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Mado Reznik Remembers 30000

How do contemporary artists remember dictatorship beyond Brazil? Argentinian Madó Reznik recounts the violence of her country's last civil-military dictatorship in a series of installations centered on the 30,000 dead and disappeared.

The danger of banalizing past state violence and forgetting its tangible, visceral realness is one that exists throughout the Southern Cone of Latin America. In an effort to revive the memory of Brazil’s military dictatorship, it is useful to look to neighboring countries and share experiences and methods for communicating collective trauma.

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On Display: Continuities in Conflicts at the Moreira Salles Institute

What are the underlying tensions in Brazil that formed the basis for the 1964 military coup? The exhibition “Conflicts” at the Moreira Salles Institute in São Paulo explores this question – through photography.

The exhibition “Conflicts” at the Moreira Salles Institute in São Paulo explores historical continuities in Brazil’s armed conflicts – through photography.

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