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Only Anthropophagy Unites Us?
By Tiago Gualberto and Sara RoffinoFor this issue, we have asked a group of mostly Brazilian artists and thinkers to consider the significance and meaning of Anthropofagia in a contemporary context, on the cusp of the movement’s one hundredth anniversary.
Note from the Translator
By Ramón J. SternTranslation is not a neutral activity. What we choose to translate directly impacts the visibility, reach and circulation of ideas. In this sense, translation is an extension of the choices of publishers and editors in the original language.
We are Borg!
By Renato Araújo da SilvaOne hundred years ago, nourished by the spirit of revolutionary freedom professed in France, artists of modernity evoked an “edible” and primitive future.
a country of anonymous pain no more
By rafael amorimbrazil. a white man in his gray coat, with a smile full of scorn at the corner of his lips, appeared on an internet video to say “brazilian art of the next decade will be heroic and will be national” in a prophetic tone, he said that the art of the next decade will be “and will be equally imperative, since it is deeply binded to the urgent aspirations of our people, or else it will be nothing.
Ka’aguy Porã
in the words of Sandra Benites, from an interview with Tiago GualbertoMy grandmother was a midwife and her teachings had a great impact on me. They are teachings of indigenous, Guarani women, especially how they take care of children, whether boy or girl.
The Almost-Brazilians
by Vivian Braga dos Santos, artwork by Rosana PaulinoBrazil had already left its days as a colony behind, and was coming into its own as an empire when Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen sent his “Organic Memorial” (1850) to the Guanabara journal. In this piece, he offered advice for improving the development of the nation. His assertions, acerbic in nature, emphasized the provincial character of Brazil.
Anthropophagous Manifesto from the Periphery
By Sergio VazA voice shall cry out from the alleyways against the silence punishing us. A beautiful and intelligent people shall rise from the hillsides in a dash against their past. For a clean future for all Brazilians.
ReAnthropophagy
By Denilson Baniwait was first of May of twenty eight/day of the manifesto of hunger of the worker/only anthrophagy unites us, my heart
Claudia Andujar: anthropophagie?, fényképezés, yanõmami!
by André PitolThe contact triggered by colonization of the already inhabited lands of the “New World” incentivized the disintegration of many peoples. It also brought about the establishment of figures of expression and strategies such as anthropophagy.
Attacking the Biennial
in the words of Cripta Djan, from an interview with Tiago GualbertoPixação is not like the painting of colorful murals—graffiti—throughout the city. Quite the opposite: we use black ink to challenge the power dynamics in the city and the current social order. The pixador engages in the practice as a response to spatial segregation in the city by writing on any of its surfaces without prior authorization.
At Any Time, Hard Meat
By Caetano DiasMy land has no palm trees, or singing Sabiá birds. In this clearing, there is neither forest nor ownerless dogs at a crossroads.
Plas Ayiti (Neon Project)
By Milla JungPlas Ayiti consists of a bright installation in neon, measuring four and a half by one meters atop the building Nossa Senhora da Luz (Our Lady of Light). At night time, it featured the term Plas Ayiti, which in Haitian Creole means “Haitian Place,” giving visibility to the name that Haitian immigrant refugees used to refer to the plaza where they met as a community.
Antonio Dias and the Kidnapping of Pop Art
By Luiz Renato MartinsDias devised an aggressive appropriation: he operated a “kidnapping.” Therefore, the struggle was transferred to another terrain. The nationalist combative strategy was replaced with an international one.
Sons of the Nation
By María Iñigo ClavoWe can think of the nation as akin to a narcissistic father figure that hopes to see his image, feats and aspirations reflected in the citizens
The Originality of the Herd of Cannibals
By Thays BerbeJust like one makes pâté de foie gras, since I was a child I was engulfed in Eurocentrism. Did I choke or did I not choke, that is the question. They did not expect me to become anthropophagous, they imagined a banquet.
I Continue My “Auto-phagy” and Winds Gust Over My Own Ashes
By Caetano DiasI first wish to make reference to my work process. This is essential commentary. Between the end of the ’90s and the beginning of the next decade, I started to work on the “digital mundane,” which I denominated at that moment “Popular Saints.” This was a type of fantasy that remains present in my current work. The process itself was quite simple.
Cotton Candy in Grandma’s Hair
By Viviane A. PistacheDressed in a white coat, with blue eyes and authority the so-called Doctor certified: the woman had a Grandma the Portuguese would round up by lasso, the savage cabocla, a real bugre.
