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reportage verbo 23 [pages 78 to 81] explains. “The main characteristic of women’s issues these days, and will
Verbo in São Luís will be the practices be presented at Galeria Vermelho, in
SPRAWLED MOVEMENTS that are more connected to ancestral São Paulo.
In its 17th and largest edition, Verbo, a peoples, to descendants of indigenous “She will present an action that is a
performance show by Galeria Vermelho, peoples, because there are a large choir of women that emits the sounds of
goes beyond the borders of São Paulo number of artists there who work in this female animals in a situation of alertness,
and São Luís and flows into Fortaleza,
with presentations at the recently opened area. It is a place marked by religiosity, surveillance, territorial defense, mating”,
Pinacoteca do Ceará ancestry and music. And, in São Paulo, says the curator. “She is pointing to
we are going to make a kind of potpourri a universe that is not human, a super
by eduardo simões of all this”. relevant discussion, because the rights
Between 2005 and 2007, Verbo only of nature are being discussed more
Created in 2005 by Galeria Vermelho, presented performances by guest artists. and more”.
in São Paulo, the Verbo performance As of 2008, it started to make an open call The list of guest artists also includes
show has already formed partnerships through notices. In that first year, says names such as Aline Motta (rj), Yhuri
with various institutions throughout its Gallon, there were 400 subscribers – in Cruz (rj), André Vargas (rj), the duo
trajectory of almost 20 years, such as the this edition, they received 300 proposals, Eduardo Bruno and Waldírio Castro (ce),
Centro Cultural São Paulo and festivals of which only about a dozen correspond Elilson (pe), among others. About Bruno
of its kind abroad. In 2018, he began a to direct invitations. According to him, and Castro, Gallon points out that they
solid collaboration with the space Chão the show is not made from an a priori have “a very powerful work in Fortaleza”
slz, in São Luís, performing, in the same curatorial approach. and are going to do a performance called
edition, presentations in the capitals of “Samantha [Moreira, coordinator of Clínica de reabilitação de homofóbicos.
São Paulo and Maranhão. Chão slz and also curator of the event] In the performance, which will start in
In its 17th edition, which takes place and I always create editions based on the the center of Fortaleza and will end at
from July 19th to August 11th, Verbo projects we receive, we read everything, the Pinacoteca, the performers will
expands its reach even further, spreading identify some issues that appear, and, distribute flyers advertising the fictitious
to Fortaleza, where it will be housed in based on them, we build the curatorship clinic, together with a portable speaker
the recently inaugurated Pinacoteca of each edition”. that plays a looping jingle from the
do Ceará. Artistic director of Galeria “When we articulated this partnership establishment.
Vermelho, Marcos Gallon points out with Pinacoteca do Ceará, we thought The recurrence of guests, explains
that the capital of Ceará already has a it was important to have a person also Samantha, has a reason for being. In his
“tradition linked to practices of the body”, from this new institution, accompanying view, they are fundamental artists within
such as the International Dance Biennial the selection of projects. Also, because this practice, and Verbo, in addition to
of Ceará, and that the approximation we are a foreign body in the scenario of being an annual festival of performances,
with the Pinacoteca took place on a Fortaleza, which is very fertile”, continues “is also a training and research process,
bilateral basis. Gallon. “Having Carolina [Vieira, artistic which accompanies the evolution of the
“We sought out Pinacoteca, and they manager of the institution] with her was work of these artists, something that, in
responded positively”, says Gallon, who great, because she brought the contexts turn, creates expectations among the
compares the herculean task of holding of Fortaleza. He could tell us ‘look, this public to see them again”, she says. For
Verbo in three cities to “a rock band tour”. artist here is important’”. the curator, this continuity also makes the
“But it’s been great with them, because, Gallon says this 17th edition is very exhibition a reference in the segment, “a
despite the partnerships we’ve had in special. “Since 2016, with everything heritage of memory about the practice of
the past, it’s quite different collaborating we’ve been through in recent years in performance in Brazil and abroad as well”.
with an institution of this gigantic size”. Brazil, most of the projects had a very Samantha also comments on the
Also curator of Verbo, Gallon explains intense political and activist content. programming of São Luís, whose
that the more than 30 planned actions, With the change from 2022 to 2023, we production she naturally follows more
with artists from five countries, will be felt a transformation in the content of the closely. In the capital of Maranhão,
divided into different programs for each projects. This edition is not only more she emphasizes the desire to create a
city. Only the selection of videos and comprehensive in terms of territoriality, flow between local and foreign actors,
films will be displayed in all squares. because it spreads to Fortaleza, but also understanding the programming as
This year, instead of starting, as usual, in terms of its themes, which are more something not only aimed at the public,
in São Paulo, the exhibition will first go comprehensive and universal”. but also for the training process of the
to the Northeast and end in São Paulo As an example of the greater plurality participants.
According to Gallon, Verbo does not of contents that the 17th edition of Verbo “Aline Motta and Yhuri Cruz, both
repeat the program because “each city covers, Gallon cites the Danish artist from Rio, have very close research with
has different contexts”. Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, whose Maranhão. And they don’t go just to carry
“In Fortaleza, for example, we have performance will question the role of out the performances, they stay for an
several artists with a practice linked the tourist in the post-pandemic world, expanded time, which allows us to create
to the public space. This is one of the whether it is a mere observer or an other networks, moorings and bonds,
characteristics of production in the field interference. And also, the work of the to encourage local production. Many
of performance in the city. And now we Mexican artist Tania Candini, a recurring of these artists want these encounters,
are bringing this into an institution”, he name in the show, who works a lot with these bridges”, she concludes.

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