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Uberbau_house is a research center and a residency program of contemporary art research. It works mainly as a meeting space for people dedicated to debate, research, production, documentation and reflection on contemporary art in Latin America, who develop activities for annual work programs. Inaugurated in 2016 in São Paulo (Brazil), this space is related with the nomadic work of 10 years of the team of Curatoría Forense – latinoamerica. From his experience in relation to autonomous management in countries of Central and South America, Uberbau_house will articulate a set of pedagogical activities, exchange of experiences, research projects, an archive of collective art initiatives throughout Latin America and a specialized library of contemporary art called Reserva Ideológica.

Cooperativa de Arte.

+info: contacto@uberbau-house.org

The space

Uberbau_house start in 2016 in a house ubicated in Pinheiros neighborhood, São Paulo (Brasil). Since August 2018 the space was moved to an apartment in emblematic Copan Building (designed by Niemeyer) in the city center of São Paulo.

The space has a capacity for 6 residents in shared rooms, a conferences and talks living room for 15 to 20 people,  independent kitchen and dinner room, and laundry zone.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Since 2019, the Uberbau_house research centre for contemporary art and residencies has been producing biannual publications with the work reports of the research programme residents. The space can accommodate 6 residents in shared rooms, a conference and lecture room for 15 to 20 people, kitchen, dining room and laundry area.

 

REPORT #1 (download FREE)

  «La administración de la naturaleza en espacios urbanos como herramienta de diagnóstico», de Luis Enrique Zela-Koort (Lima, Perú). Research developed during the Contemporary Research Art Residency  Uberbau_house +arquivo, June 2019, São Paulo, Brazil.  PDF, 60 páginas. 3.4mb.

 

PUBLICATIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER INITIATIVES

BOOKS edited and published by members of our team

  • INCERTEZA/ÇA E INTERPELACIÓN. 2022
  • MANUAL DE ACCIÓN. 2020
  • COMUNITARIA, experiencias de arte y comunidad,2017.
  • RESIDENCIAS DE ARTE SOCIAL SUMMER CAMP. 2015
  • DIRECTORIO DE GESTIONES AUTÓNOMAS.
  • EGA. ENCUENTRO DE GESTIONES AUTÓNOMAS

 

CONVERSATION CYCLES

EXHIBITIONS

  • ESPACIO DE FALA, [arte contemporânea, gênero e sexualidade]. September and October 2019. São Paulo, Brasil
  • AFECTO SOCIETAL II. Local Scenes of Contemporary Art. May 2019. Guanajuato // México]
  • ACCIÓN/TRANSACCIÓN. Contemporary art market and economy. May 2018 (revisada abril 2019). [BsAs // ARG + SP // BRA]
  • RIZOMA. Cartografía de dinámicas vinculares. January 2019. [São Paulo // Brazil]
  • MODELOS DE RESIDENCIA II. Research about conteporary Art Residencies in Latin America. February 2018. [Villa Alegre // Chile].
  • AFECTO SOCIETAL. Local Scenes of Contemporary Arte. April 2018. [Guanajuato // México].
  • MANUAL DEL FRACASO PARA EL ÉXITO EN ARTE. January 2018. [São Paulo // Brazil].
  • SISTEMÁTICA Y SEDUCTORA.  Research about Art Biennals in Latin America. September and October 2018. [São Paulo // Brazil]

PAST COURSES

PARTNERSHIPS 

Work at Uberbau_House

A latin american work team of art workers!

Jorge Sepúlveda T. (Chile/Brasil) – coordinator and researcher

 

Independent curator and art critic. Has done and asesorated more than 25 solo and colective exhibitions of south american artist. In 2005 creates the work team Curatoría Forense – Latinoamérica and is a fundator and coordinator of VADB – arte contemporânea latinoamericana, Editorial Curatoría ForenseRed de Gestiones Autónomas de Arte Contemporáneo – Latinoamérica, Trabajadores de Arte Contemporáneo, Cooperativa de Arte, Biblioteca Popular Julio Tapia (Chile), Uberbau_house (Brazil) y Reserva Ideológica (Brazil).

Has asesorated, giving conferences and seminaries about contemporary visual art, art circuits, public cultural funds, artistic imaginary and social imaginary and autonomus contemporary art initiatives in diverse institutions and spaces in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, France, Italy, México, Peru, Uruguay y Venezuela. His analysi´s text have been publicated in diverse media, between are destacated Documenta 12 Magazine, SalonKritik, Artenlinea, ArteyCrítica, Revista Plus and Alzaprima.


Guillermina Bustos (Argentina/Brasil) – coordinator and researcher

Artist and researcher. Pansexual and não monogamous. M.A. in Arts, with mention in Visual Arts, by University of Chile. Has obtein grants and prize for art research.

She has done more than 40 exhibitions in many countries as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and México, individually and collective.

Since 2015 works with the research contemporary art work team Curatoría Forense – Latinoamérica, in the coordination of residencies and production of seminarys in relation to Cooperativa de Arte in Argentina, Brasil, Chile, México y Perú. Is coordinator of VADB – arte contemporânea latinoamericana, Editorial Curatoría Forense, la Red de Gestiones Autónomas, Trabajadores de Arte, Uberbau_house (Brazil) and Reserva Ideológica (Brazil).

>> más información en la comunidad VADB


Federico de la Puente (Argentina) – coordinadtor and curator

He has a degree in Curation and History of the Arts from the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino. In 2017, he participated in the PAC-Curadores (Gachi Prieto-Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano) program.

He is the general curator at RAF-Rojo al Frente: the first autonomous management dedicated to contemporary art in the General San Martín party (Buenos Aires, Argentina). He is a collaborating researcher for several initiatives and residencies of Curatoria Forense-América Latina between Buenos Aires and São Paulo. As an independent curator, he works with various contemporary collectives and artists in the development of their exhibition projects, providing consultancies and developing texts.

His academic training aroused interest in research as a reflective and analytical practice on the history of art and contemporary art. Based on this, he develops and coordinates the Disarming Art seminar program. Since 2020, with the Argentine artist Pablo Sinaí, he develops and coordinates the Cuatro por Cuatro art clinic program. That same year he founded and coordinates the ETAC-Meeting of Contemporary Art Workers. >> más información en la comunidad VADB

    • Sol Rogaczewski (Argentina/Brasil) – production
    • Sol Gil (Argentina) – logístics
    • Cecilia Romero (Argentina) – graphic designer.
    • Leonardo Lima (Argentina) – community manager
    • Cecilia Andino (Argentina) – researcher
    • Yoalli Quetzal Alfaro (México) – data analisis

Were part of the Uberbau House work team

  • Florencia Cavarra (Argentina) – logístics.
  • Jimena Elías (Argentina) – graphic designer 2016 – 2023
  • Barbara Castro (Argentina) – researcher 2023
  • Daniela Stevens (México) – community manager 2022
  • María Francisca Jara (Chile) – logistics 2021 / 2022
  • Karem Morales (Chile) – production 2022
  • Gabriela Díaz Velasco (Colombia) – collaboration and logistics 2020 / 2021
 

 

  • Pamela Dominguez (Argentina) – logistics 2019
  • Evelyn Márquez (Argentina) – logistics 2017
  • Paola Fabres (Brazil) –  coordinator 2016 / 2017
  • Marina Torre (Brazil) – coordinator 2016 / 2017
  • Cassia Perez da Silva (Brazil) – coordinator 2016

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