Sala de vídeo: Glicéria Tupinambá e Alexandre Mortagua

MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand presents, from October 20 through December 3, 2023, on the 2nd underground floor of the museum, Video Room: Glicéria Tupinambá and Alexandre Mortagua, with the premiere of the feature film Quando o Manto fala e o que o Manto diz [When the Cloak Speaks and What the Cloak Says] (2023). Curated by Renata Tupinambá, curator-at-large of indigenous art at MASP, the film shows the process by which Glicéria makes the Tupinambá feather cloak, demonstrating the power of this ancestral technology in contemporary times and reinforcing the female perspective and the leading role of indigenous women. The documentary was produced by FILMES D'O BAILE. When the Cloak Speaks and What the Cloak Says is centered on the Tupinambá cloak created by Glicéria. The film, accompanied by the artist's reflections, records different stages in the construction of the piece, such as the making of the net that serves as the structure and the application of native bird feathers. The garment, used in rituals, is a symbol of the memory and resistance of the indigenous Tupinambá people. Today, eleven remaining cloaks produced during Brazil's colonial period are known to exist. All of them are in Europe, in museums in Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy. In June 2023, the National Museum of Denmark announced the return of a Tupinambá feather cloak, which will become part of the collection of the Museu Nacional - UFRJ, in Rio de Janeiro.