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 are fundraising 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.
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).
FRINGE ARTS BATH
The short film The Spectacle of the Shadows, created by Tere Chad using shadow marionettes in response to Covid-19, has been selected by Ömer Ekmel Kara to be part of The Motive of the Puppeteer exhibition during Fringe Arts Bath. The exhibition will take place at The Old Glassworks, Bath, BA1 5BW. The Private View will be held on Friday 22 May from 6 pm until late, and the exhibition will run from 23 May to 6 June 2026, open daily from 11 am to 6 pm.
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.
