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Conversation with Janaina Selva at 7pm
On August 21, resident artists Carolina Fusilier and Miko Revereza will open their studio at Pivô Boulevard to share with the public the processes developed during their artistic residency in Salvador.
The event presents developments from the research The Palm Tree That Grew Out of Concrete, an experimental documentary that investigates the relationships between modern architecture, memory and imaginaries of the future in South America.
Throughout their residency, the artists expanded the initial project through distinct and independent lines of research. Carolina Fusilier focused on the Centro Administrativo da Bahia (CAB) and its surrounding landscape, investigating relationships between structures of power, technological infrastructures and the presence of the forest through conversations with biologists, CAB workers and residents of Sussuarana.
Miko Revereza, in turn, began by constructing diagrams with steel wires to develop a series of transformations between map, city, game and border, incorporating sculptural and performative elements into his investigation of displacement and belonging.
The event will include a conversation between the artists and curator Janaina Selva, who accompanied the duo’s processes throughout the residency. The residency is held in partnership with Guadalupe Phillips and Pequod. Special thanks to Galería Peana.
📍 Open Studio | Carolina Fusilier and Miko Revereza
August 21, 5pm–9pm
Conversation with Janaina Selva at 7pm
Pivô Boulevard – Rua Boulevard Suíço, 11A, Nazaré, Salvador
Free admission.
Miko Revereza (b. 1988, Manila) is a filmmaker whose work explores migration, displacement, and personal histories through experimental and documentary forms. His films include No Data Plan (2018), Distancing (2019), El Lado Quieto (2021), and Nowhere Near (2023).
His work has been presented at major international festivals and institutions including Locarno, TIFF, the New York Film Festival, IDFA, MoMA, the Flaherty Seminar, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Gallery of Art. His debut feature No Data Plan received the Sheffield DocFest Art Award and was selected among Sight & Sound’s Best Films of 2019, while Nowhere Near was recognized among Film Comment’s Best Undistributed Films of 2023.
Revereza is a recipient of the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking, as well as support from the Ford Foundation and Hubert Bals Fund. He was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s New Faces of Independent Cinema and holds an MFA from Bard College.
Carolina Fusilier (b. 1985, Buenos Aires) is a multidisciplinary artist working across film, moving image, painting, sound, performance, and installation. Her practice explores the materiality of technology, non-linear temporalities, and the entanglement of organic and mechanical bodies.
She has received support from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The Banff Centre, ACC Cinema Fund, and Hot Docs–Netflix. Her films and moving-image works have been presented at institutions and festivals including MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, IDFA, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, and the New York Film Festival, where her short film Corrientes Mercuriales (2023) premiered.
Recent solo exhibitions include IMAGO (Margot Samel, New York), Isla Eléctrica (PEANA, Mexico City), and Corrientes Mercuriales (Museo Jumex, Mexico City). Her work has also been exhibited at Museo Tamayo, Museo Anahuacalli, MALBA Puertos, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, SculptureCenter, and The Drawing Center.
Fusilier studied at Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires, AR) and has continued her education at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, SOMA, and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Programa de artistas 2011).