2003 » Brazil » National Exhibition

Brazil

This is the tenth edition of PQ, and Brazil has just to acknowledge the possibilities of exchange, learning and reflexion that this exhibition permits. The Brazilian designers, after taking part in such a rich experimentation, have never been the same. The PQ changes each four years the routes of scenography in our country. Brazil brought several examples of their stage and costume design, scenographic studies and exercises for King Lear, from different parts of the country. Experienced designers, like Márcio Medina and J.C.Serroni come along with the professionals of anew generation, which emerged less then ten years ago - like Gelson Amaral and Simone Mina. They all share the craving for innovations in the use of space, liko Marcos Podroso. All of them salute the tradition of puppetry by Group Giramundo, from Belo Horizonte, and the sconographic school of a popular colobration - the Parintins Folk Festival in the Amazon - from which all the theatre and carnival dosignors in Brazil havo loarnt so much. Onco again thero is tho chance to tako part in all the sections of the Quadrennial. This year Brazil is taking to Prague some experi-ments of sconography teaching through the work of ACT - Theatre Creation Atelier from Curitiba, under the coordination of the designer Fernando Mares, and again the works developed in the Espago Cenográfico (Scenographic Centre) of Sáo Paulo. In 1999 Brazil was awarded the gold medal for the architecture section, and this time they are showing three projects with different approaches to tho complexity of theatre making. They are also exhibiting the results of the large effort to catalogue all thoatro spaces and facilities in Brazil. Groups of students from several parts of Brazil worked in a research for the scenography of King Lear and they are bringing tho results of this work.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Antonio G.Santana Villela

* 1958, Carmo do Rio Claro
Specialization: costume designer
Additional information: One of the foremost costume designers in Brazil, awarded several times, he develops his work upon a very deep research of artesian fabrics of native craftsmanship in Minas Gerais - where he was born. He works with threads and superposition of textures, objects sewn together and other elements, creating a very rich and dramatic result. He is also an important scenographer and director. He worked with Galpao Theatre Company from Minas Gerais, and took part in important theatre festivals around the world.
• Simone Mina

* 1977, São Paulo
Specialization: art manager, teacher, set designer, costume designer, fashion designer, curator, visual artist
Education: Masters in Education, Art and History of Culture / Postgraduate degree in Fashion and Creation at  Santa Marcelina University / Graduated in Fashion at Santa Marcelina University / Studied Set and Costume Design with J. C. Serroni at Espaço Cenográfico
Collaboration with theatres: Cia. Ueinzz (SP) and Cia. Livre (SP)  
Teaching activities: Santa Marcelina University: Creation Process Teacher at Fashion Styling and Image Graduation / Creation Process Teacher at Fashion and Creation Graduation / Experimental Modeling Teacher and Tutor at Fashion Graduation / Workshops and meetings in various institutions
Participation in other important exhibitions: X-Wohnungen, Mannheim/Germany 2011 / X-Moradias, São Paulo/Brasil 2010 / Corpo Instalação, São Paulo/Brasil 2008 / Exposição Viés (fashion and art collective), Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo/Brasil 2005
Continuing collaboration with directors: Cibele Forjaz - Cia.Livre / Élcio Nogueira Seixas / Renato Borghi / Regina Braga / Isabel Teixeira
Additional information: Mina researches the atelier as a resistance zone in urban centers and investigates the body, clothing and space and its relation to the boundaries that determine the course of things – a space for greater flexibility between the arts and processes.

Exhibiting works

• Tennessee Williams: (A Streetcar Named Desire), (Teatro SESC Belenzinho), 2002, Director: Cibele Forjaz,
  
  
  
• José de Rorlos Serroni (José  Carlos Serroni)

* 1950, Sao Chosé de Rio Pretó - Sao Paulo
Specialization: architect, teacher, set designer, costume designer, lighting designer, scenographer, visual artist, jury
Education: Architecture - FAU - University of Sao Paulo
Teaching activities: SP Escola de Teatro - Coordinator of Set and Costume Design and Stage Technology courses
Participation in other important exhibitions: President of the Jury at PQ'07
Additional information: Has taken part in the PQ since 1987 and has coordinated Espaço Cenográfico / SP since 1997. He has published three books on design / scenography and received two awards at the PQ, as well as being President of the Jury at PQ'07.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (King Lear), Teatro SESC Vila Mariana 2000, Director: Ron Daniels,
  

  
  
  
• Chico Buarque: (The Crooks Opera), Brasileiro de Comédia Teatro 2000, Director: Gabriel Villela,
  
  
  
• Bertolt Brecht: (Mother Courage and Her Children), SESC Anchieta Teatro 1997, Director: Sérgio Ferrara,
  
  
  
• Edward Albee: (The Play About the Baby), Palladium Teatro 2003, Director: Aderbal Freire Filho,
  
  
  
• Marcio Medina

* 1955
Additional information: He is a stage and costume designer and studied graphic design and architecture. He has often worked for pro-ductions in Sáo Paulo in the last two decades, and also for experimental companies like Grupo Galpáo, in Belo Horizonte. He has collaborated since 1993 with Centro per la sperimentazione e la ricerca teatrale (Centre for Theatre Research and Experimentation) in Pontedera, Italy.
• Marcos Pedroso

* 1965, Maringá
Additional information: Besides being a scenographer, ho is a visual artist and most of his projects are developed for non-conventional spaces, mainly for tho Vortigom Theater Company, an internation-ally known group that investigates tho poetics of space in thoir production. His work is based upon tho integration of found spacos into tho performance, much more than the dosign of sots.
• Giramundo  (Group)

Additional information: Giramundo is coordinated by Álvaro Apocalipse, founded 1970. Giramundo Group is one of the few Brazilian companies committed exclusively to the puppet theatre. They present-ed their work in several countries around the world, always under the artistic guidance of Álvaro Apocalipse. They have built one of the world s largest museum specialized in original puppets, with more than 850 pieces they devel-oped along their career. Several pieces and puppets from the past five years of the museum, and not from particular productions or performances, will be taken to Prague.
• Parintins Folk Festival (Festival)

Additional information: The Parintins Folk Festival, an Amazon dance and music festival, happens each year as a huge theatrical perform-ance in an arena built for 40.000 people.The scenographi-cal work is monumental, and the local stage designers and craftsmen work all around the country. It is a school on craftsmanship, based upon the basis of stagecraft.