Exhibition
Bruna Amaro: As* Papangus
30 Apr 2022 – 27 May 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- Lucy-Lameck-Straße 32
- Berlin
Berlin - 12049
- Germany
AS* PAPANGUS critically engages with the colonial matrix of carnival, paying attention to the oppressive gaze and exploitation of queer bodies, women* bodies, people of color, people with disabilities and bodies subjected to structural oppression , not allowed.
About
AS* PAPANGUS is a place of commemoration and honoring of women* whose daily life is a struggle against pervasive femicide and structural oppression. The celebration of their survival is presented in a multimedia format: installation of dresses and masks worn by the women* in the streets of São Paulo and Berlin-Neukölln, as well as the video documentation of a carnival performance in São Paulo.
In this participatory project, a series of performance workshops laid the foundation for the following actions, in which the artist and the participants developed movements and statements for their street performance together. Handcrafted by Bruna Amaro and seamstress Eliana Amaro dos Santos, the costumes are embroidered with phrases expressing experiences of survival, transformation and labour.
AS* PAPANGUS critically engages with the colonial matrix of carnival, paying attention to the oppressive gaze and exploitation of queer bodies, women* bodies, people of color, people with disabilities and bodies subjected to structural oppression , not allowed.
AS* PAPANGUS opens the first chapter of Oyoun's curatorial focus mightier than a trampled flower, which focuses on the lives of women* at war from a decolonial context and deconstructs the canonical narratives of women* at war.
