NEO NORTE 5.0
After two successful crowdfunding campaigns, the Neo Norte 5.0 (New North) project managed to raise sufficient funds to become viable. Stay tuned for the latest updates and the programme, which will be launched soon. Neo Norte 5.0 is a participatory textile upcycling and performance project that reimagines the cultural values of the Global South, offering potential solutions to address climate change. The project will take place in the second semester of 2025 at the Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo. Feel free to attend the presentations of the extension course on Sunday, 11th May 2025, between 10:00 and 13:00 at the Biblioteca Latino-Americana, Memorial da América Latina (Av. Mário de Andrade, 664, Barra Funda, 01156-001, São Paulo, Brazil).
(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 (Feb – Jun 2024), followed by 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 were or had been the victims of violence in Sicily, young people in vulnerable situations and/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 last October in Palermo, Sicily.
An exhibition by 43 members of the Royal Society of Sculptors was on display at the OVADA (Oxford, Jul 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, Mar 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.
ON THE EDGE 2.0
Neo Norte 5.0, proffered two successful presentations as part of its international programme. The first was an Act of Relational Art at Spazio Zelda, (Venice, Sep 2024) , Sponsored by CAF – the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. The second was ‘Samka Meets Neo Norte’ (London, Oct 2024) at the Bloomsbury Festival, supported by the Arts Council England, Camden Giving, the Contemporary Bolivian Arts Trust and the Latin American House. Neo Norte 4.0’s video performance was selected by Tabish Khan to be showcased in ‘The Rest Has All Been Dreams’ exhibition, presented by CVAG at Somers Gallery (London, Mar – Apr 2025).
NEO NORTE. 5.0's
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Explore how our organisms establish symbiotic relationships by watching the documentary Hilando Organismos (Threading Organisms).
This participatory textile upcycling and performative project invited the community of Nuevo León to immerse ourselves in this venture.
HIGHLIGHT
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION IN A GLOBALISED WORLD
Paula Moore interviews Tere Chad for the Can Art Save Us podcast, Season 8, launched on 20th February – a date proclaimed by the UN as the World Day of Social Justice.
