Jota Mombaça

A palestra “Para respirar sob a terra”, com Jota Mombaça, abre o Ciclo 1 do projeto Abandonar o mapa colonial. Partindo de sua série de enterramentos (2014–2025), a artista propõe uma meditação crítica sobre corpo, matéria e sensibilidade como campos de relação com a Terra. 🗓️06 de novembro, 19h Auditório B – CCHLA/UFRN Evento gratuito Realização: Fundação José Augusto, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Sistema Nacional de Cultura, Política Nacional Aldir Blanc de Fomento à Cultura, Ministério da Cultura e Governo Federal. 🔹Para que todos vejam, este post conta com texto alternativo.

THE MUTED SAINTS Curated by #ClaudeAdjil Commissioned by @aspenartmuseum Made possible by The Tisch Discovery Series and the generous support of @nicolettafioruccifoundation Written and developed by Jota Mombaça Performed by @alina_hma , @gritenme_piedra , @iamsovei , @mirospinelli and Jota Mombaça Produced by @pedroyaredlima and Aspen Art Museum Soundscape by @antiribeiro Costumes designed by @neusatrovoada Costumes produced by @catarinaa.jpeg and @neusatrovoada Production Assistance and Stagehand: @norachellew , Gemma and @clluur Technical Direction: Michael Burns Sound Engineering: Eric Schaudies Technical Assistance: Jonny Bolos Fabrication: Kevin Haynie and Konner Syed Clay: @molly_alt_ Vases: @molly_alt_ and Jota Mombaça Clay Assistance: @molly_alt_ , @nori_pao and @leahaegerter 📸 photos by @pedroyaredlima

The next artist introduction of Sonsbeek 2026 is Jota Mambaça (@jotamombaca ). Mombaça is an interdisciplinary artist whose work revolves around elemental forms of sensing and anticolonial imagination. The artist locates consciousness in geological time, predating language, memory, and the body itself. Mombaça celebrates the lack of control over things and is interested in activating processes through which the land can intervene directly. In her own words, the approach she uses is often led by forces that remain mysterious to her. Visit her new commissioned work at Sonsbeek 2026: “Ik hoef geen tuin, ik deel een park”, opening on 2 July. More information at sonsbeek.org Photography: Pedro Yared Lima (@pedroyaredlima )

“Ghost 25: If you can’t be free” opens tomorrow in Quebec City! @biennaledequebec @loeildepoisson @cocodomomo 📸 @pedroyaredlima

Presenting “Course III: Social Imagination” with Franco “Bifo” Berardi (@bifoscepsi ), Hans Ulrich Obrist (@hansulrichobrist ), and Jota Mombaça (@jotamombaca ) “Social Imagination” is the third and final course of the first year of “Agora: A Gathering of Art and Philosophy by Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève.” Theorist and writer Franco “Bifo” Berardi (@bifoscepsi ) teaches “The Likely Termination of Human Civilization Within the Current Century.” Curator and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist (@hansulrichobrist ) explores the evolving relationship between artistic practice and technological development in “New Experiments in Art and Technology.” In “Burial and Breath,” interdisciplinary artist Jota Mombaça (@jotamombaca ) proposes poetic exercises that look into the relationship of body and planet, depth and decomposition, burial and breath, drawing on Denise Ferreira da Silva, Édouard Glissant, and the artist’s own “Burial” series. — — Conceived by Andrea Bellini and Federico Campagna (@fedcampagna ), Agora is a free, semester-long programme of English-language lectures, seminars, and one-to-one mentoring for eight practising artists and philosophers. The faculty’s video contributions will soon be available online on @centredartcontemporaingeneve ’s digital platform, the 5th Floor. — — Main sponsor: @arabbankch Media partner: @moussemagazine

Quando Jota Mombaça atravessou novamente sua chegada a Natal, após quase uma década afastada das atividades públicas, a experiência se apresentou menos como um retorno e mais como um reconhecimento, um reencontro no território que a formou. Graduada pela UFRN e nascida no bairro do Alecrim, Jota Mombaça é uma artista multidisciplinar, escritora e pesquisadora brasileira, reconhecida internacionalmente por trabalhos que atravessam raça, gênero, violência colonial, performance e teoria crítica. Agora, pela primeira vez desde que saiu da cidade, ela retornava para conduzir uma oficina de dois dias e uma fala pública no CCHLA/UFRN, espaço cultural que, antes de sua partida, já havia atravessado sua formação afetiva, política e artística. Texto: Gil Araújo 💡 Contexto importa. Confira matéria completa no saibamais.jor.br

‘I am very interested in articulating my position as an artist who does not claim to be a master. I like to think of the artist as a mediator, someone with a relational position. I engage with sounds, spaces, materials, bodies of water, and landscapes without being able to control them.’ — Jota Mombaca Subscribe now and read Kathleen Weyts’ interview with guest editor Jota Mombaca. See link in bio 🔗 1. Jota Mombaca, still from Seu sangue é terra que ninguém pisa, 2024, video, edition: 3/4 + 1 A.P + 1 E.C, 18 min 45 sec, © courtesy the artist and Martins&Montero 2. Quote of Jota Mombaca 3. Jota Mombaça, rain catcher \#3, 2023, clay ceramics, unique, 37 x 30 x 41 cm, courtesy the artist and Martins&Montero, © GRAYSC 4. Quote of Jota Mombaca 5. Jota Mombaça, still from Seu sangue é terra que ninguém pisa, 2024, video, edition: 3/4 + 1 A.P + 1 E.C, 18 min 45 sec, © courtesy the artist and Martins&Montero 6. Quote of Jota Mombaca @jotamombaca @kathleen_weyts @themerode.brussels @martinsemontero #art #jotamombaca #kathleenweyts #glean #themerode #magazine

As inscrições para o Ciclo 1 do projeto Abandonar o mapa colonial: o pensamento negro-dissidente estão abertas até o dia 30 de outubro. ✨ A programação inicia com a artista Jota Mombaça (RN), entre os dias 6, 7 e 8 de novembro, propondo encontros que atravessam arte, filosofia e dissidência. A palestra “Para respirar sob a terra” é aberta ao público e acontece no Auditório B do CCHLA/UFRN, no dia 6 de novembro, das 19h às 21h. Nos dias 7 e 8, a artista conduz a oficina “O que não tem espaço está em todo lugar”, no DEART/UFRN, das 14h às 19h. 🔗 Inscrições abertas no link da bio. Realização: Fundação José Augusto, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Sistema Nacional de Cultura, Política Nacional Aldir Blanc de Fomento à Cultura, Ministério da Cultura e Governo Federal. 🔹Para que todos vejam, este post conta com texto alternativo.

REFUSE TO LEAVE THE PLANET! @vivian_ziherl was the first to identify such refusal in my practice and I’ll be forever thankful to the gift of these words. But these are more than words. They are a spell and a discipline and a prayer and an ethics of existence. I hope you too surrender to the planet! Thank you @circa.art and @piccadillylights for holding space to this message!

#CIRCAPRIZE2025 “YOUR BLOOD IS LAND RMX calls for a refusal to leave the planet. Such refusal is in tune with this year’s Manifesto, in its call for the building of Refugia as an act of covenant with the planet, for there is no refuge outside of its metabolism. The video I chose to present expands on my dreams of inhabiting underground spaces of breath and possibility in the face of a world obliterated by apocalyptic capitalism. It manifests the desire for Refugia as a spell that begins with(in) land and its rightful claim on us.” @jotamombaca An online public vote powered by @piccadillylights and decided by you, will grant an additional £10,000 to the artist with the most votes. Save the date: the winners will be announced during a LIVE! 30-minute Ceremony in Piccadilly Circus on Monday, 13 October at 8pm BST. Don’t miss it! Link in bio to vote.

#CIRCAPRIZE2025 🏹 @jotamombaca “More than simply making art, the role of the artist is to redistribute the means of imagination. As the Late Liberal imaginary continues to invest in its own extractive relationship with the planet, nurturing an ever-growing desire to expand colonialism to the cosmos while depleting Earth of its material consistency, it is important to practice a sensibility that surrenders to the planet.” After receiving 1,000 submissions, the thirty shortlisted finalists were selected by CIRCA in collaboration with the 2025 Curators’ Circle including @amalandaplan @drabl and @samanthaozer 👩🏽‍⚖️ A prestigious jury made up of previous CIRCA artists and long-time collaborators including Björk, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Edward Enninful, Michèle Lamy, Ebony L. Haynes, Alvaro Barrington, Nicoletta Fiorucci, Josef O’Connor, Norman Rosenthal and Catherine Wood will select one artist to receive £30,000 and realise a major new public commission premiering in 2027. 🗳️ An online public vote, powered by @piccadillylights , will grant an additional £10,000 to the artist with the most votes. 📆 Save the date. The winners will be announced during a LIVE! 30-minute Award Ceremony in Piccadilly Circus on Monday, 13 October at 8pm BST. Don’t miss it! Link in bio to vote.

YAY TO BEING ONE OF 2025 CIRCA PRIZE FINALISTS!!! I’m so excited to show YOUR BLOOD IS LAND REMIX at @piccadillylights on Sept 14, at 20:25 sharp. Friends in London, come and celebrate with me! YOOR BLOOD IS LAND RMX was produced with the support of @martinsemontero ; written, directed and performed by me; filmed by @luuu.peixe ; edited by @darwinmarinho ; soundtrack composed by @antiribeiro ; and produced by @pedroyaredlima . More info on the link in bio! 📸 @pedroyaredlima