The artist in residence project is proposed and organized by the EU project "Smashing Wor(l)ds: Cultural Practices for re/Imagining & un/Learning Vocabularies" (2020-2022) / Marissa Lôbo, supported by Marissa Lôbo and Marina Grzinic.

Part of the residency will be two public presentations. In between there will be a workshop to prepare an exhibition and presentation together with the students, part of the Festival of Vocabularies Life, at Belvedere 21 Vienna, between 30.06. until 05.07 2022 The results of the workshop will also be presented in working sessions at the Academy.

Bios

Izzadora Sá is a creator, developer, visual artist and data enthusiast immersed in the experience. Born in the interior of Bahia and raised in Baixada Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro –  Brazil. She researches, develops ideas and produces different media and codes related to memories, races, intersectionality, dissidence, colonial critique, immersive technologies and black affectivities that actively promote dissident and powerful narratives, visions and bodies. 

Talu Reis is a researcher, visual artist and activist (human rights and communication) born in Salvador. He grew up between a dialogue between the capital of Bahia and an inland city called Terra Nova. His work aims at visual communication and artistic expressions as strategies to fight epistemic violence. He also believes that this "artvism" focuses on technological practices, gathering actions in the BigData context.