Barbarian Currents: Half a Century of Brazilian Media Arts

Barbarian Currents: Half a Century of Brazilian Media Arts

Barbarian Currents is a pioneering anthology that covers half a century of Brazilian media arts through a sociological lens, examining the many intriguing circumstances that have shaped new forms of cultural and artistic expression. The chapters, most of which have been translated into English for the first time, remind us that ‘alternative’ art histories are simply the flipside of dominant narratives. They encourage us to look beyond the lens of Western exceptionalism and reframe our understanding of cultural histories worldwide.

Book is open access and can be downloaded here: https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/barbarian-currents

But please come for a panel with editors Gabriel Menotti and German Alfonso Nunez and a screening program featuring pioneering videos made at University of São Paulo’s Contemporary Art Museum in the 1970s and documentaries about Brazilian tactical media from the early 2000s by Lucas Bambozzi.

• Friday, Sep 19, 1pm
• Isabel Bader Center, room 312

This activity is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, FAPESP, and Queen’s University OER.