Art & Exhibitions

Reclaiming Amazônia (London)

04 Aug 2022

 / 7:00pm to 11:00pm
 / £8.00
Spitalfields
68-80 Hanbury Street
London
E1 5JL
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The devastation of the Amazon Rainforest is happening in front of our eyes. Greed is depleting forests, contaminating rivers, killing biodiversity and erasing entire communities.

Support the indigenous resistance of Brazil with a festival of art, music and discussion spanning three countries in partnership with community radio station dublab Brazil 

Blood Sap: A Manifesto of Love and Fight by Amazon Communities (7-11pm)

In Libreria Bookshop immerse yourself in the beauty of the forest and plight of it peoples in this powerful audio-visual artwork created by Brazilian artists Maihara Marjorie, Thiago Duar and Watatakalu Yawalapiti.

Indigenise the Politics: A tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereria (7pm)

This programme is inspired by, and dedicated to, the work of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereria. These activists were murdered in the Amazon for investigating the undeclared war on indigenous communities.

Guardian Journalist and Foreign Correspondent Andrew Downie, campaigner at Survival International Sarah Shenker and Brazilian journalist and coordinator of activist group Brazil Matters Ali Rocha discuss why – in their honour – we must indigenise the politics that govern Amazônia and prevent the world’s most important ecosystem from being ransacked.

Trees of Music brings together indigenous musicians and London orchestras to save the forests of Brazil. To open the evening, Violinist Kath Roberts and pianist Ben Comeau will be performing Nora Sai Monote – Noke Koi Fire Song

Mestre Poa, leader of the Noke Koi Indigenous nation, sings a traditional song of the history and resilience of his people in the Amazon. This collaboration also highlights the plight of the Atlantic Forest and its native pernambuco tree, which has been used for centuries to make violin bows.

Carnival do Brazil (8-11pm)

Come and dance in resistance with DJ sets from Gerah of dublab Brazil, Jake and Jackson Worm (Worm Disco Club) and a high-energy live Maracatu performance from Afon Sistema that will transport you to Brazil.

Tickets are £8 and all money raised will be donated to Acampamento Terra Livre – the largest mobilisation of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil fighting for the land, for life, for natural resources and for the sovereignty of the Brazilian people!

 

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