Héctor Zamora and Pedro Reyes will participate in the 13th Mercosul Biennial
The 13th Mercosul Biennial will take place from September 15th to November 20th in Porto Alegre (Brasil). 

Héctor Zamora and Pedro Reyes have been selected to participate in the 13th edition of Mercosul Biennial.

Made from chromatic compositions based on color theories, this new work by Héctor Zamora arises as a direct response to the characteristics of the buildings that delimit the Travessa Rua dos Cataventos, a street in the historic center of Porto Alegre: in addition to the spatial singularity created by the unevenness between the two facades, the balconies create an effect of approximation between the two sides of the street, evoking the clotheslines that can be found in the streets and pedestrian paths of many cities of the world, particularly in popular neighborhoods. This type of clothesline breaks the idea of ​​privacy by unintentionally but consciously displaying the clothes of the inhabitants.

The work seeks to create a unique experience of walking down this iconic street, transformed by colors and their dance with the wind. The artist creates a moment of colorful joy to offer the viewer a sensorial experience through a play of wind, light and color.

Pedro Reyes participates for the second time in the Mercosul Biennial with a new work entitled "Hypnopedia" (2022).

Made from gourds, reed, LED lights and electronic parts, this immersive sound installation reproduces audios that were collected in the city of Porto Alegre. They are narrations of dreams reproduced through a device called Cabeza-Cabaza, which is connected to a reed structure that responds with light stimuli to the voices of this soundscape.

The "Hypnopedia" is conceived as an encyclopedia of dreams that disobeys nonetheless the logical nature of archive, through a design that behaves in a similar way to the capricious forms of dream activity.

Pedro Reyes, "Hypnopedia", 2022. Guajes, caña, luces LED, instalación de sonido de cuatro canales y partes electrónicas.

Pedro Reyes, "Hypnopedia", 2022. Gourds, reed, LED lights, four channel sound installation and electronic parts.

Pedro Reyes, "Hypnopedia", 2022. Guajes, caña, luces LED, instalación de sonido de cuatro canales y partes electrónicas.

Pedro Reyes, "Hypnopedia", 2022. Gourds, reed, LED lights, four channel sound installation and electronic parts.