Mitos do Contemporâneo

12/03/2013 — 12/12/2013

Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

The seminar Myths of Contemporary questioned a notion familiar to us, but which escapes from any simple definition: the contemporary. Each roundtable took as starting point a myth – a dominant perception, commonplace or an assumption – about art and contemporary culture. The seminar brought together artists, critics, historians and intellectuals from different fields in order to encourage discussions that go beyond cliches and is open to further discussions. Two weeks of discussions on the central role that the notion of contemporary plays in the relationship of artistic practice with its history, with the geography of their movement and the discourses that surround it and the aesthetic and political positions that guided.

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Automatica has been developing cultural projects since 2005, working in the creation, production, curation, management, coordination and consultancy of exhibitions, educational programs, publications and other activities related to artistic production. It works with artists, curators, art critics, art historians, cultural institutions, public and private sponsors. It participates in public notices and awards, and prepares projects for incentive laws in the three spheres of public administration.

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