Brazil's official participation in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with the Terra project received the top prize from the exhibition's international jury.
The exhibition is curated by Gabriela de Matos and Paulo Tavares and includes the participation of the Mbya-Guarani indigenous people, Tukano, Arawak and Maku indigenous peoples, Weavers from Alaká (Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá), Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká (Casa Branca do Engenho Velho ), Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto, Ayrson Heráclito, Day Rodrigues in collaboration with Vilma Patrícia Santana Silva (Grupo Etnicidades FAU-UFBA), collective Fissura, Juliana Vicente, Thierry Oussou and Vídeo nas Aldeias.
According to the Venice Biennale jury, the Brazilian Pavilion was victorious for presenting “an exhibition of research and architectural intervention that take to the center the philosophies and imaginaries of indigenous and black populations towards modes of reparation”.
The realization of the Brazilian Pavilion is the result of work articulated by different actors, under the leadership of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo and the Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs.