Aesthetic-Political Reflections
Encounter 1: Subjectivations and Corporeities PWD
With Aline Rodrigues, Ana Claudia Monteiro, Juliana Caldas, Pedro Fernandes and Sara Wagner York
Mediation Felipe Ribeiro
In this encounter, mediated by Felipe Ribeiro, the creative practices and the critical thoughts of Aline Rodrigues, Ana Claudia Monteiro, Sara Wagner York and the actors of My body is here, Juliana Caldas and Pedro Fernandes, amplify the panel about bodies, crossings and desires of people who call themselves PWD, questioning what the social system categorises “normal” and as norm, whether in life or in art.
WHEN AND WHERE
March 8, Friday, from 10am to 12am
Mário de Andrade Library / Auditorium
R. da Consolação, 94 – República, São Paulo – SP.
Free
Tickets will be available 1h before the event starts. Entrance subject to capacity.
About
Aline Rodrigues is a black, autistic, ADHD and demisexual person. Graduated in Psychology at Universidade Federal Fluminense, she is a specialist in teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian Studies and Histories at Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Ana Claudia Monteiro is a professor of psychology at Universidade Federal Fluminense with research focused on intersectional studies and on the neurodiversity movement.
Juliana Caldas is a woman with dwarfism who has been working as an actress for 15 years. In theatre, she participated in more than ten productions, such as VIK O Micro Espetáculo, by Maicon Clenk, and Brian or Brenda?, by Franz Keppler. On TV, one of her main works was the soap opera O Outro Lado do Paraíso, by Walcyr Carrasco, on Rede Globo.
Pedro Fernandes is an actor, director, presenter, reporter and lecturer. He has cerebral palsy with preserved cognition and is a wheelchair user. Graduated in dramatic arts from Instituto Técnico Brasileiro and in social service from Unopar, he is part of the permanent cast of Doutores da Alegria.
Sara Wagner York is a professor at CLAS in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is also the host of the journalistic Programa de Travesti, on TV Brasil247, PhD student in Education (UERJ), Master in Education (GENI/ProPEd/UERJ) and specialist in gender and sexuality (CLAM/IMS/UERJ).
Felipe Ribeiro is an image artist, independent curator and professor. PhD in Arts from PPGARTES (UERJ) and Master in Cinema Studies from TISCH (NYU). He is the director and programmer of Atos de Fala Platform, professor of the Department of Body Art at UFRJ and coordinator and professor of the Master’s Degree in Dance at PPGDAN (UFRJ).
