São Paulo Bienal has announced the full list of participating artists for the 35th edition, titled Choreographies of the Impossible and scheduled to open on 6 September. The curatorial team, consisting of Manuel Borja-Villel, Grada Kilomba, Diane Lima and Hélio Menezes, have selected a whopping total of 120 artists whose works address the urgencies of today’s world and echo the experiences of diasporas and indigenous people via local and international dialogues.
‘The participants in this Bienal challenge the impossible in its most varied and incalculable forms,’ the curators said. ‘They live in impossible contexts, develop strategies of circumvention, cross limits, and escape from the impossibilities of the world in which they live. They deal with total violence, the impossibility of life in full freedom, inequalities, and their artistic expressions are transformed by the very impossibilities of our time. This Bienal embraces the impossible, the choreographies of the impossible, as a politics of movement and political movements interwoven into artistic expressions. It is an invitation to move among artists who transcend the idea of a progressive, linear, western time. Impossibility is the guiding thread and the main criterion that guides the selection of these participants.’
The complete list of participants is:
Ahlam Shibli; Aida Harika Yanomami, Edmar Tokorino Yanomami and Roseane Yariana Yanomami; Aline Motta; Amadorand Jr. Segurança Patrimonial Ltda.; Amos Gitai; Ana Piand Taata Kwa Nkisi Mutá Imê; Anna Boghiguian; Anne-Marie Schneider; Archivo de la Memoria Trans (AMT); Arthur Bispo do Rosário; Aurora Cursino; Ayrson Heráclitoand Tiganá Santana; Benvenuto Chavajay; Bouchra Ouizguen; Cabello/Carceller; Carlos Bunga; Carmézia Emiliano; Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro; Ceija Stojka; Charles White; Citra Sasmita; Colectivo Ayllu; Cozinha Ocupação 9 de Julho; Daniel Lie; Daniel Lind-Ramos; Davi Pontesand Wallace Ferreira; Dayanita Singh; Deborah Anzinger; Denilson Baniwa; Denise Ferreira da Silva; Diego Araújaand Laís Machado; Duane Linklater; Edgar Calel; Elda Cerrato; Elena Asins; Elizabeth Catlett; Ellen Gallagherand Edgar Cleijne; Emanoel Araújo; Eustáquio Neves; flo6x8; Francisco Toledo; Frente 3 de Fevereiro; Gabriel Gentil Tukano; George Herriman; Geraldine Javier; Grupo de Investigación en Artey Política (GIAP); Gloria Anzaldúa; Guadalupe Maravilla; Ibrahim Mahama; Igshaan Adams; Ilze Wolff; Inaicyra Falcão; Januário Jano; Jesús Ruiz Durand; John Woodrow Wilson; Jorge Ribalta; José Guadalupe Posada; Juan van der Hamen y León; Judith Scott; Julien Creuzet; Kamal Aljafari; Kapwani Kiwanga; Katherine Dunham; Kidlat Tahimik; Leilah Weinraub; Leopoldo Méndez; Luana Vitra; Luiz de Abreu; MAHKU; Malinche; Manuel Chavajay; Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs; Marilyn Boror Bor; Marlon Riggs; Maya Deren; M’barek Bouhchichi; Melchor María Mercado; Morzaniel Ɨramari; Mounira Al-Solh; Nadal Walcott; Nadir Bouhmouchand Soumeya Ait Ahmed; Nikau Hindin; Niño de Elche; Nontsikelelo Mutiti; Patricia Gómezand María Jesús González; Pauline Boudryand Renate Lorenz; Philip Rizk; Quilombo Cafundó; Raquel Lima; Ricardo Aleixo; Rolando Castellón; Rommulo Vieira Conceição; Rosa Gauditano; Rosana Paulino; Rubem Valentim; Rubiane Maia; Sammy Baloji; Santu Mofokeng; Sarah Maldoror; Sauna Lésbica por Malu Avelar com Ana Paula Mathias, Anna Turra, Bárbara Esmeniaand Marta Supernova; Senga Nengudi; Sidney Amaral; Simone Leigh; Sônia Gomes; stanley brou; Stella do Patrocínio; Tadáskía; Taller 4 Rojo; Taller NN; Tejal Shah; The Living and the Dead Ensemble; Torkwase Dyson; Trinh T. Minh-Ha; Ubirajara Ferreira Braga; Ventura Profana; Wifredo Lam; Will Rawls; Xica Manicongo; Yto Barrada; Zumví Arquivo Afro Fotográfico.
