COVIDE019.art
Public Art Commissions
21 March - 21 July 2020
Online
Press
- Prêmio Pipa "'Second Wave': A selection of video works about the time we are living in"
- O GLOBO by Nelson Gobbi "Artistas e museus já começam a retratar a vida em tempos de pandemia e isolamento"
- SP-ARTE 365 by Felipe Molitor "Alternative paths online for art"
- Medium.com by Will Jennings "A growing list of Art for Isolation"
Downloads
Three contributing curators. A COVID-19 contaminated reading of 118 contemporary art videos. 118 hashtags. One video per day. Less than 19 minutes each. Artists from more than 20 countries. Emerging and established. Focus on the Global South. Nine international guests.
Curators
Amanda Abi Khalil – Art curator, founder, and director of TAP (Temporary Art Platform), based between Beirut and many other places, including Rio de Janeiro. Her exhibition “A Casa é Sua”, planned to open in mid-April 2020 in Brazil, was postponed until further notice due to COVID-19.
Bianca Bernardo – Independent curator, teaching artist, and mother. Taking a break from overcooking during the COVID-19 quarantine.
Cherine Karam – Previous gallerist. Thought she was going on a backpacking trip in South America, but COVID-19 decided otherwise.