“In Brazil, rhythm is more than music; it is a way of inhabiting the world. It vibrates through carnival drums and urban graffiti, it resonates in the cadence of protests, in the quietude of religious rituals, and in the architecture of cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Rhythm is at once tangible and symbolic—a language of resistance, identity, and joy.” – Tereza de Arruda 

Works by Heitor dos Prazeres and Joseca Yanomami are featured in Rhythm & Soul – Brazilian Contemporary Art, an exhibition on view at 68projects by KORNFELD, in Berlin, Germany. Curated by Tereza de Arruda, the exhibition invites an understanding of “rhythm not merely as an aesthetic pleasure, but as a radical force that shapes bodies, cities, histories, and futures”, as she writes in her curatorial text. 

From Heitor’s scenes depicting gestures such as taking clothes from the line or the comings and goings of street markets, to visual narratives of the Yanomami universe, the constellation articulated by Tereza de Arruda’s curatorship highlights the way the Rio de Janeiro artist “translates the urban rhythm of samba into colour and movement”, while Joseca communicates the “cosmological depth and everyday experiences of his people.”