João Simões

João Simões (Rio de Janeiro, 1979) is a curator, artist, researcher and educator. He founded, with Cláudio Bueno, the Explode! Platform, which researches and experiences notions of gender, race and class, based on cultural and artistic practices perceived as peripheral, also crossing the fields of pedagogy, urbanism and social justice. He is also a member of the study group Extremidades: audiovisual networks, film, performance and contemporary art, coordinated by Christine Mello at PUC-SP. He has participated in curatorships, public speeches and performances in several cultural institutions.

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Queer City (18/20)

Feeling the Vibration of the Periphery

A conversation with Alyssa Alpine, Maria Bauman, Cláudio Bueno, Pato Hebert, João Simões, and Kendra Sullivan, Hosted by Jaime Shearn Coan

Space and time, rhythms and vibrations: creating space for bodies to be together, particularly LGBTQI people of colour.

Friendship as Activism (Amizade como ativismo)

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Queer City (17/20)

Friendship as Activism (Amizade como ativismo)

A conversation with Ajamu, Cláudio Bueno, Félix Pimenta, Flip Couto, and João Simões

Queer Black artists from London, Toronto, and São Paulo talk about their community-based artistic practices.