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Hermes Visual Arts is an independent artist-run space where art practice and discussion are connected within an environment that fosters experience exchanges.
— About
Hermes Visual Arts is an independent artist-run space where art practice and discussion are connected within an environment that fosters experience exchanges.
Objective:
Hermes Visual Arts is an independent artist-run space, created and managed by Carla Chaim since 2011. It is focused in reducing the gap between academic graduation and the art market. Through courses, Project Monitoring/Critique Groups, debates, exhibitions, collective proposals and art residencies. Its goal is to promote the artists’ critical maturity in a space where theoretical practices are linked to artistic production. Hermes is a place to share knowledge and experiences: enabling, encouraging and complementing the artists’ education. Moreover, the space is a platform to boost and intensify art in people’s life, amplifying their vision, making it more critical and sensible. Hermes stands as a resistance, in an effort to strengthen and enrich the artistic scene as a whole.
Hermes:
Currently, Hermes hosts three regular Project Monitoring/Critique Groups, coordinated by Carla Chaim and Marcelo Amorim, with the collaboration of guest mentors such as Ana Candida Avelar, Ana Roman, Paulo Gallina, and Tálisson Melo. The groups bring together around 50 artists on a weekly basis. A core part of the program is the continuous development of projects, the promotion of exhibitions, and collaborative work — turning artists into key agents in the process, from creation to development and completion. Always respecting individuality and artistic freedom, Hermes operates under the principles of unity and collective strength.
In addition to the regular groups, Hermes also holds special events such as talks, courses, and workshops, always focused on contemporary art production. The space also offers an artist residency program for international and out-of-state artists. The goal is to welcome creative individuals to develop projects based on their experiences in São Paulo, fostering ongoing exchanges with other art spaces both in Brazil and abroad.
Finally, Hermes houses four studios used by resident artists: Carla Chaim, Daniela Torrente, and Débora Mazloum.
— Artistic residence
The art residency fosters the exchange between artists from different nationalities, backgrounds and creative fields.
Hermes started its art residency program in 2011, aiming to offer a space for production and engagement between artists from different creative fields. Artists, curators, writers and others may apply all year round. There is no deadline for enrollment and the dates are set on common agreements.
The program includes the accompanying of the artists’ research, engagement and presentation through Project Monitoring/Critique Group groups, led by Carla Chaim and Marcelo Amorim with the collaboration of guest mentors such as Ana Candida Avelar, Ana Roman, Paulo Gallina, and Tálisson Melo . The art residency program may come to completion with a talk, studio tour and/or exhibition in Hermes’ events room.
Hermes is an independent organization which does not receive any assistance from other institutions or the government, being supported exclusively through fees and contributions from Hermes’ attendees. The art residency program is not profit oriented but rather focus in providing a welcoming space, encouraging the exchange of ideas and introduction to São Paulo’s contemporary art circuit. Therefore, artists accepted to the residency, are fully responsible for their expenses during the residency period, including: food, transportation, travelling, health insurance and art materials. Nevertheless, Hermes is pleased to provide an invitation letter or official acceptance letter for any applicants, in case of sponsorship, partnership or others.
Additionally, throughout the year, Hermes’ Team invite two artists for our art residency program. Instead of paying for accommodation, these artists are asked to donate an art work produced during their stay in Hermes.
ART RESIDENCY INCLUDES:
01. Art curator or critic to follow your project and deliver a critical essay;
02. Private room with work desk;
03. Shared workspaces and 24-hour facilities;
04. Weekly meetings with Project Monitoring/Critique Groups (optional);
05. Hermes’ studio residents available to assist with local facilities;
06. Promote the artist and his/her/they work on Hermes website and social media;
07. Bed and bath linen;
08. Heater and fan;
09. Fully equipped kitchen;
10. Walking distance: art galleries, art centers, museums, supermarkets, laundry, stores, restaurants and bars;
11. Wifi in all rooms;
12. Quiet space and pleasant garden in the midst of Vila Madalena, which is São Paulo’s most prominent art district;
13. Close to Faria Lima and Fradique Coutinho metro stations;
Residence
Accommodations feature a private room with towels, bedding, fan, heater and work desk; equipped kitchen; Wi-Fi connection and shared work spaces with 24-hour access.
— Follow
— Contact
hermesartes@gmail.com
— Address
Hermes Fontes Street 167
Pinheiros . São Paulo . SP
05418 050 . Brazil
— Form
Would you like to participate in our residency program? Fill out the form below and wait for our brief contact:
— Activities
Critique Group
The artist mentoring/critique groups take place weekly and aim to foster artistic production and enhance critical maturation among participants.
Artists
Take a look at the work of our mentored artists.
Exhibitions
Since 2011 Hermes promotes individual and group exhibitions featuring works from all Hermes’ artists.
Courses
Hermes promotes classes, workshops, talks and other activities focused on contemporary art production.
— Studios
Carla
Chaim
Carla Chaim works with different media types, challenging to go beyond boundaries of the traditional concept of drawing as a vestige of a body’s action on a given support.
Daniela Torrente
Daniela Torrente seeks to reflect, through photography and other media, on the need for framing and standards, erasure and rupture — in dialogue with her own personal history and everyday life.
Debora
Mazloum
Debora Mazloum seeks to create historical dialogues across different time periods, developing connections between nature, landscape, and the poetics of travel — exploring the possibility of constructing new hybrid spaces.
Founded in 2011, Hermes Visual Arts is an independent space that promotes courses, debates, artistic residency and group exhibitions in order to boost the artists' critical maturity and create an environment for sharing experiences.
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