Close to There < > Perto De Lá: Comfort Station in Brazil

Our building is in hibernation until March, but we're staying warm in Salvador, Brazil with this amazing group of artists in the second half of our #CloseToThere / #PertoDeLah exchange between Brazil and Chicago! We're visiting a variety of spaces and artists over a ten day period, starting with the mind-blowing Yemanja Festa in Rio Vermelho. Look for updates on our instagram and the dedicated @closetothere instagram account.

This project is made possible by the generosity of the MacArthur Foundation’s International Connections Fund.

Organized and curated by Jordan Martins, Lanussi Pasquali, and Juci Reis.
Translation and Production Support by Marina Resende
Graphic Design by Paco Barba

Lanussi Pasquali was born in Riozinho, Rio Grande do Sul, 1972. As a visual artist, she works in sculpture, installation, and fibers. She enjoys sewing and tailoring, embroidery and other slow and forgotten affairs. Pasquali holds a Master's in Visu

Edbrass Brasil is a sound artist, educator and researcher. Edbrass is also a producer and active organizer in the experimental music scene in Salvador, where he has developed an intense exchange with musicians and artists from across Brazil and the

Patricia Almeida is trained as an architect and urbanist and works professionally in two main fields. As a photographer, she develops authorial projects and covers theatrical events and performances. As a designer, she is a co-founder and collaborat

Candai Calmon is a Black woman, urban quilombola, community feminist. She is a professional dancer, ballerina, and educator. She has worked in the field of dance for 18 years, where I have obtained an artistic education Brazil and abroad, concentrat

Edgard Oliva (born 1957) originally obtained a bachelor’s in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) in 1982. In 1984, he began his studies in Visual Arts, with a concentration in Painting at the School of Fine Arts at UFBA

Adriana Araújo is a visual artist whose work investigates nature through installation and other art forms. Her work has been exhibited in Salvador, São Paulo, Germany, Australia, Portugal and Angola. She has attended residencies in Australia (2009)

A black woman and artist from Bahia, Inaê Moreira holds a degree in Dance from the Dance School at Funceb, a bachelor's with a teaching certificate in Dance from the Universidade Federal da Bahia, and a professional certificate in Circus Arts from t

Daniel Sabóia is a co-founder and collaborator in the collective Tanto Criações Compartilhadas, which develops projects in architecture, design and visual arts. He has a Bachelor’s in Architecture and Urban Planning, and is currently pursuing a Mast

João Oliveira is a visual artist with a BA in Visual Arts from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (2011), and a Master's in Creative Process in Visual Arts from the same university (2017). He is trained in lithography and metal engraving through the

Vanessa Coelho, young Black woman, Black feminist, studies Social Sciences at the Universidade Federal da Bahia. She is a community educator and marginal poet, a member of Coletivo Zeferinas, and poetry slammer, having won the first edition of the

Amina was a 2018-2019 Artist-in-Residence at Arts & Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago. Ross is currently an MFA candidate at Yale School of Art within the sculpture department.

Angel Bat Dawid is a Black American Composer, Improviser, Clarinetist, Pianist, Vocalist and vinyl addict. She is a sonic archaeologist gathering and excavating soundz/music from space, the heavens, the ether and beyond. In 2018, Angel composed a “c

Damon Locks is a Chicago-based visual artist, educator, vocalist/musician. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he received his BFA in fine arts. Since 2014 he has been working with Prisons and Neighborhood Arts Project at Stateville Corre

Ayanna Woods is a composer, performer and producer from Chicago, IL. She earned her BA in music at Yale University. Woods’ work has been performed by Third Coast Percussion, Wet Ink Ensemble, the Chicago Children’s Choir, and members of Fifth House

Ben LaMar Gay is a composer and cornetist who moves components of sound, color, and space through folkloric filters to produce brilliant electro‐acoustic collages. The layering and mingling of various styles feeds and plays with a larger musical nar

Soto has exhibited widely at venues including the Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she was invited to inaugurate the MCA’s n

Alexandria Eregbu is an artist, curator, and dreamer. Her practice draws from history, lived experiences, and her own imagination to deepen her connectivity to the natural world. These mythic narratives often show up as an invitation to her universe

Anna Martine Whitehead does performance. She has been presented by venues including the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art; San José Museum of Art; Velocity Dance Center; Chicago Cultural Center; Links Hall; AUNTS; and Yerba Buena Center for the Art

Jordan Martins is a Chicago based visual artist, curator, and educator. He received his MFA in visual arts from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador, Brazil in 2007, and is a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago an

Josh Rios is faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he teaches courses in visual critical studies and research-based practice. As a media artist, writer, and educator his projects deal with the histories, archives, and futuriti

Sadie received her BA from Columbia College and MFA from The School of the Art Institute. She is a full-time artist and freelances as a curator, soundesigner, deejay and performs under the moniker Afrodjia. Sadie is currently a resident deejay at Lu

Comfort StationFebruary 3, 2020