The 32nd Bienal de São Paulo – Incerteza viva [Live Uncertainty] intends to explore ways of living with the unknown through such varied topics as ecology, the cosmologies of beginnings and ends, extinction, collective knowledge, evolutionary myths and living practices. Rather than being divided into sections, the exhibition will weave these themes together into a cohesive set. A work of art, more than an object or manifestation in time and space, represents a vision of the world which can offer everyone new tools and alternative strategies for a life of uncertainty.
New works will be emphasized and a variety of projects will be produced in situ, some collectively. Designs for a different society and alternative ways of existing in the world will emerge in works using a variety of media. The proximity of the production processes will result in an exhibition which is closer to the locales of creation and education.
On this occasion, we are announcing a preliminary list of artists, including some historic names who have special significance in the present, representing a conceptual and methodological core for the exhibition as a whole and for the proposed themes. And yet, most of the artists were born from the 1970s on, an intentionally young selection. This initial list stands out for including a vast diversity of languages and, at the same time, some of the most articulate voices in relation to the main themes of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo. So far 54 artists have been confirmed but the curatorial research goes on, aiming for a Bienal with approximately 90 artists.
Alia Farid
Born in Kuwait, 1985
Lives and works in Kuwait and Puerto Rico
Anawana Haloba
Born in Livingstone, Zâmbia, 1978
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Bárbara Wagner
Born in Brasilia, Brazil, 1980
Lives and works in Recife, Brazil
Bené Fonteles
Born in Bragança, Pará, Brazil, 1953
Lives and works in Brasilia, Brazil
Carla Filipe
Born in Aveiro, Portugal, 1973
Lives and works in Porto, Portugal
Carolina Caycedo
Born in London, United Kingdom, 1978
Lives and works in La Jagua, Colombia and Los Angeles, USA
Cecilia Bengolea and Jeremy Deller
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1984
Lives and works in Paris, France
Born in London, United Kingdom, 1966
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Charlotte Johannesson
Born in Malmö, Sweden, 1943
Lives and works in Skanör, Sweden
Cristiano Lenhardt
Born in Itaara, Brazil, 1975
Lives and works in Recife, Brazil
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Born in Polokwane, South Africa, 1981
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Ebony G. Patterson
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, 1981
Lives and works in Kingston, Jamaica and Lexinton, USA
Eduardo Navarro
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979
Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Em’kal Eyongakpa
Born in Eshobi, Cameroon, 1981
Lives and works in Cameroon and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Erika Verzutti
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1971
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
Felipe Mujica
Born in Santiago, Chile, 1974
Lives and works in New York, USA
Francis Alÿs
Born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1959
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico
Gabriel Abrantes
Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, 1984
Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal
Gilvan Samico
Born in Recife, Brasil, 1928 – Recife, Brazil, 2013
Güneş Terkol
Born in Ankara, Turkey, 1981
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey
Heather Phillipson
Born in London, United Kingdom, 1978
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Helen Sebidi
Born in Marapyane, South Africa, 1943
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Henrik Olesen
Born in Esbjerg, Denmark, 1967
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Hito Steyerl
Born in Munich, Germany, 1966
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Iza Tarasewicz
Born in Kolonia Koplany, Poland, 1981
Lives and works in Bialystok, Poland and Berlin, Germany
Jorge Menna Barreto
Born in Araçatuba, Brazil, 1970
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
José Antonio Suárez Londoño
Born in Medellín, Colombia, 1955
Lives and works in Medellín, Colombia
José Bento
Born in Salvador, Brazil, 1962
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Kathy Barry
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1967
Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand
Koo Jeong A
Born in Seoul, South Korea, 1967
Lives and works everywhere
Lais Myrrha
Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1974
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
Lourdes Castro
Born in Funchal, Portugal, 1930
Lives and works in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal
Luke Willis Thompson
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, 1988
Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand
Mariana Castillo Deball
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, 1975
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Mexico City, Mexico
Michal Helfman
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, 1973
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel
Misheck Masamvu
Born in Mutare, Zimbabwe, 1980
Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe
Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas
Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1968
Lives and works in Cambridge, MA, USA
Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, 1966
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
OPAVIVARÁ!
Collective, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005
Öyvind Fahlström
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1928 – Stockholm, Sweden, 1976
Park McArthur
Born in North Carolina, USA, 1984
Lives and works in New York, USA
Pia Lindman
Born in Espoo, Finland, 1965
Lives and works in Finland
Pierre Huyghe
Born in Antony, France, 1962
Lives and works in Santiago, Chile and New York, USA
Pilar Quinteros
Born in Santiago, Chile, 1988
Lives and works in Santiago, Chile
Pope.L
Born in New Jersey, USA, 1955
Lives and works in USA
Priscila Fernandes
Born in Coimbra, Portugal, 1981
Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rachel Rose
Born in New York, USA, 1986
Lives and works in New York, USA
Rikke Luther
Born in Aalborg, Denmark, 1970
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark and Berlin, Germany
Rita Ponce de León
Born in Lima, Peru, 1982
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico
Ruth Ewan
Born in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1980
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Sandra Kranich
Born in Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1971
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
Ursula Biemann and Paulo Tavares
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1955
Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland
Born in Campinas, Brazil, 1980
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil and Quito, Ecuador
Víctor Grippo
Born in Junín, Argentina, 1936 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002
Vídeo nas Aldeias
Collective, Olinda, Brazil, 1986
Vivian Caccuri
Born in São Paulo, Brasil, 1986
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Wilma Martins
Born in Belo Horizonte, Brasil, 1934
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil