Art in Uncertain Times: Finok, São Paulo, Brazil. Report by Sasha Bogojev from the artist Raphael Sagarra for Juxtapoz, from the point of view of people that are usually quite solitary and quarantined from the rest of the world.

 

Rio de Janeiro's Cidade das Artes hosted the music and art “Festival Iminente” curated by Vhils and Underdogs Gallery. Two days to discover Portugal's hottest musical and artistic expressions and how they interact with Brazil's newest artistic creations.

 

O Enterro do Galo (The Burial of the Rooster) is presented as an authorial reflection on the human need for understanding and belonging expressed through manifestations of belief, be they of a spiritual, religious or popular nature. Based on the expressive dimension of their visual representations, Finok explores here a universe of devotional and popular celebration practices of a syncretic quality, while also taking in the connections of origin and proximity between several elements of popular and traditional culture shared by Portugal and Brazil.