio-economic formation continue, how can we think of the ruptures and social conquests of the last century?

30 JUNE

* 18h to 19h30 - MEETING: BRAZIL REFLECTED IN SCENE

With Jaqueline Elesbão | Mediation: Sesc

Between anthropophagy and brasility, real history and utopia, which Brasis do performing arts directors talk about?

* 8.00 pm to 8.15 pm - OPENING-MANIFESTO

With Bia Ferreira

The unfolding of affection as a tool for communication is the artist's wager, who starts from everyday experiences close to her heart to get closer, touching on shared dimensions of repression and violence - especially against the black and LGBTQIA+ population.

* 8.15 p.m. - 10 p.m. - TABLE: RESISTANT VOICES SHOWING BRAZIL

With Tiago Torres (Chavoso from USP) and Katú Mirim | Provocation: Rita Von Hunty

The Brazil addressed by the Romantics and Modernists was narrated by specific voices: male, white, bourgeois, landowners. Although we remain an exclusive country with an elitist cultural production, the last century saw the strengthening of new voices in literature, music and cinema.

5 JULY

* 7pm to 7.35pm - Square (ground floor) - PRESENTATION: BOCAAAAAAAA

With Allysson Amaral

Inspired by the musical work the Bachiana Brasileira n°7, the solo invokes the dynamic principle of Exú, Exú Enugbarijo - the collective mouth (mouth of the world) that swallows in one way to spit out transformed in another.

* 8.00pm - 9.30pm - MEETING: BODY-EARTH AND CONTRACOLONIALITY

With Nego Bispo | Mediation: Sesc

The multiplicity of bodies, territories and their ways of existing and fighting coloniality will be the starting point for reflections by the quilombola master Nego Bispo.

6 JULY

* 7pm to 7.35pm - Square (ground floor) - PRESENTATION: TUDO DE NOVO

With Beatriz Sano

This solo is part of the project "Solos Brasileiros: Danças para Villa-Lobos" invited by the Oficina Oswald de Andrade of São Paulo to commemorate the centenary of the Week of Modern Art.

8h30 pm - 9h30 pm - MEETING: BOOKS-POVINS - THE MACUXI AND TAUREPANG INDIGENOUS LITERATURE

With Julie Dorrico | Mediation: Sesc

To know an indigenous book is to get closer to the multi-ethnic diversity of Brazil, a territory of 305 peoples speaking 274 original languages. Through indigenous literature, Dorrico will present his work that invokes Makunaima; the poetry of Sony Ferseck, also a Macuxi writer; and Clemente Flores (Taurepang) and Devair Fiorotti (non-indigenous).

7 JULY

* 8 pm to 9.30 pm - MEETING LIVE WORD - A COMPLEX DRAMATURE OF AFFECTS | LAUNCH OF THE BOOK "LIVE WORD

With Dione Carlos, Leda Maria Martins, Valmir Santos | Mediation: Rosane Borges

The complex dramaturgy of affections in the work of Dione Carlos and aquilombamento as a technology for literary publication. Launching of the book Palavra Viva.

ABOUT THE OTHER 22 PROJECT

"Diverse 22 - Projects, Memories, Connections" is a network action of Sesc São Paulo, in celebration of the Centennial of the 1922 Week of Modern Art and the Bicentennial of Brazil's Independence in 1822, with artistic and socio-educational activities, virtual and in-person programming in units in the capital, The aim was to mark a temporal arc that evokes celebrations and reflections of different natures, but integrated and in dialogue, about the projects, memories and connections related to the ephemeris, in order to discuss them, deepen them and re-signify them, given the challenges presented in the present time. The programme began in September 2021, with the Seminar "Diverse 22: Modernist Uprisings", and will end in December 2022. More information access.

ABOUT SESC SÃO PAULO

With 75 years of operation, Sesc - Trade Social Service has a network of 45 operational units in the state of São Paulo and develops actions with the aim of promoting well-being and quality of life for workers in trade, services, tourism and for society as a whole. Maintained by the sector's entrepreneurs, Sesc is a private entity that acts in the physical-sports, environment, health, dentistry, social tourism, arts, food and food safety, inclusion, diversity and citizenship dimensions. The institution's initiatives are based on cultural and educational perspectives aimed at all age groups, with the objective of contributing to more lasting and meaningful experiences. The units in the state of São Paulo serve around 30 million people a year. Today, approximately 50 national and international organizations in the fields of arts, sports, culture, health, environment, tourism, social service and human rights have representatives from Sesc São Paulo in their consultative and deliberative instances. For more information, click here.

SEMINAR "BRASIS - DISSONANT TERRITORIES
28, 29 and 30 June and 05, 06 and 07 July

Venue: Sesc Pinheiros - Paulo Autran Theatre (500 seats)

Address: Rua Paes Leme, 195, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP

Full registration for the six days of the seminar: R$ 100 (Full price); R$ 50 (Half price); R$ 30 (Full Credential)

Registration per day: R$ 25 (Full price); R$ 12.50 (Half price); R$ 7.50 (Full Credential)

Already available on the Sesc Pinheiros website (https://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc-pinheiros-realiza-o-seminario-brasis-territorios-dissonantes/)

Ticket office: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30 am to 9 pm. Sundays and holidays from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tel: 11 3095-9400.

Valet parking: Tuesday to Friday, from 7am to 9pm; Saturday, Sunday, holiday, from 10am to 6pm. For activities at Teatro Paulo Autran, single price: R$ 12,00 (Full Credential) and R$ 18,00 (MIS Credential, Activities Credential and not accredited to Sesc).