Pedro Victor Brandão in Pivô Satélite #4

From March 22nd onwards, the artist Pedro Victor Brandão will present a new work from the series “Slits in Depth” (2020/2022) in “Guided Tour”, an exhibition curated by the curatorial platform aarea (founded by Livia Benedetti and Marcela Vieira) for edition #4 of Pivô Satélite program. “Untitled #3” is a 3D stereographic photo collage that was minted as a non-fungible token (NFT) on async.art platform and dynamically relates indoor and outdoor spaces.

During the entire exhibition period of the work “Untitled #3”, anaglyph glasses that allow the work to be seen in depth can be picked up free of charge at Pivô’s reception. And until April 23rd, 2022, visitors who want to participate in the giveaway of the NFT can follow detailed instructions at Pivô Satéllite.

The digital platform Pivô Satellite is a project room within Pivô’s website. The program, created in 2020, was originally conceived by emerging artists and curators invited by the institution and included artistic proposals conceived  especially for the virtual environment. 

In 2022, rather than inviting independent curators to program an edition of the Pivô Satellite, we will invite institutions based in Latin America that, similarly to Pivô, foster and disclose the emerging contemporary artistic production in the region. Under this new format, we aim to enhance the possibilities for the exchange and circulation of Brazilian artistic production and broaden the dialogue with neighboring countries. The first guest of 2022 is the curatorial platform aarea.co, founded in 2017 by the curators Livia Benedetti and Marcela Vieira. The platform commissions and exhibits artworks designed especially for the virtual environment.

In Visita Guiada [Guided tour], the artists are invited to create correspondences between the virtual space and the physical space of the Pivô. The artist Gabriel Junqueira has conceived, based on the blueprint, a 3D model of Pivô’s first exhibition floor. This model will be a stage for experimental insertions by the other artists in the show. In a moment of  great profusion of Online Viewing Rooms and of the idea of Metaverse, the curators instigates the spectator to think about the specificities of digital space and the limits of its architectural and lexical correspondence with real space. In the words of the curators: “(…) this first stage of visualization of the Metaverse still presents itself as a replica of the world we inhabit, architecturally based and optimized for consumption operations. We witness, without much agency or technical understanding about the unfolding of this device, a projection of the future designed for the maintenance and development of current technocapitalism”. Pedro Victor Brandão, Júlia Rocha, Gabriel Massan and Gabriel Junqueira participate in the exhibition, in projects that alternate on Pivô’s website.

“Guided Tour” premiered in February 2022 with the project “Terrarium”, by Gabriel Junqueira, an animation made with architectural modeling and simulation software based on the floor plan of Pivô’s main exhibition room. “Terrarium” also works as a background for experimental insertions by other artists participating in the exhibition.

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Pedro Victor Brandão – March 23rd to April 24th, 2022

Júlia Rocha – April 25th to May 25th, 2022

Gabriel Massan – May 26 to June 27, 2022

All artworks included in Pivô Satellite #4 – June 28 to July 28, 2022