Acknowledgments and Credits

We are immensely grateful to all of this issue’s contributors for their collaboration, commitment, conversations and exchanges, many of which have taken place over several years, reinforcing the importance of another capital— of time, affection, dedication, and community – that has been absolutely key to making this issue possible.

Artist residents:
This edition introduced a new editorial approach featuring three resident artists/co-editors, as a means of developing contributions in a more organic, poetic, and unique way. We are deeply grateful to Grande Companhia Brasileira de Mystérios e Novidades (especially Lígia Veiga and Marília Felipe), Jorge Menna Barreto, and Susan Thomson for engaging with us and sharing their work and research-in-process.

A gift along the way:
We are also grateful to Mônica Hoff for conversations in the early stages of this issue’s development.

Authors:
Special thanks to all the authors for their contributions: Alice Poppe, Ana Luiza Nobre, Anna Carolina Vicentini Zacharias, Beatriz Virgínia Gomes Belmiro, Carla Santana, Caroline Valansi, Cesar Oiticica Filho, Diana Kolker, Iazana Guizzo, Jialu Pombo, João Paulo Tukano, Juan López Intzín, Kimberly Veiga, Lucas Van de Beuque, Melanie Mozzer, Monica Hoff, Natasha Felix, Sandra Benites, Sara Ramos, Savio Ribeiro, Suellen Cloud, Tania Rivera and Tato Taborda.

Collaborators together with the artist residents:
For their participation and collaboration: Ana Paula Dias, Anna Dantes, Bruno Bonaventure for Sound Design, Carlos Santos, Cristina Basilio Thomas, Diosmar Filho, Elan Barreto, Fabio Scarano, Guará do Vale, Isabella Moriconi, Joe Buggilla, Karina Sérgio Gomes, Karen Eppinghaus, Lelena Anhaia, Mother Sara, Mika Peck, Mila Costa, Ombá Yîàrá, Rafael Rodriguez, Rodolfo Rizzo and Maçã Verde Filmes, Sophia Faustino, Yuri Ramundo.

Partner institutions and collaborating organizations:
Special thanks to Casa Resistências, especially to Beatriz Virgínia Gomes Belmiro and Kimberly Veiga for their text, Bia Ardura and Dayanna Gusmão for the initial conversations, and to Susan Thomson for the spark. The partnership was also built with photography NGO Imagens do Povo. We are extremely grateful to them, to Suellen Cloud for her photography, and to Erika Tambke.

In addition to thanking the Companhia de Mystérios e Novidades, we are also especially grateful to Iazana Guizzo and Floresta Cidade (Research and Extension Project of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at UFRJ).

Several of the magazine’s contents were initiated as programs and open classes of the Graduate Program in Contemporary Studies of the Arts (PPGCA/UFF). Special thanks to participants and the program for their collaboration.

Photographers/artists/individuals/organizations for facilitating access and/or providing images and/or other audiovisual content:
For their help in facilitating access and/or providing permission to publish images and/or other audiovisual content we are indebted to: Adriana Krohling Kunsch; Alexandra Pessoa; Aza Cosmosopa; Amazônia Real; Iyaleta Research Association;Axé Boneke; Betty Pereira; UNESCO Library; Camila Freitas; Carlos M. Teixeira; Ceiça Ferreira; Company of Mysteries and Novelties; Débora Oelsner Lopes; Denilson Baniwa; Ecoforensic; Estudio Vazio; Mari Muri; Diana Taylor; Gabi Bandeira; Gabriella Marinho; George Branco; Guará do Vale; Iepé Institute ; Jefferson Medeiros; Jhony Aguiar; João Paulo Ovidio; Leonardo Viana Braga; Luan Citel and; Maria das Graças Garcia Bueno Dragus; Mariana Berta; Maurício Lorenço; Nelson Maca; Pedro Leal; São Paulo Art Gallery; Body, Gesture, Affection Project; Levi Fanan; Black Backlands; Thais Aquino; Vitor Szpiz and Ximenne Freitas .

Editorial and production:
Special thanks to:

JP Studio digital for building the magazine’s website, support and collaboration, especially to Richardy Jacques and Giovani Poleto.

Luisa Caron, for her thoughtful and careful copy-editing over the last few months.

Domi Valansi for press and communication strategies.

For their support:
British Council, for supporting Susan Thomson’s residency through its Plural Programme and, in particular, to Effie Vourakis and Cristina Becker.

The Office of Research, at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), which was fundamental to the realization of Jorge Menna Barreto’s project.

The Federal Government, Ministry of Culture, Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, State Secretariat for Culture and Creative Economy, through the Aldir Blanc National Policy.

Credits

Editors: 7th issue
Jessica Gogan
Luiz Guilherme Vergara

General Coordinator
Jessica Gogan

Executive producer
Sabrina Curi

Website Design
Monochrome
Criamente (6th Edition)
JP Studio Digital (7th edition)

MESA Visual Identity
Dupla Design

Communication Assistant
Domi Valansi

Copy editing
Luisa Caron (Portuguese)

Translation
(Portuguese – English) Jessica Gogan

ISSN: 2319-0264

Rotating Cover Images
Jorge Menna Barreto and Pedro Leal. Dry Eye, 2022. Photo.
Aza Cosmosopa. Macromicra, 2022. Drawing.
Carla Santana. Series: Everything is seen on the path, 2023. Clay and natural pigments on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
Karen Eppinghaus. Companhia de Mystérios e Novidades, Alto do Belo Amor, 2024, Photo.
Susan Thomson, dir. Tybyra and the Harlequin, 2022. Frame.
Lucas Van de Beuque. “Zé Bezerra in the Catimbau Valley, Pernambuco”, 2024. Photo.
Camila Freitas dir. Chão, 2021. Frame.
Cesar Oiticica Filho. “Awake with Guanabara.” Collaboration with Iazana Guizzo, 2025. Photo.
Jialu Pombo. A nameless creature embodying experience faces the earth. Collage, 2025.
Suellen Cloud. Opening celebration of the new Casa Resistências, 2024. Photo.

Images/photos/works/video
Royal Amazon; Aza Cosmosopa; Axé Bonekey; Betty Pereira; Camila Freitas; Carlos M. Teixeira; Denilson Baniwa; Diana Taylor; Gabriella Marinho; George Branco; Guará do Vale; Jefferson Medeiros; Jessica Gogan; Jhony Aguiar; João Cabral de Melo Neto (through Maria das Graças Garcia Bueno Dragus); Jorge Menna Barreto; Karen Eppinghaus; Isabella Moriconi; Leonardo Viana Braga; Luan Citele; Mariana Berta; Mari Muri; Pedro Leal; Levi Fanan; Body, Gesture, Affection Project; Rafael Rodriguez; Unesco Courier Magazine (photos: Maurizio Buscarino/Courtesy of the Unesco Library; Susan Thomson; Thais Aquino; Vitor Szpiz and Ximenne Freitas.

Editorial and production mini-bios

Jessica Gogan is a researcher, writer, translator, and director of the MESA Institute and editor-in-chief of Mesa. She holds a PhD in Art History (2016) and is a research fellow in the Graduate Program in Contemporary Art Studies at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), where she also completed postdoctoral studies (2018–2023). She researches and works at the intersections of artistic, clinical, and pedagogical practices. Other editorial highlights include: Domingos da criação: Uma coleção poética do experimental na arte e educação (2017) in collaboration with Frederico Morais, and Eu não sei o que dizer mas desejo profundamente que você me escute (2024).

Luiz Guilherme Vergara is an associate professor in the Art Department and a member of the Graduate Program in Contemporary Studies in the Arts at the Fluminense Federal University (PPGCA/UFF). He is co-founder of Mesa Institute. Previously he was coordinator of the undergraduate Arts program (2019–2024) and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Niterói from 2005–2008 and 2013–2016. He coordinates the research group (CNPq) ynterfluxes contemporâneas: Arte Comunidade e Natureza (Art, Community, and Nature).

Sabrina Curi is co-founder and general coordinator of the Mesa Institute. She graduated in cultural production from UFF in 2002 and served as Development Director of MAC Niterói (2013–2017). She is also the executive producer of Mesa (2010–2025) and of the publication Domingos da Criação: uma coleção poética do experimenta na arte e educação (2017). Other notable projects include managing the Experimental Center for Education and Art at the MAM–RJ (2009–2013), producing the educational project Hélio Oiticica – “Museum is the World” (Paço Imperial/Casa França Brasil, 2010), and the project Publicness in Art (2013–2014 Funarte Award), among other Mesa Institute projects.

Revision
Luisa Caron is a copy editor. She holds a degree in Portuguese from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a Master’s degree in Literature from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). She works for a variety of companies and institutions, including MASP, SESI Lab, the Vladimir Herzog Institute, SOF, and Expomus. She is also pursuing a degree in Dance at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and works as a production assistant on cultural projects, primarily focused on promoting literature, and as a communicator for the cultural initiative Escola da Palavra.

Communication
Domi Valansi is a journalist, writer, and social media expert. She works in digital communications for ArtRio and the Rio Film Festival. She has worked in communications for MAM Rio, Rio2C, the City History Museum, the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute, Rio Memórias, FGV Arte, and Solar de Grandjean de Montigny, among others. She curated both editions of NFT.Rio. She has been the Brazilian ambassador for the international event Museum Week since 2022. She specializes in photography as a tool for social sciences and in exhibition planning and production. She is featured in the collection “50 Contemporary Neo-Latin Writers,” published by Philos.

Organization: Mesa Institute

Support: British Council, Office of Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).

Partnerships: Casa Resistências, Companhia de Mystérios e Novidades, Floresta Cidade (UFRJ), Imagens do Povo, Postgraduate Program in Contemporary Studies of the Arts (PPGCA/UFF).

Realization: Federal Government, Ministry of Culture, Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, State Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, through the Aldir Blanc National Policy.

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