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Fernando Ribeiro (1979 - )

Performance artist, lives and works in Curitiba, south of Brazil. Graduated in Visual Arts at Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (2002) and post graduated in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (2010). His theoretical and practical works about performance are founded in the matter of the action itself.

He began his studies about performance in 1999, having presented his first work in 2001, in Curitiba. During the last decade, he was among the artists that contributed to the propagation, reflection and debate about performance art in his city. Besides performing several of his works during this period, he also promoted the performance art genre by making lectures about its history, as well as workshops.

His practical work is based in exploring the action as an artistic potency and power. By raising issues such as “What can I do?” and “How can I do it?”, Ribeiro develops works that arise from his person and explore the action in two ways:
1. Exploring the teleological structure of action, the ends we intend to achieve with our actions;
2. Exploring action as interaction, on how our actions arise from us and are directed to the other.

This way, the artist assumes the role of agent, with its due responsibilities and consequences, aware that his actions have the power of public signification and intelligibility, being open to the most diverse range of interpretation.

In the theoretical field, he aims at investigating performance art through the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur. Focused in Ricoeur's works that involve hermeneutics, philosophy of language and philosophy of action, Ribeiro's studies arise from the action considered as conceptual plurality. The action, consequently, emerges to Ribeiro as the link of a web that involves not only the action itself, but also the body, the reasons, intentions, movements etc.

Ribeiro has already performed his works in several Brazilian cities, such as Curitiba, Florianópolis, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and São Paulo. He took part in the first international performance art festival in the country, MIP – Manifestação Internacional de Performance (International Performance Manifestation), Belo Horizonte, 2003. He was also present in the exhibit Corpo na Cidade (Body in the City): Performance em Curitiba, curated by historian Paulo Reis and that went over the whole history of performance art in the city since the 70's. Other international events in which he took part are Trampolim Festival in Vitória (2011) and Performa Paço (2011) in São Paulo. In April 2012 travelled to USA and presented his work in Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago; Mobius, Boston and Grace Exhibition Space, New York. Today organize and curate the performance art monthly night p.ARTE in Curitiba.
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http://www.fernandoribeiro.art.br/

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At 5:04pm on April 2, 2012, Andressa Furletti said…

Oi Fernando! Tudo bem? Sou atriz e estou aos poucos molhando meus pés no mundo da performance. Atualmente moro em NY e li na sua página que você está vindo pra cá em breve. Eu queria bater um papo com vc, talvez pegar algumas dicas, pode ser? Depois dá uma olhada na minha página pra ver o que eu ando fazendo. Bjs

At 3:45pm on August 5, 2011, Francesca Leoni said…

Oi Fernando! Adorei o seu perfio!

Tudo bem com voce?

Voce trabalha no Brasil? como e o ambiente performativo por ai? 

Obrigada pelo contato

Bjs

At 2:50pm on June 7, 2011, Nathália Mello said…
Fernando, que projeto você apresentará em SP na Sexta?
Nat
At 12:46pm on March 15, 2011, Martine Viale said…

I am glad to hear that you are doing well...

Yes thank you very much, I did download one video, I will do the other one soon.

Take care

Martinexxx

At 2:19pm on March 14, 2011, Martine Viale said…

How are you dear Fernando? Thank you for your message ;-)

Big hugs from Montreal

Martinexxx

At 6:48pm on February 21, 2011, Ieke Trinks said…

Hey Fernando, we share many links. good to find you here.

I just found out this network today.

At 12:03pm on December 17, 2010, Nathalie Mba Bikoro said…

hi Fernando!
good to see you here too. keep up all the good work! would be great to meet in future.

all the best,

nathalie.

At 11:00am on December 10, 2010, Cristiane Bouger said…

ei! estou em curitiba! vamos nos encontrar!

 

At 4:21pm on November 16, 2010, Ilka Theurich said…
Hei Fernando,
nice to meet you in this network.

Best wishes from Helsinki
Ilka
At 3:40pm on November 3, 2010, Caden Manson (Network Curator) said…
Welcome to the network!

Fernando Ribeiro's Blog

Brazilian artist presents his performances in American galleries

Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:26pm 0 Comments

Brazilian artist presents his performances in American galleries

Fernando Ribeiro from Curitiba, South Brazil, will be in New York, Boston and Chicago thanks to the sponsorship of his city administration



by Annalice Del Vecchio

 

A performance artist from Curitiba, South Brazil, Fernando Ribeiro will present for the first time some of his works to the American public in three spaces of experimental art:…

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Fernando Ribeiro's US Performance Art Tour – Schedule

Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:30am 0 Comments

Until now, this is my schedule for US tour:



 

April 1st to 11th

Chicago

DEFIBRILLATOR PERFORMANCE ART GALLERY

http://www.dfbrl8r.com/DEFIBRILLATOR/ABOUT.html

In Chicago I will have a intense schedule. I will show my performance Effort in…

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Action painting, happening and performance art: from the action as significant factor to the action as work in the visual arts

Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:39am 0 Comments

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The action was inserted as a significant element in visual arts by action painting, expressed through the work of artists such as Jackson Pollock and also by the theoretical work of Harold Rosenberg. Through Paul Ricoeur’s philosophy of action, with its main focus on conceptual framework of action, a precise analysis of the comprehension of action allows us to make a specific study about the action itself in visual arts. Following this line of thought, there…

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Next year: New York and Chicago.

Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:30am 0 Comments

Dear friends, I would like to share with you a great new! At the invitation of Grace Exhibition Space, performance art gallery in New York, next year I will go to the United States to present my work, give workshops, see about the performance scene there. In addition to Grace, I received an invitation to present my work in DfbrL8r, performance art… Continue

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Aug 8, 2012
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Performance Effort @ Grace Exhibition Space (New York) • April 20th, 2012 [10" version]

Register of Fernando Ribeiro's performance Effort at the Grace Exhibition Space, New York. In this video you can see the register and the artist view inside the helmet. Full register: https://vimeo.com/42331317
Aug 1, 2012
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Jul 6, 2012
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Jul 5, 2012
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Performance Effort at the Defibrillator / Chicago • April 6th, 2012 (Full Edition)

Performance presented at Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago. April 6th, 2012. The vision from Helmet: https://vimeo.com/40427370
May 21, 2012
Fernando Ribeiro posted a video

Performance Effort at Defibrillator / Chicago • April 5th, 2012 (Full Edition)

Performance presented at Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago. April 5th, 2012. The vision from Helmet: https://vimeo.com/39990442
Apr 20, 2012
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Fernando Ribeiro @ Mobius at Mobius

April 17, 2012 from 8pm to 10pm
Mobius welcomes performance artist Fernando Ribeiro from Brazil, in the midst of a US tour that includes performances in Chicago at Defibrillator, in Cambridge here at Mobius, and in New York at Grace Exhibition Space. Born in 1979, he is an artist who lives and works in Curitiba, in the south of Brazil. He graduated in Visual Arts at Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (2002) and did post-graduate study in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at Universidade Federal do Paraná (2010).More infos: …See More
Apr 11, 2012
Fernando Ribeiro and Gabrijel Savic Ra are now friends
Apr 11, 2012
Fernando Ribeiro posted photos
Apr 6, 2012
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"Yesterday at Defibrillator / Chicago was great! Tonight I will do Effort performance again!"
Apr 6, 2012
Fernando Ribeiro left a comment for Andressa Furletti
"Olá Andressa, tudo bem? Por aqui tudo bem... muito obrigado por me adicionar! E sim, estarei em Nova York sim... Agora estou em Chicago, apresento meu trabalho aqui na Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery.... depois vou para Boston e…"
Apr 4, 2012
Fernando Ribeiro and Andressa Furletti are now friends
Apr 4, 2012
Fernando Ribeiro posted a video

First Video

First video document of Fernando Ribeiro in his US performance art tour
Apr 3, 2012
Andressa Furletti left a comment for Fernando Ribeiro
"Oi Fernando! Tudo bem? Sou atriz e estou aos poucos molhando meus pés no mundo da performance. Atualmente moro em NY e li na sua página que você está vindo pra cá em breve. Eu queria bater um papo com vc, talvez…"
Apr 2, 2012
 
 
 

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