The Hãhãwpuá Pavillion, representing Brazil in the Biennale Arte 2024 in Venice, Italy, is now open. Curated by Gustavo Caboco, Arissana Pataxó and Denilson Baniwa, the pavillion hosts the exhibition Ka’a Pûera: we are walking birds, featuring works by Glicéria Tupinambá, Olinda Tupinambá and Ziel Karapotó.

“The Hãhãwpuá Pavilion tells a story of Indigenous resistance in Brazil, of adaptations in the face of climate emergencies and of the body present in the retaking of the land” the curators write. “It is important to recognize Brazil as Indigenous land and that the more than three hundred nations that live in this land continue their struggles today in defense of their memories and traditional knowledge. This resistance of Indigenous peoples as humans-birds-memory-nature is for us to remember those who are on the margins, dispossessed, invisibilized, imprisoned, and whose rights have been violated, because even in apparently infertile soil, there is always the possibility of resurgence and resistance.”