Ways of Breathing
04/03/2024 — 04/28/2024
Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Ways of Breathing is an exhibition of installations, films, drawings, photography, and texts, resulting from a collaboration between visual artists Anna Costa e Silva and Rafa Éis and civil servants from Rio de Janeiro City Hall’s Department of Culture (SMC). The artists participated in the Public Sector Artists in Residence Program [RASP], which involves a twelve-month immersion in public sector institutions in Brazil to create works of art in collaboration with the employees of these institutions.
Anna presented the dreamlike film Ventário and Rafa Éis a series of photographs and sculptures titled Ways of Breathing, which was also the title of the exhibition. Both projects seek to present a personal and subjective view of civil servants with the active participation of the civil servants themselves, to contrast with the reality of working days that are often highly routinized and stifling.
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Check out more about the cases of Anna Costa e Silva and Rafa Éis here.
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