RESEARCH RESIDENCy ON
CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNIALS

open call (A.i.r.)

3Rd edition. SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2025

The SISTEMÁTICA Y SEDUCTORA III residency is a collective and collaborative instance of debate and reflection to investigate Biennials of Contemporary Art in Latin America.

This program will bring together artists and art workers for 18 or 45 days for horizontal research work, visits to the Biennial and institutions, and meetings to exchange experiences with local agents.

The Residency has a face-to-face modality and ends with a presentation on OpenStudio in São Paulo, Brazil. 

Special application period: until February 28, 2025. The application process for RESIDENCY begins here.

What are biennials and why research them?

The Biennials of Art are mega exhibitions that take place every two years, bringing together curators and artists under different themes to strengthen their internationalization while promoting tourism and the local economy.

From the fifties to the present, Biennials have been held throughout the continent, with different

ideological perspectives, and thematic approaches in relation to the production, circulation, and debate on art.

In our research, we have identified more than 30 of them, and we have focused on the 13 most influential Biennials, which we use as case studies.

These are BienalSur (Argentina), Bienal Deformes (Chile), Biennial of Cuenca (Ecuador), Biennial of Curitiba (Brazil), Biennial of the End of the World (Argentina), Biennial IKA (Argentina), Biennial Coltejer (Colombia), Biennial Iberoamericana de Lima (Peru), Havana Biennial (Cuba), Mercosur Biennial (Brazil), Montevideo Biennial (Uruguay), São Paulo Biennial (Brazil) and SIART Biennial (Bolivia).

From this study, we have identified types of biennials according to each institution’s priorities, negotiations, and local and international interests.

SISTEMÁTICA Y SEDUCTORA III is a Residency program that takes these mega-events as cases to investigate and critically analyze the art system from a Latin American perspective.

At the same time, we will visit the 36th São Paulo Biennial, Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung with her team of co-curators consisting of Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz and Thiago de Paula Souza, as well as co-curator at large Keyna Eleison

The São Paulo Biennial is the oldest and most relevant event for contemporary art in Latin America. Begun in 1951, it is one of the most important biennials internationally (together with the Venice Biennale and Documenta – Kassel).

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESIDENCE.

 

The SISTEMÁTICA Y SEDUCTORA III Residency takes place in two consecutive months (September and October) in periods of 18 days.

Both periods have the +ARQUIVO option, which extends the residency for 1 additional month (in total 45 days) to deepen the contents.

residency

[18 days]

  • SEPTEMBER 3 to 20 September 2025
  • OCTOBER 1 to 18 October 2025
  • NOVEMBER 29 October to 15 November 2025

residency +arquivo

[45 days]

  • AUGUST – SEPTEMBER: August 6 to September 20, 2025
  • SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER: September 3 to October 18, 2025
  • OCTOBER – NOVEMBER: October 1 to November 15, 2025

 

WHO IS THE RESIDENCE FOR?

The Residence is designed in a broad and inclusive way, articulating the previous knowledge of the participants, and the coordination and research team. Therefore we do not require specific prior knowledge.

ART AND CULTURE

Intended for art and culture professionals, such as artists, educators, curators, teachers, gallery owners, collectors, civil servants, art managers, cultural managers, and other cultural agents; from the areas of visual arts, music, theater, cinema, and literature.

 ART AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Oriented to professionals in architecture, psychology, sociology, anthropology, journalism, social communication, social work, economics, philosophy, and other professional areas.

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RESIDENCY EXPERIENCES

EXCHANGE

The Residences are spaces of relationship with other people who work in art and social sciences, for the strengthening of networks of work and trust.

EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE

We want to learn from the face-to-face experience of being close and learning to live together.

JOINT LEARNING

We propose a learning instance where the people involved in the work participate in the processes of the others.

COEXISTENCE

The Residences are moments to share our daily lives with people from other latitudes and with different ways of life.

WHAT ARE WE GOING

TO DO TOGETHER?

  • Presentation of Portfolios of the residents.
  • Contemporary Art Seminar (2 days).
  • Seminar on Biennials of Contemporary Art in Latin America.
  • Work meetings and research tutoring.
  • Visit the 36th São Paulo Biennial.
  • Group visits to organizations, feminist and lgtbqi+ groups in São Paulo (Brazil).
  • Meetings with specialists on the subject.

WHAT INCLUDES?

  • Accommodation in a shared dormitory with breakfast; use of Uberbau_house common spaces: kitchen, laundry, lounge, and living room.
  • Free access to all Uberbau_house activities.
  • Free access to the library and contemporary art archive.
  • Inclusion in online publication and research fanzine.
  • Final participation in OpenStudio 

WHAT DOES NOT INCLUDE?

  • Tickets to and from the place of residence.
  • Lunches and dinners. Group meals will be planned.

Nuno Ramos (Brasil)

Carlos Motta (Colombia)

Ximena Garrido – Lecca (Perú)

Voluspa Jarpa (Chile)

Ebony G. Patterson (Jamaica)

León Ferrari (Argentina)

 

schedule

  • Application Period: February 1-28, 2025.
  • Selection of participants: March 1-7, 2025.
  • Residency Periods:
    • 18 days
      • September 3-20, 2025
      • October 1-18, 2025
      • October 29 November 15, 2025
    • 45 days
      • August 6-September 20, 2025
      • September 3 – October 18, 2025
      • October 1 – November 15, 2025

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PARTICIPATION FEE.

  • RESIDENCE (18 DAYS): The Participation Fee is US$1,100 (one thousand one hundred US dollars) in national currency*
  • RESIDENCE + arquivo (45 DAYS): The Participation Fee is US$2,400 (two thousand four hundred US dollars) in national currency*

 

PAYMENT FACILITIES

  • RESIDENCY (18 DAYS)
    • 10% discount on one payment of US$990.
    • 2 payments of US$550 each.
  • RESIDENCY +arquivo (45 DAYS)
    • 10% discount on one payment of US$2,160.
    • 2 payments of US$1,200 each.

More information on forms and dates of Payment is available in the Informative Fanzine.

*Payments are made in the national currency of the country where you live.

 

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work team

Research accompaniment coordinators
Research and content development team

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OUR EXPERIENCE

COOPERATIVA DE ARTE TOGETHER WITH CURATORÍA FORENSE – LATINOAMÉRICA HAVE DEVELOPED FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS COLLECTIVE PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES, COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, AND PUBLICATIONS THAT WE USE AND ARE ACADEMIC, DEBATE, AND MANAGEMENT REFERENCES THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA.
| 47 COLLECTIVE RESIDENCES | 45 INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES | 412 RESIDENTS | 8 BOOKS | 8 FANZINES | 4 INFORMATIVE MAPS | +500 FREELY AVAILABLE ITEMS | +100 SEMINARS IN CITIES IN 9 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND 6 IN EUROPE |

> Learn more ABOUT OUR RESEARCH    

 

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