NEO NORTE 5.0
Neo Norte (New North), curated by Tere Chad, was presented in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in its fifth edition (20 August 2025 – 18 January 2026) as a participatory cultural project exploring how textile upcycling and performance can reimagine the cultural values that Latin America wishes to share with the world. After nearly three years of work, made possible through two crowdfunding campaigns and with the support of Fundação Memorial da América Latina, amongst other partners, the project became a reality.
BETTER CYCLING
Tere Chad and Otto Schade achieved their fundraising goal for Better Cycling, a community project that uses graffiti art to promote safer, more sustainable cycling for young people in Hammersmith, helping to reduce carbon emissions and road accidents. Your support on Spacehive will help make the Better Cycling mural at OMA Bikes, (325 Fulham Palace Road, London SW6 6TJ), a reality, promoting safer cycling, cutting carbon emissions, and empowering Hammersmith's young people. Stay tuned for updates on the programme!
FLUID MEMORIES
Fluid Memories (Memorie fluide) was presented in Palermo, Sicily (Italy) last March as an act of relational art exploring cultural syncretism and migrant memory. Curated by Tere Chad and supported by Rotary Club Palermo Est as part of Art Without Borders programme (Arte Senza Confini), the project brought together the local community, migrants, students and artists in a shared process of dialogue and reflection at the Museo della Città del Mondo (Farm Foundation, ex convento dei Crociferi di Palermo, via Maqueda 206).
ENTANGLED PEACE
Tere Chad returns to Northern Ireland to present the pilot of the Entangled Peace project at the FUSE Arts Tent during the Foyle Maritime Festival on the riverfront in Derry~Londonderry (25 - 28 June). The programme features Woven Hug 2.0, a large-scale textile sculpture, alongside daily fabric collage workshops at 1.00 pm and 5.00 pm, and puppet-making workshops at 3.00 pm. Delivered in partnership with FUSE Arts, Entangled Peace brings communities together through textile upcycling, fostering intergenerational creativity, reflection on peacebuilding, and collaborative art making.
ARE WE SINKING?
‘Are We Sinking?’ has arrived at Falconhurst Estate (Markbeech, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 5NR). This outdoor installation by Tere Chad shows three vultures watching an origami boat sinking, capturing a suspended moment of uncertainty. Exploring themes of environmental fragility, collective responsibility and resilience, the work invites visitors to pause and reflect on the precarious balance of our contemporary world.
DATES: March 2026 – March 2027
OPENING HOURS: Mon – Fri 9am – 4pm – 16hr & Sat 9am – 3pm
Workshop opens for families:
Saturday 4 July 10am – 1pm & Saturday 22 August 10am – 1pm
Neo Norte 5.0, Memorial da América Latina, Sao Paulo:
Delve into how participatory textile upcycling and performance
can propose the South as the New North.
HIGHLIGHT
NEO NORTE 5.0
Gustavo Ranieri interviewed Tere Chad for the magazine Revista Memorial Cultural about the Neo Norte 5.0 project. The magazine (Year 3, No. 3, 2025) used an image from Neo Norte 4.0’s performance for its front cover.
