Culture, Democracy and Reparation

A arte!brasileiros and Sesc SP promoted an international seminar to debate the subject. On this page, you can check out the recorded versions of the lectures, in-depth interviews with important figures in the cultural and artistic scene, and texts that unfold reflections on art and democracy

Culture, Democracy and Reparation

A arte!brasileiros and Sesc SP promoted an international seminar to debate the subject. On this page, you can check out the recorded versions of the lectures, in-depth interviews with important figures in the cultural and artistic scene, and texts that unfold reflections on art and democracy

Art and culture are intertwined in a democracy

Urgent themes in the Brazilian and world socio-political scenarios were debated during the 22nd and 23rd of September at the Auditorium of Sesc Vila Mariana in São Paulo. THE arte!brasileiros prepared a text with the main highlights

Table 1: The abyss and the seam

Psychoanalyst Christian Dunker, writer Paula Macedo Weiss and curator Sandra Benites come together to rethink the democracy we defend, debate the impacts of centuries of racism, oppression and authoritarianism and reflect on the network of resistance that has been forging in recent years.

Table 2: The farce and the community

Curator Claudinei Roberto da Silva, ruangrupa member Farid Rakun, artist Graziela Kunsch and professor Ligia Fonseca Ferreira come together to rethink the primacy of the individual over the collectivity and the exclusions promoted by neoliberalism and point out resistance actions that took place inside and outside from Brazil

short interviews

We spoke with the speakers about the role of art in articulating the three key concepts of the seminar: culture, democracy and reparation; check out the unpublished content