PROVISÕES – uma conferência visual [World of Matter]

Water. Coltan. Carbon. Oil. Air. Lithium. Fish. Rice. Land. Gold. These raw materials, extensively extracted and harvested today, are of central concern to World of Matter, an international research project, which was launched as a multi-media web-platform in fall 2013. World of Matter is a collaborative endeavor that brings together artists, architects, and photojournalists who have worked extensively on resources, globalization, and spatial politics, with theorists from the fields of geography, art history and cultural theory.

The book Provicões (Portuguese/English) compiles texts and visual materials produced by the group and several Brazilian guest speakers for its inaugural public symposium in April 2012. Rather than a polished or conclusive document, Provicões functions as a workbook, conveying the project’s evolution toward the launch of its comprehensive, multi-media web platform, as well as its first mise-en-scène in the exhibition space at HMKV Dortmund.