Ana Luiza Mattos will talk about Arquivo Histórico Wanda Svevo of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo which holds documentation produced by the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, and by Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho (Ciccillo), their founder, covering a period from 1948 to the present.
A pioneering initiative by historian and Biennale secretary Wanda Svevo, the archive reveals the models and ruptures imposed by discontinued policies in these institutions and in the country itself. More than a memorial, the archive has acted as a protagonist of its own history, being an object of exhibitions and projects by artists and curators in recent decades. These include: the project museumuseu, at the 27th Bienal, by artist Mabe Bethônico, that brought to light an unknown archive; and artist Erick Beltrán’s project at the 31st Bienal, which proposed an sorting system based on the concept of doubles for a library composed of book copies from the archive placed in direct contact with the public.