Estado(s) de Emergência

Estado(s) de Emergência (State(s) of Emergency) was an art exhibition by the Paço das Artes cultural center in downtown São Paulo, curated by Priscila Arantes and Diego Matos. The works in the exhibition reflected upon the military dictatorship period and its reminiscences in modern-day Brazil. The design took inspiration from redacted documents and political graffiti: the friction between institutional censorship and public manifestation. For the promotional material and catalog cover, the title of the exhibition and artists’ names were struck through, circled around, being barely legible. Black and yellow were chosen as a sign of “warning.”