Affective Cartography Workshop: Memory, Representation and Identity with Erick Peres and Nicolas Collar

The workshop "Affective Cartography: Memory, Representation, and Identity," taught by Erick Peres and Nicolas Collar, invites participants to build a visual collection of Lomba do Pinheiro using photography and video, reclaiming the community's memories and narratives. Through the recording of family archives and residents' accounts, the activity encourages reflections on identity, belonging, and the transformations of the territory. With a practical and collaborative approach, two meetings will encourage participants to take a leading role in valuing their stories.

• If you are unable to attend the first meeting, it is recommended that you bring family photographs, preferably printed ones.

The workshop will provide materials for the activity.

Nicolas Collar:

Videomaker, editor and camera operator, member of the Turmalina and Favela Contest collectives. He was a video art curator at the second edition of the Black Cinema in Action Festival, is a Visual Arts student, and was a scholarship holder at Sala Redenção/UCRGS University Cinema. Committed to recording the affective memory of the city and its inhabitants, aligned with issues of identity and belonging. He has worked extensively in the field of culture/visual arts since 2012, having, among other works, participated in the PROCESSADORA artistic residency at VOID GENERAL STORE SP and had photos published in the international NOIZE magazine. He was a cameraman on the short film "Ghost of Longing in the Valley of Death", awarded best documentary short at the Lisbon Film Festival, cameraman on the feature film "Anhangabaú", director of photography for the film "DesAmor" and co-director of the short film "O insustentável peso do amor na grava da Lua" by FAC Digital FEEVALE. He also worked as a videomaker and workshop leader on the Feijoada project, part of the Natura Musical grant, as well as a videomaker and visual artist on the Diáspora Returns project, part of the Paulo Gustavo Law and Funarte grants, and as a projectionist on the Cine Favelas project, part of the Paulo Gustavo Law municipal grant. In addition to these projects, he is an assistant director on film and advertising productions.

Erick Peres:

Erick Peres (Vila Ipê 1, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 1994), a visual artist, currently resides in São Paulo. His research uses original images, archives, and interventions in images and texts, interweaving literature, fiction, and imagery. He has recently participated and held exhibitions at MAM RIO, MIS SP, PIVÔ, Paço das Artes, UERJ, the Goethe Institute Munich, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Italia - Catania, and others. In 2025, he will participate in the Mercosul Biennial - Instituto Ling. His work is part of the collections of MAM RIO/Joaquim Paiva, the Museum of Image and Sound SP, Alayde Alves, the Calmon-Stock collection, and others. In 2023, he published the book "Crying May Last a Night, But Joy Comes in the Morning" by Lovely House and Selo Turvo. Book awarded by the ZUM/IMS 2023 photobook call, ZUM Magazine and Instituto Moreira Salles Photography Library.