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Pivô is an autonomous contemporary art platform founded in 2011, opened to the public in 2012, dedicated to artistic exchange, research, and experimentation. At its core, the institution seeks to reflect on artistic practice and advance its understanding as a distinct form of thought and active participation in visual culture, society, and politics—operating as a space for proposing, investigating, exploring, and experimenting. This purpose unfolds through an ongoing program that includes commissioned projects, exhibitions, artist residencies, publications, and public programs, creating conditions for the creation and circulation of ideas in direct collaboration with artists, curators, and publics, both nationally and internationally.

Pivô Copan, the institution’s first venue, is housed within the iconic Copan building in downtown São Paulo, where it has consolidated this experimental and collaborative approach. In 2023, Pivô inaugurated its second venue in Salvador: Pivô Boulevard, situated in the historic Suíço Boulevard mansion, a former gathering place for movements such as Tropicália and Cinema Novo. This multidisciplinary platform reinforces the institution’s commitment to decentralization and the development of cultural networks in dialogue with diverse contexts.

The expansion in Salvador will continue with the opening of Pivô Coaty on Ladeira da Misericórdia, occupying buildings designed by Lina Bo Bardi and João Filgueiras Lima. Across all three venues, Pivô shares a desire to occupy and reclaim historically significant locations, transforming them into vibrant cultural centers that foster artistic dialogue and community engagement. This new chapter reaffirms the commitment to circulating situated knowledge and building diverse cultural ecosystems.

Today, Pivô operates as a network, privileging movement over stability through dynamics of exchange that value differences and specificities. More than physical spaces, it constitutes a dynamic field of artistic dialogue and ongoing investigation that has already welcomed hundreds of artists at different moments in their trajectories.

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13:20 - 08/10/2026
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Beta-Local presents Disobedient Soup in Amsterdam, in partnership with Pivô and Hartwig Art Foundation

The Puerto Rican art collective Beta-Local, in partnership with Pivô and Hartwig Art Foundation, presented Disobedient Soup on September 18, 19, and 20 in Amsterdam, at Hartwig Proxy. Developed as an artistic methodology, Disobedient Soup unfolded over three days of fermentation, preparation, and digestion — both literally and metaphorically — bringing flavors, memories, and forms to Amsterdam.

The artistic activation is an expansion of Transmigração, an exhibition held at Pivô Boulevard in September 2025 by Beta-Local in partnership with OtherNetwork and ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. At the time, the collective presented Sopa de Rumores at the exhibition’s opening.

For Disobedient Soup, the proposal was to create an opportunity for exchange around decolonial artistic practices that moves beyond external observation, establishing horizontal dialogues with local curators, researchers, and cultural practitioners. The space featured photographs by Jochi Melero: the artist transformed the cooking pot used during the first stage of Sopa de Rumores into a pinhole camera to produce portraits of members of Amsterdam’s Caribbean and African diaspora communities.

On Friday, September 18, 2026, from 5 to 7 pm, “Fermentation: Pique-Making Workshop” took place, led by Beta-Local with the participation of artist Razia Bersatie, followed by a storytelling session with Paul Middelijn. On Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 2 to 7 pm, “Preparation: Disobedient Soup” took place, featuring a Yamming Session with Fabían Vélez and a performance by MIMA, accompanied by Lizmarie Torres Rodríguez. Closing the program, on Sunday, September 20, 2026, from 3 to 5 pm, everyone was invited to an open and reflective conversation, accompanied by cocktails prepared by Samuel Kingue Ebelle.

The project began in June, when Beta-Local presented Full Moon, Food and Freedom on the eve of Keti Koti, a date marking the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch colonies in the Caribbean. The event reflected on how culinary traditions carry histories of resistance, migration, and connection across the Caribbean diaspora.

The event also featured KIP Republic (Netherlands/USA) and Pivô’s artistic director, Fernanda Brenner, in a conversation about the intersections of art, territory, and community, reflecting on food as a tool for gathering, memory, and collective making.

Friday, September 18, 2026
5–9 pm
Fermentation: Pique-Making Workshop, with Beta-Local, Razia Bersatie, and Paul Middelijn

Saturday, September 19, 2026
2–7 pm
Preparation: Disobedient Soup, with performances by Fabían Vélez, MIMA, and Lizmarie Torres Rodríguez

Sunday, September 20, 2026
3–5 pm
Digestion: Reflective Conversation, with cocktails by Samuel Kingue Ebelle

Photos: Kateryna Lymar, courtesy Hartwig Art Foundation. 

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