space for artistic experimentation casa tomada Casa Tomada is an intermedia project that consists in a space for practice, research and reflections of artistic nature. The project emerged from the desire to build a space for convergence of art’s various areas. Concerned with the entire production process, instead of focusing exclusively on the final art, Casa Tomada aims to encourage debates and foster the development of work motivated by the experiences and ideas shared within Casa Tomada’s space. Also, it intends to fuel the discussion about the diversity of medias in contemporary art. Casa Tomada hosts the following artistic projects: Open Studio: Semester program for young artists and researchers (art criticism, curatorship and art history focus). The program proposes interchange among artists and art thinkers, stimulating one another in their own art production. The House Hosts: A program that stimulates the interchange of independent art spaces and promotes the broadcasting of artistic publications. It has the objective enhance the relationship networks of these artistic centers with independent ones. Portfolio’s Cycle: Annual program in which 12 young artists currently performing in Sao Paulo are invited to present their portfolios taking advantage of the informal infrastructure of Casa Tomada for an open discussion. Collective Interchange: A program that promotes the interchange of collective artists of different cities in Brazil. It proposes a discussion on group acting in the urban space. (Still in development) Collection of publications: A collection that gathers publications by artists, independent art centers and small publishers, as well as other publishing initiatives that explore publication as a way of artistic experimentation. It aims to give visibility to this kind of production, which is hardly ever accessible to researchers. Casa Tomada houses an art library, mostly compounded of donations of catalogues, DVDs and books from various institutions, where the ones engaged in Casa Tomada’s projects can unearth references. Therefore, this is a space dedicated to research and study. This space also holds a collection of documents from projects developed within Casa Tomada, such as artist’s notebooks, small publications and the records that register the development of each project. Non‐participants – the ones that are Rua Brás Cubas, 335 – CEP. 04109‐040 – São Paulo – SP Brasil 5511 2532.7455 www.casatomada.com.br [email protected]
not currently engaged in Casa Tomada’s projects – can also have access, by appointment, to both the library and the collection. Throughout the year, Casa Tomada also offers workshops and courses given by renowned art professionals from various areas such as cinema, performance, music, drawing, and more. In addition, Casa Tomada promotes dialogue and interchange between independent art centers and hosts talks and exhibitions. Casa Tomada has an art library, most built on donations of catalogues, DVDs and books from other institutions, where project participants can find their references and thus create a common point of study. This same space also holds the collection of projects carried out by the house, such as artist’s notebooks, small publications and the documentation of programs’ development. Non‐participants can also have access, by appointment, to both the library and the collection. Throughout the year, Casa Tomada also offers workshops and courses given by renowned art professionals from several areas, such as cinema, performance, music, drawing, and more, in addition to promoting exchanges between other independent places, talks and exhibitions. ateliê aberto The Ateliê Aberto is a temporal program that promotes the meeting between young artists and researchers (critics, art historians and curators) from any area of arts performance For 3 to 4 months, 4 to 6 selected artists and 2 to 4 researchers, spend most of their times in Casa Tomada, sharing their experiences, and working in the same large studio in the creation and production of an art piece ‐ individual or collective ‐ to an exhibition that takes place inside the house. The artists are free to create and produce work within or outside their area of expertise; while the researchers are attending Casa Tomada to aply their critical and theoretical skills to follow‐up the works developed by the participant artists and develop a project focusing on the theory and thinking in art. As a final result, researchers produce texts, small Rua Brás Cubas, 335 – CEP. 04109‐040 – São Paulo – SP Brasil 5511 2532.7455 www.casatomada.com.br [email protected]
curatorial projects or other experiments that fit in the periodical publication of Casa Tomada: Convivências, that is released along with the exhibition. We intend to give special attention to the artistic process and not just to the final result on display. That way, all steps of the work’s elaboration, from creating to displaying, are centered on the house itself. The artists do not share a specific theme, but the experience itself. The house and its surroundings and also the shared creative processes between the participants, are enough to stimulate the production of art works on this project. Over the weeks, the participant artists receive sporadic visits of artists from different areas, or professionals working in art establishments ‐ as curators, gallery owners and teachers ‐ bringing new perspectives on what is being produced. The final result of Ateliê, besides the exhibition of the art works and processes, each participant will have developed a set of artist that will be incorporated into the Casa’s collection. One way to monitor these months of work is visiting the blog of the artists on the site of Casa Tomada: www.casatomada.com.br about us Tainá Azeredo is an artist and researcher, graduated in Artes do Corpo at PUC‐SP. She's now getting her master's degree in Visual Arts at FASM. In her research, she tries to establish connections between the artistic and theoretical construction. Lately she’s been researching the relationship between art and the urban environment. She dreams of building a city while reading guidebooks – her biggest passion. Her works have been exhibited in Parque Lage/RJ, Galeria Vermelho/SP and Salão de Abril/EC, among others Thereza Farkas graduated Film School at FAAP and Drama at Teatro‐Escola Célia Helena. From an early age she's been wandering through several areas of arts, trying to materialize what is invisible to her in daylight, making her dreams forever accessible. She wrote and directed three short films from the fantastic genre, and Rua Brás Cubas, 335 – CEP. 04109‐040 – São Paulo – SP Brasil 5511 2532.7455 www.casatomada.com.br [email protected]
nowadays also works in curatorial projects as an independent curator. She's passionate about organizing things. staff Direction Tainá Azeredo / [email protected] Thereza Farkas / [email protected] Production Iara Andrade / [email protected] Graphic Design and Videos Habacuque Lima / [email protected]. Publication’s Design Lila Botter / [email protected] info www.casatomada.com.br T +55 (11) 2532.7455 > [email protected] > [email protected] Rua Brás Cubas, 335. Aclimação – cep. 04109‐040 – São Paulo/SP – Brasil Rua Brás Cubas, 335 – CEP. 04109‐040 – São Paulo – SP Brasil 5511 2532.7455 www.casatomada.com.br [email protected]