POETIC CROSSWAYSWith Dori Nigro

Portrait of Dori Nigro by Fabio Piccione

Departing from Dele Adeyemo’s exhibition, and after a guided tour, artist and educator Dori Nigro leads us through “Poetic Crossways”. This theoretical and practical workshop asks us to critically reflect on colonialism and coloniality, focusing on the slave plantation as one of the key themes problematized in Adeyemos’s work. Borrowing from the idea of the rhizome and yoruba cosmogony, we will reflect on de-colonial art practices as pedagogical ways of resistance, making roots grow in infertile ground. From the concrete present, we will look into the past to question possible futures, weaving relationships with contemporary creations that inscribe new narratives.

Dori Nigro is a performer and educator. Born in Pernambuco, Brazil, he became involved in the arts through community amateur theater, and accessed his studies through racial quota policies. He is currently doing research for his PhD in contemporary art at the University of Coimbra. He holds a master’s degree in contemporary art practices, a specialization in art education, a bachelor's degree in social communication, and a degree in pedagogy. He is member of Tuia de Artifícios collective and of União Negra das Artes (UNA).