What is the 55SP?
55SP is a multidisciplinary project whose principal objective is to spread contemporary art, fostering new collectors and artistic production through independent projects, with an experimental character and a belief in art as a transformation tool.
Among recent projects: Quarantine (2020), a model of economic re-imagination for the arts market, a project created to encourage the production and sale of works during and according to the quarantine conditions and the Reconecte Project +5511 (2021) with the aim of transforming and reoccupying public spaces of São Paulo´s suburbs, the project features workshops and installations by visual artists such as Raphael Escobar and Sallisa Rosa and had support from the Municipal Secretary of São Paulo
With an interest in the intersection of music and art, researching it over past few years, a few recent projects: Ressonância (2022), a project in partnership with CCSP that addresses publishes fairs, podcasts and exhibition, Black Shabat (2018) he co-organized with Casa do Povo, Dissonante (2017) curated by Marcio Harum and Julia Morelli.
DAO
https://app.astrodao.com/dao/55sp.sputnik-dao.near
Reconecte
Quarantine
Black Shabat
Dissonante
Acting since 2017 as a researcher and agent for artistic projects in transdisciplinary formats and in free territories, it uses as connecting threads: the curatorship of multiples, editions and also projects in intersection with other areas of the arts: such as music, architecture, cuisine and others we strongly believe in create and improve a platform in which from the Portuguese-speaking world can collaborate, onboarding new people/networks to the Near platform and community.
55SP Goals
Organize exhibitions, workshops, talks and online art residencies with mentorship, connecting curators/researchers and artists.
To create bridges and intersections between different areas of art along with visual art.
Promote democratic projects and with decentralized access
Encouraging artists to think about multiple formats for their artworks.
To articulate art projects with social impact.
It aims to approach visual art and intersections in response to the diversity of cultural movements.
55SP Activities in Progress
This DAO has currently 4 projects being developed:
Ressonância
http://centrocultural.sp.gov.br/2022/01/21/feira-ressonancia/
/Publishers Encounter
#01 29/30 January 2022
#02 19/20 March 2022
#03 August 2022
/Exhibition
#01 19 March 2022 - Espaço CAMA / 55SP
#02 April 2022 - Espaco CAMA/ 55SP
#03 01 to 5 june 2022 - Arpa Art Fair
/Podcasts
Biweekly from January 2022
Ressonancia project, aims to dialogue between visual and sound arts and address the diversity of cultural movements. These first dialogues will take place using the centenary of the Week of Modern Art and through meetings between publishers - IKREK, Desapê, AMA Sonora, Potência Ativa, Hueso Records, culminating in a first meeting of editors, between January 29 and 30, 2022 on the Flávio de Carvalho from CCSP; and, a podcast of the same name, with episodes published from January to March, produced in partnership with Produção Preta and Estúdio CCSP, holding discussions in a democratic, accessible and global way of the transdisciplinary experience of art.
On March 19, at Vila Modernista Flávio de Carvalho, there will be an installation curated by Carollina Lauriano, artist Mônica Ventura and Coletivo Coletores in partnership. The group will perform projections on the facade of the Espaço C.A.M.A house that houses 55SP, celebrating the legacy of the centenary of the 1922 Modern Art Week and bringing the discussion about the historical erasure of black artists in the period.
Resonance is a show of investigation and research. It aims to approach art, sound in response to the diversity of cultural movements, in the processes of immigration, globalization and nationality.
Support:
Culture Municipal Secretary of São Paulo City
Centro Cultural São Paulo
Partners:
Produção Preta (SP - BR) , Estudio Aro (SP- BR), Ikrek Edições (SP-BR),
Desape (SP-BR), Hueso Record (NY- US) AMA Sonora (SP - BR), Potência Ativa (RJ- BR)
Artistic Editions Projects
55SP commissions at least 6 annual artist projects in edition format.
For the first semester 2022 are in progress
Artistic Project #01
Regina Parra - Maenad
February / March / April 2022
/Exhibition @ Galeria Jaqueline Martins (partner)
/Artist and Curator Talk
/ Art Fair @ Arco Madrid
Artistic Project #02
Bruno Baptistelli Grillz
March/ April/ May 2022
/Exhibition @ Espaço CAMA
/Virtual edition - TBD
Artistic Project #03
Fábio Tremonte - Ponto Fixo
May/ June/ July 2022\
/Exhibition - venue TBD
Mothering - Project and Exhibition in partnership with Kupfer Project (London-UK)
Online and Offline Exhibition
London TBC: 25th of June - 06th of August 2022
São Paulo TBC: 03th of August - 03th of September 2022
‘because mothering is love by any means necessary’ - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Revolutionary Mothering
Mothering: an ongoing act of parenting and caregiving whose labour extends everywhere, but is often rendered invisible. Mothering can be done by anyone.
We would like to create an exhibition and accompanying public programme centring motherhood in its spectrum, inviting artists to speculate on how mothering and being an artist coexist. The artists we would like to invite deal with motherhood in their practices, or are mothers/parents themselves who make work around caring, responsibility and protection.
Demonstra Project
http://gov.near.org/tag/demonstra-dao
55SP Social Networks
55SP is an online and offline platform for artistic research founded in March 2017… Demonstra’s visual identity was created by Vivoeusébio studio and we have a logo, identity manual and our own website.
55SP’s social network has approximately 14,5 thousand followers distributed between Instagram’s and Facebook’s own profiles; and we have a newsletter mailing with more than 3000 emails from project partners and supporters.
instagram: @_55sp
Facebook: 55SP | São Paulo SP
55SP Nuclear Team
Direction_ Julia Morelli
Production_ Pedro Rahal
Design_ Giovanna Langone
ROADMAP OF 55SP_DAO
55SP DAO Team
Direction Julia Morelli @juliamorellii55sp.near
Operations Rebecca Johnson @RebeccaJ rejoh.near
Mentoring Juliana Matsumura @JulianaM jmm.near
Mentoring Daniel Moraes @dani danimore.near
April 2022
- Exhibition Launch Regina Parra - Maenad
- Artist and curator talk Regina Parra
- Exhibition Launch Bruno Baptistelli - Grillz
- Ressonância Podcasts (2)
- Bruno Baptiselli’s project virtual catalog
- Demonstra Exhibition
- Promote Ressonância Project - publishers and exhibition
May 2022
- Exhibition Launch Fábio Tremonte - Ponto Fixo
- Ressonância Podcasts (2)\
- Fabio Tremonte’s project virtual catalog
- Ressonancia’s project virtual catalog
June 2022
- Ressonancia Exhibition and project space @ Arpa Art Fair (SP- BR)
- Ressonância Talks/ Webinar @ Arpa Art Fair (SP-BR)
- Ressonância Podcasts (2)
July 2022
- Ressonância Podcasts (2)
- Video website for Motherhood virtual exhibition
- Mothering’s project virtual catalog
August 2022
- Exhibition Motherhood in partnership with Kupfer Projects (London-UK)
- Mothering webinar
- Ressonancia Radio - Exhibition Online Project
Best Regards
55SP Team
great to be involved