A collaboration between MIS and Paço das Artes, Memórias da Obsolescência exhibition presents the universe of video art The Museu da Imagem e do Som (a São Paulo State Secretariat of Culture’s Institution) presents Memórias da Obsolescência (Memories of Obsolence), an exhibition composed by the largest video art collection in the world. This project, accomplished in collaboration with CISMA Produções brings together a set of video works from the collection of Ella Fontanals-­‐Cisneros – of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) – and will be hosted by Paço das Artes, MIS's sister-­‐institution, located in a Modernist building within Cidade Universitária, the University of São Paulo campus. Gathering works by twenty five different artists, most of the Latin American, Memórias da Obsolescência – curated by Jesús Fuenmayor, CIFO's director and chief-­‐curator – presents a selection of videos belonging to CIFO, including works by Alexander Apóstol, Cao Fei, Francesca Woodman, Francis Alÿs, Leandro Katz, Magdalena Fernández, Marina Abramović, Miguel Ángel Ríos, Nicolás Robbio, Regina José Galindo, Regina Silveira, Song Dong, William Kentridge and Yoshua Okón, among others. “Video art brings new elements to the debate about today's art-­‐making and its development in Brazil and in Latin America deserves to be highlighted in São Paulo's exhibitions schedule. Paço das Artes was chosen to host Memórias da Obsolescência because it is MIS’s 'sister’ institution and a multidisciplinary cultural space promoting cultural actions for training and reflection, as well as encompassing different segments of contemporary art,” MIS's executive director and general curator André Sturm reveals. “Bringing this exhibition to Paço das Artes is important not only because it involves a selection of works from the Cisneros collection, but because it gathers renowned artists within the context of contemporary art that dialogue with video,” Paço das Artes’s technical director and curator Priscila Arantes. Parallel to Memórias da Obsolescência at Paço das Artes, Museu da Imagem e do Som’s auditory will show projections of videos that are part of the CIFO’s collection. Memórias da obsolescência: Projeções will present four different sessions with works by Chantal Akerman, Alexander Apóstol, Yaima Carrazana, Daniel González, David Lamelas, Muntean & Rosenblum, Claudio Perna and Lázaro Saavedra. These shows will occur in the months of November and February. Check their summaries below. Exhibition Information Memórias da Obsolescência Paço das Artes | Adress Av. da Universidade, 1, Cidade Universitária-­‐ São Paulo/Sp th th
Open to the public from December 14 to March 22 The museum is open Tuesdays to Fridays, from 10 am to 7 pm | Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, from 11 am to 6 pm FREE ENTRANCE PARENTAL GUIDANCE Suitable for over 14 years old For further press information about the exhibition Memórias da Obsolescência at Paço das Artes, please contact: MIS Clarissa Janini | clarissa.janini@mis-­‐sp.org.br | (11) 2117 4777, r 312 Marina de Castro Alves | marina.castroalves@mis-­‐sp.org.br | (11) 2117 4777, r 363 Renata Forato | renata.forato@mis-­‐sp.org.br | (11) 2117 4777, r 310 Paço das Artes: Carolina Ferreira | [email protected] | (11) 3814-­‐4832 São Paulo State Secretary of Culture Jamille Menezes / [email protected] / (11) 3339-­‐8243 Natália Inzinna / [email protected] / (11) 3339-­‐8162