NEO NORTE 5.0
The Memorial da América Latina is pleased to invite you to the launch event for Neo Norte 5.0 an upcycling participatory project, on Thursday, 7th November 2024, from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Biblioteca Latino-Americana da Memorial da América Latina. The symposium will include the participation of Alessandra Almeida, (Director Museu e da Imigração); Luis Fernando Ávalos Giménez, (President of GRULAC); and Efrén Colombani, (Secretaria de Cultura e Economia Criativa).
(Threading Organisms) is a participatory textile art project that invited the community of Nuevo León (Mexico) to observe the symbiotic relationships between living creatures. The project, facilitated by Tere Chad and the Mexican Academic Cordelia Rizzo, offered the community a residency programme (February – June 2024) and two concluding performances at Centrito Valle and the Auditorium of Centro Cultural Plaza Fátima, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico.
HILANDO ORGANIMOS
FILANDO PELLEGRINANDO
The act of relational art ‘Filando Pellegrinando’ (Spinning Pilgrimage) invited women who are or have been the victims of violence in Sicily, young people in vulnerable situations, or individuals involved in social/cultural projects, to reflect on the balance between the need for protection on the one hand and the need for freedom on the other. The activities sponsored by the Rotary Club Palermo Est and honouring the 400th anniversary of Saint Rosalia, took place between the 4 – 6 October in Palermo, Sicily.
ON THE EDGE 2.0
An exhibition by 43 members of the Royal Society of Sculptors was on display at the OVADA, Oxford (July 2024). The exhibition explored the relevance of sculptural practices at a time when the world is On the Edge of uncertainty. On The Edge 1.0 was also shown at the Espacio Gallery (London 2023). The exhibition showcased work by members of the Royal Society of Sculptors who had initially got to know one another at Zoom meetings during the pandemic.
Neo Norte 5.0, had 2 successful presentations as part of its international programme. The first an Act of Relational Art at Spazio Zelda, (Venice, Sept. 2024) , Sponsored by CAF – the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. The second ‘Samka Meets Neo Norte’ (London, Oct. 2024) at Bloomsbury Festival, supported by Arts Council England, Camden Giving, the Contemporary Bolivian Arts Trust and the Latin American House.
NEO NORTE. 5.0's
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
The Neo Norte 4.0 performance in Sicily is an invitation to reassess which cultural values offered by the Global South are particularly relevant when facing the challenges of the 21st Century
HIGHLIGHT
Tere Chad presented Neo Norte 5.0 on the 15th May 2024, at the Library Biblioteca Latino-Americana of the Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, Brazil. Neo Norte 5.0 presentation took place during the Regional Brand launch event, an initiative promoted by CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, to integrate the countries of the region.