The installation Palavras Cruzadas (Crossword or intertwined speeches, in Portuguese) creates a listening space for 12 voices representing Brazilian minority struggles in resistance to centuries of colonial violence. More than a mapping or an overview of the struggles, the video installation produces a circle of subjectivities that dissent from the hegemonic chorus. It is not a question, however, of accounting for the expression of the voices of minorities, which are infinitely plural. Its a question of establishing a diagram of the power of the voices that are sometimes silenced, sometimes separated, affirming them in their singular protagonisms.
The diagram includes the Indigenous Movements, with David Karai; Quilombola, with TC Silva; Homeless, with Carmen Silva; the Mães de Maio (Mothers of May), with Débora Silva; people in prison, with Dexter; the Prostitutes’ Movement, with Lourdes Barreto; the Trans Movement, with Amara Moira; Deaf Culture, with Edinho Santos; the Secondary School Movement, with Marcela Jesus; Black Feminism, with Juliana Borges; the LGBT Movement, with Jéssica Tauane; and Immigrants, with Shambuyi Wetu.
The project was developed by the artists Daniel Lima, Élida Lima and Felipe Teixeira, in partnership with LabArteMídia – Laboratório de Arte, Mídia e Tecnologias Digitais.