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Priscila Rezende

Priscila Rezende is a visual and performance artist who develops works using video, installation, photography, and found objects. Her work primarily is driven by and raises questions about race, identity, and the place of Black individuals–especially women–in contemporary society. She draws from her experiences as a Black Latin American woman to expose the social limitations, discrimination, and stereotypes she has faced, and to establish a direct and clear dialogue with the public around these issues. Through her work, she seeks to confront the viewer with different realities in order to destabilize their positions of comfort and interrogate the structures that sustain them. Rezende has a degree in Fine Arts from Escola Guignard-UEMG (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) with a specialization in Photography and Ceramics. She has participated in exhibitions and presentations across Brazil in Amapá, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Río de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo, as well as in England, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United States. 

Rodrigo Severo

An artist, researcher, and teacher, Rodrigo Severo operates at the intersections of performance, theater, and the Latin American movement (es)cena expandida. He holds a doctoral and master's degree in Performing Arts from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo and a degree in Theater Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He is part of the Laboratory of Performative Practices at the University of São Paulo and is a founding member of Coletiva Preta Performance, which investigates ethnic-racial relations in Brazil and creates decolonized and anti-racist aesthetic actions. His research interests encompass Black performance studies, the African diaspora, the Black body, decolonized aesthetics, Black authorship, and the contemporary stage.