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"Quem anda no trilho é trem de ferro, sou água que corre entre as pedras: liberdade caça jeito"

Esse verso do Manoel de Barros me acompanha faz um tempo, inclusive, quando eu estava construindo a Terra Afefé, ele sempre me vinha à mente, como esses mantras que a gente faz questão de verbalizar pra coisa acontecer.
Então, hoje, pensando no que escreveria na legenda deste vídeo, o verso me veio outra vez, me fez lembrar de como a liberdade é fundamental na minha produção artística, como a fluidez imprime o meu ritmo de trabalho tanto construindo algo, quanto pintando.
Penso também que ser artista é um ato de caçar jeito de ser livre.

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Direção: Leila Savary @leilasavary
Vídeo: @canaloff @costablancafilms

#terraafefe #afefe #roseafefé #agentilcarioca

PAREDEMEMÓRIA, 2022 / 32º Programa de Exposições CCSP – II MOSTRA 2022

We are thrilled to introduce How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere by Rose Afefé (2026) @roseafefe💜

In How to Create a Tradition, Rose Afefé unfolds a speculative approach to tradition-building grounded in Terra Afefé, her adobe micro-city in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Terra Afefé operates as a living structure shaped through communal labour and shared-making, sustained by proximity to the land, and continuously redefined through use. Art does not sit apart from life but emerges through it, embedded in the rhythms and material conditions of everyday practice. Drawing of the logic of Sankofa, Afefé proposes the beginning of a new ritual through mask-making workshops with local children.

You can view the work in full on our website alongside the works by Rajyashri Goody and Anya Paintsil, and the curatorial writing by Beatriz Lobo. 💜

How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere (2026) is commissioned for iniva’s digital programme The Message Is in the Pattern, our 3rd edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion. It is a digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale, developed in dialogue with Lubaina Himid’s British Pavilion commission, ‘Predicting History: Testing Translation’.

This edition invited artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

We are thrilled to introduce How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere by Rose Afefé (2026) @roseafefe💜

In How to Create a Tradition, Rose Afefé unfolds a speculative approach to tradition-building grounded in Terra Afefé, her adobe micro-city in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Terra Afefé operates as a living structure shaped through communal labour and shared-making, sustained by proximity to the land, and continuously redefined through use. Art does not sit apart from life but emerges through it, embedded in the rhythms and material conditions of everyday practice. Drawing of the logic of Sankofa, Afefé proposes the beginning of a new ritual through mask-making workshops with local children.

You can view the work in full on our website alongside the works by Rajyashri Goody and Anya Paintsil, and the curatorial writing by Beatriz Lobo. 💜

How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere (2026) is commissioned for iniva’s digital programme The Message Is in the Pattern, our 3rd edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion. It is a digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale, developed in dialogue with Lubaina Himid’s British Pavilion commission, ‘Predicting History: Testing Translation’.

This edition invited artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

We are thrilled to introduce How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere by Rose Afefé (2026) @roseafefe💜

In How to Create a Tradition, Rose Afefé unfolds a speculative approach to tradition-building grounded in Terra Afefé, her adobe micro-city in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Terra Afefé operates as a living structure shaped through communal labour and shared-making, sustained by proximity to the land, and continuously redefined through use. Art does not sit apart from life but emerges through it, embedded in the rhythms and material conditions of everyday practice. Drawing of the logic of Sankofa, Afefé proposes the beginning of a new ritual through mask-making workshops with local children.

You can view the work in full on our website alongside the works by Rajyashri Goody and Anya Paintsil, and the curatorial writing by Beatriz Lobo. 💜

How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere (2026) is commissioned for iniva’s digital programme The Message Is in the Pattern, our 3rd edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion. It is a digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale, developed in dialogue with Lubaina Himid’s British Pavilion commission, ‘Predicting History: Testing Translation’.

This edition invited artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

We are thrilled to introduce How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere by Rose Afefé (2026) @roseafefe💜

In How to Create a Tradition, Rose Afefé unfolds a speculative approach to tradition-building grounded in Terra Afefé, her adobe micro-city in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Terra Afefé operates as a living structure shaped through communal labour and shared-making, sustained by proximity to the land, and continuously redefined through use. Art does not sit apart from life but emerges through it, embedded in the rhythms and material conditions of everyday practice. Drawing of the logic of Sankofa, Afefé proposes the beginning of a new ritual through mask-making workshops with local children.

You can view the work in full on our website alongside the works by Rajyashri Goody and Anya Paintsil, and the curatorial writing by Beatriz Lobo. 💜

How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere (2026) is commissioned for iniva’s digital programme The Message Is in the Pattern, our 3rd edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion. It is a digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale, developed in dialogue with Lubaina Himid’s British Pavilion commission, ‘Predicting History: Testing Translation’.

This edition invited artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

How to Create a Tradition [Como criar uma tradição] – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere [Capítulo 1: a festa está em todo lugar], de Rose Afefé, integra The Message Is in the Pattern, terceira edição do Post-National Digital Pavilion, programa digital realizado pela iniva em colaboração com o British Council no contexto da 61ª Bienal de Veneza.

O trabalho se desdobra a partir de Terra Afefé, cidade-obra construída pela artista na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Entre rito, celebração e construção coletiva, a obra reflete sobre formas de pertencimento produzidas através do encontro e da experiência compartilhada.

Assista ao vídeo completo através do link da bio.

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[How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere, by Rose Afefé, is part of The Message Is in the Pattern, the third edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion*, a digital programme presented by iniva in collaboration with the British Council in the context of the 61st Venice Biennale.

The work unfolds from Terra Afefé, an ongoing city-work developed by the artist in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Through ritual, celebration, and collective construction, the work reflects on forms of belonging shaped through encounter and shared experience.

Watch the full video through the link in bio.]

@roseafefe @terraafefe
@johnimonlydancingagain
@iniva_arts @labiennale

How to Create a Tradition [Como criar uma tradição] – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere [Capítulo 1: a festa está em todo lugar], de Rose Afefé, integra The Message Is in the Pattern, terceira edição do Post-National Digital Pavilion, programa digital realizado pela iniva em colaboração com o British Council no contexto da 61ª Bienal de Veneza.

O trabalho se desdobra a partir de Terra Afefé, cidade-obra construída pela artista na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Entre rito, celebração e construção coletiva, a obra reflete sobre formas de pertencimento produzidas através do encontro e da experiência compartilhada.

Assista ao vídeo completo através do link da bio.

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[How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere, by Rose Afefé, is part of The Message Is in the Pattern, the third edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion*, a digital programme presented by iniva in collaboration with the British Council in the context of the 61st Venice Biennale.

The work unfolds from Terra Afefé, an ongoing city-work developed by the artist in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Through ritual, celebration, and collective construction, the work reflects on forms of belonging shaped through encounter and shared experience.

Watch the full video through the link in bio.]

@roseafefe @terraafefe
@johnimonlydancingagain
@iniva_arts @labiennale

How to Create a Tradition [Como criar uma tradição] – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere [Capítulo 1: a festa está em todo lugar], de Rose Afefé, integra The Message Is in the Pattern, terceira edição do Post-National Digital Pavilion, programa digital realizado pela iniva em colaboração com o British Council no contexto da 61ª Bienal de Veneza.

O trabalho se desdobra a partir de Terra Afefé, cidade-obra construída pela artista na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Entre rito, celebração e construção coletiva, a obra reflete sobre formas de pertencimento produzidas através do encontro e da experiência compartilhada.

Assista ao vídeo completo através do link da bio.

-

[How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere, by Rose Afefé, is part of The Message Is in the Pattern, the third edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion*, a digital programme presented by iniva in collaboration with the British Council in the context of the 61st Venice Biennale.

The work unfolds from Terra Afefé, an ongoing city-work developed by the artist in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Through ritual, celebration, and collective construction, the work reflects on forms of belonging shaped through encounter and shared experience.

Watch the full video through the link in bio.]

@roseafefe @terraafefe
@johnimonlydancingagain
@iniva_arts @labiennale

How to Create a Tradition [Como criar uma tradição] – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere [Capítulo 1: a festa está em todo lugar], de Rose Afefé, integra The Message Is in the Pattern, terceira edição do Post-National Digital Pavilion, programa digital realizado pela iniva em colaboração com o British Council no contexto da 61ª Bienal de Veneza.

O trabalho se desdobra a partir de Terra Afefé, cidade-obra construída pela artista na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Entre rito, celebração e construção coletiva, a obra reflete sobre formas de pertencimento produzidas através do encontro e da experiência compartilhada.

Assista ao vídeo completo através do link da bio.

-

[How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere, by Rose Afefé, is part of The Message Is in the Pattern, the third edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion*, a digital programme presented by iniva in collaboration with the British Council in the context of the 61st Venice Biennale.

The work unfolds from Terra Afefé, an ongoing city-work developed by the artist in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Through ritual, celebration, and collective construction, the work reflects on forms of belonging shaped through encounter and shared experience.

Watch the full video through the link in bio.]

@roseafefe @terraafefe
@johnimonlydancingagain
@iniva_arts @labiennale

How to Create a Tradition [Como criar uma tradição] – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere [Capítulo 1: a festa está em todo lugar], de Rose Afefé, integra The Message Is in the Pattern, terceira edição do Post-National Digital Pavilion, programa digital realizado pela iniva em colaboração com o British Council no contexto da 61ª Bienal de Veneza.

O trabalho se desdobra a partir de Terra Afefé, cidade-obra construída pela artista na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Entre rito, celebração e construção coletiva, a obra reflete sobre formas de pertencimento produzidas através do encontro e da experiência compartilhada.

Assista ao vídeo completo através do link da bio.

-

[How to Create a Tradition – Chapter 1: the party is everywhere, by Rose Afefé, is part of The Message Is in the Pattern, the third edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion*, a digital programme presented by iniva in collaboration with the British Council in the context of the 61st Venice Biennale.

The work unfolds from Terra Afefé, an ongoing city-work developed by the artist in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia.

Through ritual, celebration, and collective construction, the work reflects on forms of belonging shaped through encounter and shared experience.

Watch the full video through the link in bio.]

@roseafefe @terraafefe
@johnimonlydancingagain
@iniva_arts @labiennale

Our team and artists are in Venice for the 61st Venice Biennale! ❤️

Here are the artists photographed alongside the sections of Lubaina Himid's @lubainapics British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, that inspired the curatorial thinking behind each artist's place in our Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern.

💗Rajyashri Goody @rajgoody with the Chefs
💜Rose Afefé @roseafefe with the Architects
💛Anya Paintsil @anyapaintsil with the Tailors

Developed in dialogue with the commission, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK), Rajyashri Goody (India), and Rose Afefé (Brazil) to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

Stay tuned to see the new digital commissions and for the open call! 😍👀

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

For more information check out our website or our link in bio!

Our team and artists are in Venice for the 61st Venice Biennale! ❤️

Here are the artists photographed alongside the sections of Lubaina Himid's @lubainapics British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, that inspired the curatorial thinking behind each artist's place in our Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern.

💗Rajyashri Goody @rajgoody with the Chefs
💜Rose Afefé @roseafefe with the Architects
💛Anya Paintsil @anyapaintsil with the Tailors

Developed in dialogue with the commission, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK), Rajyashri Goody (India), and Rose Afefé (Brazil) to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

Stay tuned to see the new digital commissions and for the open call! 😍👀

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

For more information check out our website or our link in bio!

Our team and artists are in Venice for the 61st Venice Biennale! ❤️

Here are the artists photographed alongside the sections of Lubaina Himid's @lubainapics British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, that inspired the curatorial thinking behind each artist's place in our Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern.

💗Rajyashri Goody @rajgoody with the Chefs
💜Rose Afefé @roseafefe with the Architects
💛Anya Paintsil @anyapaintsil with the Tailors

Developed in dialogue with the commission, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK), Rajyashri Goody (India), and Rose Afefé (Brazil) to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

Stay tuned to see the new digital commissions and for the open call! 😍👀

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

For more information check out our website or our link in bio!

Our team and artists are in Venice for the 61st Venice Biennale! ❤️

Here are the artists photographed alongside the sections of Lubaina Himid's @lubainapics British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, that inspired the curatorial thinking behind each artist's place in our Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern.

💗Rajyashri Goody @rajgoody with the Chefs
💜Rose Afefé @roseafefe with the Architects
💛Anya Paintsil @anyapaintsil with the Tailors

Developed in dialogue with the commission, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK), Rajyashri Goody (India), and Rose Afefé (Brazil) to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

Stay tuned to see the new digital commissions and for the open call! 😍👀

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

For more information check out our website or our link in bio!

Our team and artists are in Venice for the 61st Venice Biennale! ❤️

Here are the artists photographed alongside the sections of Lubaina Himid's @lubainapics British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, that inspired the curatorial thinking behind each artist's place in our Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern.

💗Rajyashri Goody @rajgoody with the Chefs
💜Rose Afefé @roseafefe with the Architects
💛Anya Paintsil @anyapaintsil with the Tailors

Developed in dialogue with the commission, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK), Rajyashri Goody (India), and Rose Afefé (Brazil) to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

Stay tuned to see the new digital commissions and for the open call! 😍👀

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

For more information check out our website or our link in bio!

Rose Afefé participa da Bienal de Veneza com o projeto Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern, iniciativa do Institute of International Visual Arts (iniva) em colaboração com o British Council para a 61ª edição da mostra.

Com curadoria de Beatriz Lobo, o programa reúne artistas convidados a desenvolver novas obras digitais em diálogo com o Pavilhão Britânico. Para a ocasião, Rose apresentará um vídeo comissionado pelo Pavilhão do Reino Unido.
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[Rose Afefé takes part in the 61st edition of the Venice Biennale through Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern, an initiative by Institute of International Visual Arts (iniva) in collaboration with the British Council.]

[Curated by Beatriz Lobo, the programme brings together invited artists to develop new digital works in dialogue with the British Pavilion. For this occasion, Afefé will present a commissioned video for the UK Pavilion.]
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Bienal de Veneza 2026
9 Maio [May] > 22 Novembro [Nov] 2026
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@johnimonlydancingagain @roseafefe @britisharts @labiennale @iniva_arts

Rose Afefé apresenta a instalação inédita *Bar do Vaqueiro* na coletiva "Atlântico Sertão", no CCBB SP.

A obra parte de gestos de construção e memória, articulando matéria, som e presença em um ambiente sensível. Integrando sua pesquisa de longa duração *Terra Afefé*, o trabalho fabula um território onde realidade e imaginação se entrelaçam.

Com trilha sonora de Bysmarke Vaqueiro, o som é ativado pela aproximação do público, criando uma experiência imersiva.

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[Rose Afefé presents a new installation in the group exhibition "Atlântico Sertão" at CCBB SP.]

["Bar do Vaqueiro" unfolds from gestures of construction and memory, bringing together matter, sound, and presence in a sensorial environment. Part of her long-term project *Terra Afefé*, the work imagines a territory where reality and fiction intertwine.]

[With a soundtrack by Bysmarke Vaqueiro, sound is activated by the viewer’s proximity, creating an immersive experience.]
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Atlântico Sertão - CCBB-SP
Curadoria [curatorship]: Marcelo Campos
Visitação [on view] 15 abril [April] - 3 agosto [Aug], 2026

@ccbbsp @marcelocampos7825 @roseafefe

Rose Afefé apresenta a instalação inédita *Bar do Vaqueiro* na coletiva "Atlântico Sertão", no CCBB SP.

A obra parte de gestos de construção e memória, articulando matéria, som e presença em um ambiente sensível. Integrando sua pesquisa de longa duração *Terra Afefé*, o trabalho fabula um território onde realidade e imaginação se entrelaçam.

Com trilha sonora de Bysmarke Vaqueiro, o som é ativado pela aproximação do público, criando uma experiência imersiva.

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[Rose Afefé presents a new installation in the group exhibition "Atlântico Sertão" at CCBB SP.]

["Bar do Vaqueiro" unfolds from gestures of construction and memory, bringing together matter, sound, and presence in a sensorial environment. Part of her long-term project *Terra Afefé*, the work imagines a territory where reality and fiction intertwine.]

[With a soundtrack by Bysmarke Vaqueiro, sound is activated by the viewer’s proximity, creating an immersive experience.]
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Atlântico Sertão - CCBB-SP
Curadoria [curatorship]: Marcelo Campos
Visitação [on view] 15 abril [April] - 3 agosto [Aug], 2026

@ccbbsp @marcelocampos7825 @roseafefe

iniva is proud to announce The Message Is in the Pattern, the third Post-National Digital Pavilion, our extended digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale. ✨

Developed in dialogue with @lubainapics Lubaina Himid's British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

iniva is proud to announce The Message Is in the Pattern, the third Post-National Digital Pavilion, our extended digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale. ✨

Developed in dialogue with @lubainapics Lubaina Himid's British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

iniva is proud to announce The Message Is in the Pattern, the third Post-National Digital Pavilion, our extended digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale. ✨

Developed in dialogue with @lubainapics Lubaina Himid's British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

iniva is proud to announce The Message Is in the Pattern, the third Post-National Digital Pavilion, our extended digital programme in collaboration with the British Council at the 61st Venice Biennale. ✨

Developed in dialogue with @lubainapics Lubaina Himid's British Pavilion commission, Predicting History: Testing Translation, this edition invites artists Anya Paintsil (UK) @anyapaintsil, Rajyashri Goody (India) @rajgoody, and Rose Afefé (Brazil) @roseafefe to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices.

The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️

The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council @britisharts

Curated by Beatriz Lobo @johnimonlydancingagain with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut @plengjirathiyut

Graphic design by Jeffrey Choy @jeffreychoy.art with art direction by Charlotte Mui @cmuins

No SP–Arte, apresento uma série de pinturas sobre fachadas de lugares onde se festeja, dança, canta, bebe e chora. 🤧🫀
As obras estão no stand da A Gentil Carioca @agentilcarioca

Beco do Reggae, 2026
Devoto de São Jorge, 2026
Bar Bebo e choro, 2026

SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal
A Gentil Carioca — Booth E04
Preview: April 8
Visitação [On view]: April 9–12, 2026

No SP–Arte, apresento uma série de pinturas sobre fachadas de lugares onde se festeja, dança, canta, bebe e chora. 🤧🫀
As obras estão no stand da A Gentil Carioca @agentilcarioca

Beco do Reggae, 2026
Devoto de São Jorge, 2026
Bar Bebo e choro, 2026

SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal
A Gentil Carioca — Booth E04
Preview: April 8
Visitação [On view]: April 9–12, 2026

No SP–Arte, apresento uma série de pinturas sobre fachadas de lugares onde se festeja, dança, canta, bebe e chora. 🤧🫀
As obras estão no stand da A Gentil Carioca @agentilcarioca

Beco do Reggae, 2026
Devoto de São Jorge, 2026
Bar Bebo e choro, 2026

SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal
A Gentil Carioca — Booth E04
Preview: April 8
Visitação [On view]: April 9–12, 2026

No SP–Arte, apresento uma série de pinturas sobre fachadas de lugares onde se festeja, dança, canta, bebe e chora. 🤧🫀
As obras estão no stand da A Gentil Carioca @agentilcarioca

Beco do Reggae, 2026
Devoto de São Jorge, 2026
Bar Bebo e choro, 2026

SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal
A Gentil Carioca — Booth E04
Preview: April 8
Visitação [On view]: April 9–12, 2026

No SP–Arte, apresento uma série de pinturas sobre fachadas de lugares onde se festeja, dança, canta, bebe e chora. 🤧🫀
As obras estão no stand da A Gentil Carioca @agentilcarioca

Beco do Reggae, 2026
Devoto de São Jorge, 2026
Bar Bebo e choro, 2026

SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal
A Gentil Carioca — Booth E04
Preview: April 8
Visitação [On view]: April 9–12, 2026

No SP–Arte, apresento uma série de pinturas sobre fachadas de lugares onde se festeja, dança, canta, bebe e chora. 🤧🫀
As obras estão no stand da A Gentil Carioca @agentilcarioca

Beco do Reggae, 2026
Devoto de São Jorge, 2026
Bar Bebo e choro, 2026

SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal
A Gentil Carioca — Booth E04
Preview: April 8
Visitação [On view]: April 9–12, 2026

A Gentil Carioca anuncia que a obra Beco do Reggae (2026), de Rose Afefé, integra agora o acervo da Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

A obra nasce de uma memória afetiva: um beco do reggae no Rio, atravessado por lembranças de infância e pela sonoridade de Edson Gomes. Entre experiência e fabulação, Afefé constrói paisagens densas — em acrílica, areia e gesso — onde pintura e memória se entrelaçam.

A aquisição ocorreu durante a SP–Arte 2026, reforçando o compromisso do museu com a produção contemporânea.

Agradecemos à artista, à Pinacoteca e à doadora por tornar possível esta incorporação.

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A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce that Beco do Reggae (2026), by Rose Afefé, has entered the collection of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.]

[The work stems from an affective memory: a reggae alley in Rio, shaped by childhood recollections and the sound of Edson Gomes. Between lived experience and fabulation, Afefé creates dense landscapes — in acrylic, sand, and plaster — where painting and memory intertwine.]

[The acquisition took place during SP–Arte 2026, reinforcing the museum’s commitment to contemporary art.]

[We thank the artist, the Pinacoteca team, and the donor for making this possible.]
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Rose Afefé
Beco do Reggae, 2026
acrílica, pasta acrílica, areia, gesso e cola sobre lona
[acrylic, acrylic putty, sand, plaster and glue on canvas]
117 x 80 x 4 cm
[46 x 31 1/2 x 1 5/8 in]
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@roseafefe @pinacotecasp @sp_arte

Rose Afefé participa de uma residência artística na Associação Ybytu, em São Paulo, entre 1º de abril e junho. Com curadoria de Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, a artista desenvolve, ao longo de três meses, uma pesquisa centrada nas interseções entre territórios.

A Ybytu é uma organização sem fins lucrativos dedicada à promoção da arte contemporânea, com um programa de residências que fomenta intercâmbio, circulação de ideias e o fortalecimento de práticas artísticas.
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[Rose Afefé is participating in an artist residency at Associação Ybytu, in São Paulo, from April 1 through June. Curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, the three-month residency will see the artist develop a research project centered on the intersections between territories.]

[Ybytu is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art, with a residency program that fosters exchange, the circulation of ideas, and the strengthening of artistic practices.]
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📸 Rose Afefé
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@roseafefe @ybytu_

ARTISTAS participantes da primeira edição da Revista Goma:
@roseafefe
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Rose AFEFÉ (Varzedo, Brasil), artista e educadora, vive e trabalha entre Ibicoara e Salvador. Sua pesquisa parte das memórias do Recôncavo e da relação sensível com a natureza, articulando território, corpo e pertencimento. Transita entre instalação, escultura, pintura, desenho e fotografia, explorando o encontro entre práticas tradicionais e experimentações poéticas. Em 2018, iniciou Terra Afefé, uma microcidade em adobe construída em diálogo com a comunidade local, na zona rural de Ibicoara, Chapada Diamantina.Participou de residências e exposições nos últimos anos, como o Prêmio FOCO (2023), A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro (2024), o 32º Programa de Exposições do CCSP em São Paulo (2022), Afro-brasilidade, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (2025). Foi ainda indicada ao Prêmio PIPA (2022) e integra diversos projetos colaborativos no campo da arte contemporânea.
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Para esta edição inaugural, reunimos textos e ensaios visuais de 23 artistas mulheres, espalhadas por territórios diversos, que se juntaram a nós para ampliar vozes e abrir novos caminhos para nossas práticas artísticas.
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Este é um projeto construído de forma autônoma, independente e sem fins lucrativos. A diagramação e edição são assinadas por Conceição Myllena, e a produção e revisão foram realizadas por nós, artistas da Gomagrupa, reafirmando nosso compromisso com a criação coletiva e com a autonomia de nossos processos.
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Se desejar apoiar o projeto e receber 1 exemplar físico da revista, entre em contato conosco!💛✨
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#gomagrupa #revistagoma #mulheresartistas #artecontemporanea

ARTISTAS participantes da primeira edição da Revista Goma:
@roseafefe
•
Rose AFEFÉ (Varzedo, Brasil), artista e educadora, vive e trabalha entre Ibicoara e Salvador. Sua pesquisa parte das memórias do Recôncavo e da relação sensível com a natureza, articulando território, corpo e pertencimento. Transita entre instalação, escultura, pintura, desenho e fotografia, explorando o encontro entre práticas tradicionais e experimentações poéticas. Em 2018, iniciou Terra Afefé, uma microcidade em adobe construída em diálogo com a comunidade local, na zona rural de Ibicoara, Chapada Diamantina.Participou de residências e exposições nos últimos anos, como o Prêmio FOCO (2023), A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro (2024), o 32º Programa de Exposições do CCSP em São Paulo (2022), Afro-brasilidade, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (2025). Foi ainda indicada ao Prêmio PIPA (2022) e integra diversos projetos colaborativos no campo da arte contemporânea.
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Para esta edição inaugural, reunimos textos e ensaios visuais de 23 artistas mulheres, espalhadas por territórios diversos, que se juntaram a nós para ampliar vozes e abrir novos caminhos para nossas práticas artísticas.
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Este é um projeto construído de forma autônoma, independente e sem fins lucrativos. A diagramação e edição são assinadas por Conceição Myllena, e a produção e revisão foram realizadas por nós, artistas da Gomagrupa, reafirmando nosso compromisso com a criação coletiva e com a autonomia de nossos processos.
•
Se desejar apoiar o projeto e receber 1 exemplar físico da revista, entre em contato conosco!💛✨
•
#gomagrupa #revistagoma #mulheresartistas #artecontemporanea