Artivisms

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, there were many forms of protest and struggle against inaction and the lack of vaccines resulting from the stance adopted by the Bolsonaro Government. And many of these actions were promoted through artistic and cultural manifestations. Here we select and present some of these actions that we classify as Artivisms.

From political embroidery to artistic residencies at universities, making art was once again a form of protest. Discover some actions here.

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Online Embroidery

During the period of social isolation, political embroidery collectives were prevented from holding in-person meetings and demonstrations, which led members to actively demonstrate on their social networks, mainly through posts on Instagram. The embroidery carried out at that time usually involved themes such as: defending social isolation and sanitary measures to prevent Covid-19, the demand for a free vaccine for all, the appreciation of the Unified Health System, among others. Image: Linhas de Sampa – available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJy4aEHHRB2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Pamphleteer Embroidery

Linhas do Horizonte, known for being the first political embroidery collective in Brazil, proved to be politically active during the Covid-19 pandemic in several ways. One of them was from what they call pamphleteer embroidery, which consists of embroidering around the causes they defend, thus, they were present at demonstrations for the vaccine and against the policies of Jair Bolsonaro's government. Unlike simply handing out paper pamphlets, the embroiderers argue that embroidering around a cause ends up attracting greater interest from the population, because when people come across something artistic that reminds them of ancestry, a connection of affection and closeness is created, which which facilitates the establishment of dialogue and makes them more open to learning about different causes.

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Memory will not die

In March 2021, Brazil reached the number of 300 thousand deaths caused by covid-19 and its complications. Thus, the Linhas do Rio collective had the idea of ​​inviting other collectives of political embroiderers from different places to embroider in honor of these victims. First, an embroidered flag was made containing the names of 286 of these victims, but as more embroiderers joined the cause, they carried out more and more embroideries, in addition to the fact that the number of victims continued to grow.

The idea was to take the embroidery to public places, to give visibility and honor the memory of each of these dead. Among the collectives involved were: Linhas do Rio (Rio de Janeiro), Linhas do Horizonte (Belo Horizonte), Linhas de Sampa (São Paulo), Linhas do Mar (Caraguatatuba), Linhas de Santos (Santos), Bordaluta (Brasília), Points of Fight (Belo Horizonte) and Women of the Resistance Abroad (New York).

Artist Residencies and University Museums During the Pandemic

“The CAL/UnB and OEI artistic residency differs from others because it takes place within the university. It assumes itself as a space for dialogues and interactions, discussion of the arts and critical production. Focused on stimulating Latin American and African arts, it has been developing programs in loco since 2017, having already carried out three international residencies. This year, on the 22/09/2020, he will carry out his first online residency that will result in a performance action”. See here .

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