Daniela Brasil
Studied art, urbanism and architecture in Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Barcelona, Oxford and Weimar. Curates and coordinates transdisciplinary and collaborative projects in urban spaces. Engages in decolonial, ecofeminist and regenerative practices using different artistic languages and methods: including sculptures and immersive spatial installations, socially-engaged, participatory and co-creative art projects, and site-specific performances.
Projects/presentations (selection):
2021 ABRE-CAMINHOS mit Karla Barroso. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2021 THE SCHOOL OF THE WE. An Art and Cultural Project on Conviviality. <rotor> Graz
2021 WE CREATE A MONUMENT, OTHERWISE. Workshop for WIR* Zeit für eine Versammlung. Schauspielhaus Graz
2021 UNLEARNING ExERCISES an (un)guide to the exhibition: WHAT (FOR WHOM) WILL BE, towards a plurality of futures. Kunsthaus Graz
2021 I Yõ KIKRE // LICHTUNG/ENTANGLEMENTS. Workshop, Ausstellung. Afro-Asiatisches Institut Graz
2021 ENTANGLEMENTS co-creation workshop TRÜMMER, Video. Performance: Otto Oscar Hernandez. Afro-Asian Institute/ Daily Rhythms Collective
2020 ÁGUAS DE OXALÁ mit Otto Oscar Hernandez. Wipper River/Schloss Kannawurf, D
2020 YOU EAT WHAT I EAT WHAT THEY EAT WE DON’T, Markt der Zukunft. Camera Austria
2019-2021 THE CITY AND THE GOOD LIFE. Camera Austria Graz
2019 RETURN. Fotoserie mit Kayapó- und Assurini-Artefakten der Sammlung Lukesch, Universalmuseum Joanneum. Karmeliterplatz/Antoniuskirche, Graz
2019 EARTH CITIzENSHIP. Installation zur Schau "No society will emerge without commitment to diversity”, Karmeliterplatz. <rotor> Graz
Works for the Artmachine:
Edition 10 / 2025 Location Pöllau
Title: If you can't wear the mandinga, you can't wear the patuá
Category: Textileprint/Mixed Media
Description: Fabrics, stones, salt, herbs
Patuás are talismans, magical protective objects that are popular throughout Brazil. They are materialised forms of secrets and enchantments that, by removing them from the mercantile-colonial logic, help us to experience life differently. The patuás are a form of embodiment, a form of "bringing healing technologies into the world" that bring about a syncretisation and pluralisation of society.
Where are the Patuás when we need them most? In this world of multiple crises, we are looking for irony and popular wisdom to help us find ourselves at crossroads.
Fotos (c): Harald Morsch