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Meeting Zone

What do we, artists, producers, technicians, educators, politicians, indigenous people, quilombolas, mothers and LGBTQIA+ from the female universe produce as knowledge in the field of art? How do we transform our knowledge into memory? How do our practices connect? How can we align ourselves in our differences and crossings? How can we strengthen ourselves and create networks?
From these concerns, the ZONA DE ENCONTRO PROJECT emerges, a space for meetings and research that makes it possible to carry out creative processes for the production of knowledge and memory.

Under the artistic direction of Idylla Silmarovi, it comes with the proposal to facilitate meetings led by all those who recognize themselves as women, to exchange and record artistic experiences, crossing the creative processes in the arts with the interfaces of ethnic, racist, sexist, historical invisibilization. misogynistic and LBTQIA+phobic that we live due to the fact that we are in the feminine and arts universe, in this society.
Based on conversations and practices that permeate representations, memories, the notorious knowledge and feminine, feminist and transfeminist re-existences, an open and democratic space for ethical and aesthetic debate about the arts is established.

We have already carried out three editions of the project, including: 

#1 Textures

The first edition took place in 2019, at the Youth Reference Center - CRJ, with 7 face-to-face meetings held over the course of a week.


Zora Santos - Opening Performance: Fence Food
Elisa Santana - Memory and Theater
KarúTorres - Ginga, Black woman and production
Brisa Alkimin - Mirrors and Representations
Eneida Baraúna - Teaching Theater – poetic crossroads
Nina Caetano - Po-ethics of re-existence
Xoeni Maxakani (Suely Maxakali) - Ũn Ka’ok – Strong women

 

The result of the meetings is the Magazine ZONA DE ENCONTRO #1 TEXTURAS, collectively authored, organized by Idylla  Silmarovi, with graphic design and layout by Erre Erre, illustrations by Babi Macedo, published by Editora Impressões de Minas, with a print run of 500 copies for free distribution, digital version available on ISSUU and audio-book version published on YouTube. 

Process video:
Áudiobook:

#2 Spellings

The second edition, held in 2020/2021, took place online in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 8 meetings held on the Google Meets platform.
 

Marta Neves –Anything close and possible
Flaviane Lopes – Spellings of a cosmic movement
Mohamed Azambuja – Cabinet of prophecies
Kawany Tamoyos – Urban textures
Bárbara Macedo – I speak Brazilian
Juhlia Santos – Disobedient insurgencies
Ing Lee – Places of Affection
Jé Hãmãgãy – Agraphy of graphics

 

The result of the meetings is the ZONA DE ENCONTRO #2 GRAFIAS Magazine, collectively authored, organized by Idylla  Silmarovi and Paula Kimo, with graphic design and layout by Erre Erre, published by Editora Impressões de Minas, with a circulation of 500 copies for free distribution, digital version available on ISSUU and audio-book version published on YouTube. 

Audiobook:

#3 Presence

The third edition took place in 2022, at Gruta! BH, with two face-to-face meetings held over the course of a weekend. This was the first edition in which, instead of inviting individual artists, we invited theater, performance and activism collectives, to focus our weekend on carrying out performative actions based on the word PRESENCE. In addition, we held two conversation circles with the groups mediated by Vina Amorim and opened a call for interested people to publish in the magazine.


TransLiterary Academy - Breaking the Curse Since Your Birth
Pretas T - Scenic experiment Cartas para Além
Queerlombos Platform - Showme is Here!

Toda Deseo - Counselor

Minas Gerais Indigenous Committee - Manicoré

People who published following the call: Barbara Macedo, Carmen Marçal, Gabi Cardoso, Mallu Caetano and Noah Mancini

The result of the meetings is the ZONA DE ENCONTRO #3 PRESENÇA Magazine, collectively authored, organized by Idylla Silmarovi and Fredda Amorim, with graphic design and layout by Erre Erre, published by Editora Impressões de Minas, with a circulation of 300 copies for free distribution , digital version available on ISSUU and audio-book version published on YouTube.

​Process video:
Áudiobook:
Team:

#1 Textures

Creation: Idylla Silmarovi and Paula Kimo

Organization and artistic direction: Idylla Silmarovi

Production and Project Management Director: Paula Kimo

Executive Production: Ana Cecília

Communication Advisory: Giovanna Heliodoro and Juhlia Santos

Graphic Design and Photography: Barbara Macedo

Video production and editing: Mirela Persischini

Audio recording and editing: Debris Oliveira

Meeting authors and mediators:

Brisa Alckimin, Elisa Santana, Eneida Baraúna, Karú Torres, Ninca Caetano, Xoeni Maxakani and Zora Santos

Guest texts: Avelin Buniacá Kambiwá and Juhlia Santos

Transcription: Idylla Silmarovi

Graphic design and layout of the magazine: Erre Erre

Illustrations: Bárbara Macedo

Review and editing: JoMaKa

Publisher: Impressões de Minas

Project carried out by the Municipal Culture Incentive Law 0820/2017

#2 Spellings

Conception, artistic direction, organization and executive production: Idylla Silmarovi

Conception, organization and executive production: Paula Kimo

Graphic design, art direction and layout of the magazine: Erre Erre

Magazine Review: JoMaKa

Cataloging: Malu Almeida

Audiobook production: Debris Oliveira

Audiobook voiceover actress: Vina Amorim

Workshop(s) Author(s): Barbara Macedo, Flaviane Lopes, Ing Lee, Jé Hãmãgãy, Juhlia Santos, Kawany Tamoyos, Marta Neves, Mohamed Azambuja

Author(s) and meeting participants: Amanda Conti, Ana Honório, Anali G., Anita Kawasaki, Ariane Maria, Bruna Emanuele, Carolina Santana, Daphne Cunha, Eli Nunes, Fabi Cândido, Ina Gouveia, Lucas Fabrício, Luciana Merino, Luezley Sol, Maíra Paiva, Marcos Sá, Marina Viana, Mitsy Queiroz, Pimenta, Rute Maria

Publisher: Impressões de Minas

Project carried out by the Municipal Culture Incentive Law 1406/2018

#3 Presence

Creation: Idylla Silmarovi and Paula Kimo

Artistic direction: Idylla Silmarovi

Production Director: Fredda Amorim

Project Management: Fabiana Brasil

Social networks and communication consultancy: Thamira Bastos

Graphic Design and Layout of the Magazine: Erre Erre

Magazine edition: Fredda Amorim and Idylla Silmarovi

Guest groups and authors: Academia TransLIterária, Minas Gerais indigenous committee, Plataforma Queerlombos, Pretas T and Toda Deseo

Guest authors via invitation: Bárbara Macedo, Carmen Marçal, Gabi Cardoso, Mallu Caetano and Noah Mancini

JoMaKa Review

Technical manager: Maria Arthuzzi

Photography and video documentary: Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá

Space: Cave! BH

Fundraising: Incentive Portal

Publisher: Impressões de Minas

Sponsorship: BDMG Cultural

Project carried out with resources from the Belo Horizonte Municipal Culture Incentive Law 0198/2020

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