"The appreciation of
black aesthetics is an act
of cultural decolonization."
Lélia Gonzalez
PROJECTS
We develop proposals for different audiences in several formats. Our agenda is focused on the decolonization of everyday practices, disrupting with the racist imaginary.
weaving and braiding art
An activity where the public is invited to reflect on their relationship with hair and discuss aesthetics and identity. It is applied for all ages and presents techniques of braids, dreads and afro hairstyles (as knowledge of ancestral artistic expression).
weaving and braiding art
stamping knowledge
A space to focus on Adinkras: a set of symbols that form a system of transmission of values, accumulated by the Akan people, from West Africa. In addition to stamping different surfaces, this workshop provides an immersive experience into African culture in its meanings and poetry.
stamping
knowledge
body in movement
Body expression activity that rescues memory and dance through musicalities of: Brazilian, African and Caribbean culture. Dances such as jongo, caboclinho, côco de roda and cacuriá are experienced.
body in movement
turban
workshop
It promotes a meeting that dialogues aesthetics and identity, tailored to the theme of ancestry and ends with the teaching of weaving techniques and fabric ties.
turban
workshop
adinkra
cartography
Activity dedicated to building cartography and talking about improvement and technological advances existing in MEMORY – digital or physical. The objective is to take note of geographic aspects and develop analysis and recognitions. We propose an expedition into the territory to identify traces of ancestral memory written by the city and its surroundings, especially of the Adinkra symbols.
adinkra
cartography
abayomi dolls
Made from inventiveness and fabric scraps, these dolls promote the precious encounter of the history of resistance of African people. The black dolls express the rescue and memory of a population that has equipped itself with diverse strategies to keep its existence alive through memory.
abayomi
dolls
dreads:
why do
i want you?
dreads:
why do
i want you?
The workshop “Dreads: Why do I want you?” invites the public to experience in a playful way the practice of the so-called "Jamaican braids" and "woolen dreads", talking about the history and context of the use of dreads.
di rainha
Itinerant and independent party-soiree, idealized by Manifesto Crespo, dedicated to Africanities and multi-artistic languages such as: performance, visual arts, literature, discotheque, pocket-show; all actions accomplished by black women.
di rainha
training and
consulting
Development of proposals for the training of educators and institutional consultancies on ethnic-racial relations, gender and sexualities, immigration and promotion of diversity.
training and
consulting
identity, territory, resistance
and love
identity, territory, resistance
and love
Dialogue about territorial re-existence strategies among leaders who, in the face of political and social challenges, seek Love and Well-Being in their communities.
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