CIRCUIT OF DEBATES “The database as the possibility for the accumulative construction of works and ideas”: the use of image and information banks by artists working with content re-meanings. With Akram Zaatari (Lebanon), Anjalika Sagar (India), Giselle Beiguelman (Brazil), and Pablo Romano (Argentina). Chaired by: Eduardo de Jesus. Thursday, 9/8, 2 P.M., in the Auditorium “Situations of ‘risk’ in the protected field of art”: what kind of proposal could institute situations of danger in museums and galleries? With Coco Fusco (USA), Mário Ramiro, Lucas Bambozzi, and Arlindo Machado (Brazil), and Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia). Chaired by: Eduardo de Jesus. Saturday, 9/10, 2 P.M., in the Auditorium “Re-presenting performances: in what way does history repeat itself?” How do you bring a work back to life that is characterized by its ephemerality? With Ana Bernstein, Laura Lima, and Ivo Mesquita (Brazil) and Ingrid Mwangi (Kenya/Germany). Chaired by: André Brasil. Thursday, 9/15, 2 P.M., in the Auditorium “Art and politics: the relationship between artists and social practices”: Does art relinquish aesthetics so that politics can be aestheticized? With Marcello Mercado (Argentina), Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh), Daniel Lima and Ricardo Rosas (Brazil). Chaired by: André Brasil. Saturday, 9/17, 2 P.M., in the Auditorium “Media Centres as forums for the production, exhibition, and preservation of artistic work and proposals”: What should be on the activity programmes of the continent’s centers? With Jorge La Ferla and Marina de Caro (Argentina), Karla Jasso (Mexico), Ligia Nobre (Brazil). Chaired by: Christine Mello. Thursday, 9/22, 2 P.M., in the Auditorium “Where does performatic experience belong in the art circuit?” The first performance festival in Brazil was held in 1984; the first acquisition of a performance by a museum occurred in 2001. Today, galleries hold performance cycles. What has changed? With Priamo Lozada (Mexico), Eduardo Brandão, Eder Santos, Lucio Agra and Marcos Hill (Brazil). Chaired by: Christine Mello. Saturday, 9/24, 2 P.M., in the Auditorium