Possible Fictions, Possible Realities

In the early years of the internet, that new medium for spreading information seemed to be geared towards democratizing communication and knowledge. The barriers posed by spatial distances and material costs were overcome by the technology and, consequently, the World Wide Web emerged as a place of freedom.

But in a few years’ time the network was being pervaded by unprecedented forms of surveillance, misinformation and commodification. The rhizomatic structure of those technologies, added to algorithms capable of calculating and mapping human behavior, has produced toxic environments where manifestations charged with hatred and lies find greater encouragement to be spread, instituting environments of political polarization that have threatened several democracies around the world. In this setting, some artists have developed works that explore and problematize digital contexts such as social networks, proposing critical reflections and the hacking of organizations in those spheres.

The 2021 edition of the Ofício project is held in digital format through occupations on the <anexa> virtual environment. Four artists were invited to explore the use of digital networks as a medium for their productions, which share the experimentation of informational language. Since its foundation in 1946, Sesc has aimed, through the creation of spheres of discussion, promotion and cultural creation, to contribute to the formation of a society capable of critically considering the various domains ― both material and symbolic — that compose it, among which digital networks are taking on an increasingly important role for the exercise of citizenship.

Sesc São Paulo

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SESC – SOCIAL SERVICE OF COMMERCE
Regional Management in São Paulo State

Chairman of the Regional Board ABRAM SZAJMAN
Regional Department Director DANILO SANTOS DE MIRANDA

Superintendents
Technical-Social JOEL NAIMAYER PADULA
Social Communication IVAN GIANNINI
Administration LUIZ DEOCLÉCIO M. GALINA
Technical and Planning Advisory SÉRGIO JOSÉ BATTISTELLI

Managers
Studies and Development JULIANA BRAGA DE MATTOS
Estudos e Desenvolvimento MARTA RAQUEL COLABONE
Graphic Arts HÉLCIO MAGALHÃES Sesc Pompeia MONICA CARNIETO

Equipe Sesc
ADRIANO ALVES PINTO, ALCIMAR FRAZÃO, ANDRÉ APARECIDO DA CONCEIÇÃO, ANDRÉ LEITE COELHO, BARBARA IARA HUGO, BARBARA RODRIGUES, CARLOS ALBERTO DA ROCHA, DANTE MIKAEL, DIH LEMOS, DORA TEIXEIRA, FERNANDO AMODEO TUACEK, GUILHERME BARRETO, JOSÉ RENATO ALEGRETI DIAS, MARCEL VERRUMO, NILVA LUZ, PABLO PEREZ, PAULO DELGADO, RAQUEL LOPES PY, ROGÉRIO IANELLI, SÉRGIO PINTO, SILVIO BASILIO, THAYS CABETTE

Ofício: Web: New memeseum: Fighting fiction with fiction: Pompeia

Artist NEW MEMESEUM, Text CLARISSA DINIZ, Executive Producers CASSIA ROSSINI, RAFAEL MORETTI | NÓS DA PRODUÇÃO, Visual Identity and Graphic Design ALLES BLAU, Programming CAIO POLESI | PERIPÉCIA FILMES, Translation ANTHONY CLEAVER, Proofreading RAFAEL FALASCO

Ofício: Web: Roberta Carvalho: Resist!

Direction, video creation and concept ROBERTA CARVALHO, VR and 3D production ATELIE DIGITAL ANALOGICO, Soundtrack JOAO DEOGRACIAS, Editing and post-production ROBERTA CARVALHO, Screened texts created in partnership with LUCAS MARIANO, Text FERNANDO VELAZQUES, Executive producers CASSIA ROSSINI, RAFAEL MORETTI | NÓS DA PRODUÇÃO, Visual identity and graphic design ALLES BLAU, Developer CAIO POLESI | PERIPÉCIA FILMES, Translation ANTHONY CLEAVER, Proofreading RAFAEL FALASCO

Ofício: Web: Raquel Kogan: #look

Concept RAQUEL KOGAN, Developer ALEXANDRE RIBEIRO DE SÁ, Text CRISTINE TAKUÁ, Executive Production CASSIA ROSSINI, RAFAEL MORETTI | NÓS DA PRODUÇÃO, Visual identity and graphic design ALLES BLAU, Secondary Developer CAIO POLESI | PERIPÉCIA FILMES, Translation ANTHONY CLEAVER, Proofreading MÁRCIA MACÊDO