(this page was last updated in July 2018)
Live and work in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Represented by Galeria Mamute.
PIPA Prize 2018 nominee.
Ío is the artist duo Laura Cattani (Les Lilas, Île de France, France, 1980) and Munir Klamt (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil), respectively doctoral student and doctor in Visual Poetics by UFRGS. Since its creation in 2003, Ío has carried out works and exhibitions that come from reflections covering areas such as astronomy, biology, and mythology.
Ío’s poetics oscillates between Thanatos and Eros, and the works take shape through drawings, photographs, videos and installations with symbolic materials such as salt, aluminum, rubber, and chocolate. Ío has held exhibitions and multimedia projects in several cities in Brazil, as well as Uruguay, Argentina, and France.
Site: io.art.br
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2018:
“Aniamsi – Obstructions I, II e III”, 2015. Duration 5’32”
“Device XI – He impaired his vision by holding the object too close (from the devices series)”, 2013. Duration 1’17”
- “The double in Laura Cattani: reflection on the traps of Narcissus in a plastic work” by Eduardo Vieira da Cunha
This article analyzes the work of the Brazilian artist Laura Cattani (1982), more specifically the “Personal Demon” (2015) and the unfolding of the double concept, from psychoanalysis to art. It is intended to compare two myths of Greco-Roman culture, Narcissus, and Pygmalion, presented by Stoichita (Stoichita, 2011) on the limits of the drive of erotic desire in theoretical-practical production. The conclusion is about the pitfalls of narcissism in art, and about sublimation and creation.
Solo Exhibitions
2015
– “Aporia”, curated by Julia Rebouças, RS Contemporâneo, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Não esta morte, outra”, Espaço Mauricio Rosenblatt, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2013
– “Estudos para inundação”, Lunara Gallery, Usina do Gasômetro Art Space, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2012
– “Do lado de fora de um quarto fechado”, Virgílio Calegari Photogallery, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2011
– “Halo”, Augusto Meyer Gallery, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2009
– “Autotélico – um quase filme”, DMAE Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Zede Etes”, Museu de Arte de Montenegro, Montenegro, RS, Brazil
2008
– “Zede Etes”, Porão do Paço Municipal de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2003
– “O diabo está nu atrás da porta”, Goethe Institut, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2018
– “Apologue”, curated by Laura Cattani, Munir Klamt and Hugues Albes-Nicoux, Un-Spaced Gallery, Paris, France
– “Processos Abertos”, Mamute Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Unânime Noite – Volume 3”, curated by Bernardo José de Souza,Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “O tempo das coisas – módulo 1”, curated by Francisco Dalcol, Porão do Paço Municipal de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2016
– “Humanas interlocuções”, curated by Thaís Franco, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, Viamão, RS, Brazil
– “Ensaio sobre o visível”, curated by Ana Albani de Carvalho, Laboratório de Curadoria (Instituto de Artes da UFRGS), Mamute Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– SP Arte, Showcase, Mamute Gallery, Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
– Exhibition of the Collection of the Labour Museum Photography Consortium, Centro de Cultura Ordovás, Caxias, RS, Brazil
2015
– “Áudio visual sem destino”, curated by Elaine Tedesco, Pinacoteca Barão de Santo Ângelo do Instituto de Artes da UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “A paisagem: vestígios, desvios e outras derivas”, curated by Ana Zavadil, MAC/RS, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “In Tandem”, ESPM Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2014
– “Linde/MIT (Modelos de Intercambio Temporarios)”, curated by Coza, Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– “Linde – Cidade Especular”, curated by Ío, MAC-RS, Xico Stockinger Gallery, na Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– De Longe e de perto”, curated by Angélica de Moraes, Mamute Art Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Arte.RS”, curated by Vera Pellin, Museu dos Direitos Humanos do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Tohu Wa-Bohu”, curated by Ío, Bolsa de Arte Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Sul-Sur”, 4th edition of Rio Grande do SulCulture Week in Uruguay, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo(EAC), Montevideo, Uruguay
– “Retrospectiva Ieavi”, Galeria Augusto Meyer, Espaço Maurício Rosenblatt, Fotogaleria Virgílio Calegari, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2013
– “A bela morte – confrontos com a natureza morta no século XXI”, curated by Ana Zavadil, MARGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Entre: curadoria A-Z”, curated by Ana Zavadil, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do RS – Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Mutatis Mutandis”, curated by Bernardo de Souza and Bruna Fetter. Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
– “A arte da palavra”, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Artesul contemporânea”, Galeria XL, Centro de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay
2012
– “20 / 20 – Suporte experimental da Arte” (7th Edition), Bolsa de Arte Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Arte+ Arte: Liberdade Contemporânea”, Augusto Mayer Gallery, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “A Imagem Da Palavra/ Arte Y Poesia Del Estado De Rio Grande Do Sul”, Galeria M, Centro de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011
– “11° Salão Nacional de Artes Visuais de Guarulhos – Arte Moderna e Contemporânea”, Guarulhos, SP, Brazil
– “1° Salão de Arte Digital de Xumucuis”, Pará
– “Arte+Arte: Transversalidades”, MAC-RS and Associação Chico Lisboa, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Curatorship
2018
– “Apologue”, Un-Spaced Galley, Paris, France
– “A obscuridade íntima das coisas”, Brazilian Videoart, Souvenirs From Earth, German and French Cable channel dedicated to video art
2017
– “Aã”, Vera Chaves Barcellos Foundation,Viamão, RS, Brazil
– “Nós somos a caça”, Film show parallel to the “Aã” Exhibition, SESC Viamão, RS, Brazil
2014
– “Linde”, Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
– “Tohu Wa Bohu”, Bolsa de Arte Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2010
– “Autochoque”, Usina do Gasômetro Art Space, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2007
– “Casa/corpo”, DMAE Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Performances, Actions and Interventions
2016
– “Eu estou pensando em ti”, Urban intervention part of Circuito de Performance AVSD 2016, Península Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2012
– “Do lado de fora de um quarto fechado”, Semana de la Cultura de Río Grande do Sul en Montevideo, at Centro de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay
– Untitled – Installation at the Júlio de Castilhos Museum, as part of the “Arte e Memória – Intervenções Urbanas”, Project in the Social Forum – Fórum Social Temático: Justiça Social e Ambiental, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2011
– “Três Narrativas em Campo Escuro”, Ephemeral intervention at Subterrânea, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2010
– “Livro das Tentações”, site specific installation at Arquivo Público do Rio Grande do Sul, part of Bienal B, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2008-9
– “O Administrador”, Multimedia performance at Arquivo Público do Rio Grande do Sul, and Museu Joaquim Felizardo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2005
– Untitled, Videoart and performance at the multimedia art festival “Teratonia”, at Teatro de Câmara Túlio Piva, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– Untitled, Experimental music at the multimedia art festival “Multiplex”, at Goethe Institut, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2004
– Untitled, Multimedia performance at the multimedia art festival “Teratonia” at Goethe Institut, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Multimedia Projects
2012
– web art, www.io.art.br
2010
– “Autochoque – um ensaio sobre impactos”, Transmedia collective exhibition, selected by Fumproarte, Usina do Gasômetro Art Space, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Autochoque – trilha sonora para acidentes”, Transmedia show, selected by Fumproarte, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Autochoque – Blog”, http://autochoque-io.blogspot.com/
2006 – 2005
– “Saída de emergência”, Multimedia show in several cultural venues at Porto Alegre, Brazil
2005 – 2004
– “Zede Etes”, Multimedia show in several cultural venues at Porto Alegre, Brazil
Awards, Selections and Residencies”
2018
– Nominated for the Jury Award at Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize
2016
– Honorable Mention at the 4th IEAVI Prize
– Nominated for the X Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize, Performance Award, Performance Circuit, curated by Elcio Rossini, Galeria Península (urban intervention “ Estou pensando em ti”)
2015
– Awarded the Special Prize of the Jury for the “Aporia” exhibition at the IX Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize
– Nominated for the IX Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize – Best group exhibition (Exhibition: “Tohu Wa-Bohu”)
– Nominated for the IX Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize – Sculpture award (Exhibition: “Aporia”)
2014
– Nominated for VIII Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize – Technological Media – Exhibition: “Estudos para inundação”
2013
– Awarded the 2nd IEAVI Prize (Exhibition: “Do Lado de Fora de um Quarto Fechado”)
– Sala-Taller III, 3 months residency at EAC (Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo) de Montevideo, Uruguay
2013
– Nominated for the VII Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize, Technological Media (Exhibition: “Do Lado de Fora de um Quarto Fechado”); (Web Art:” www.io.art.br”); Best Group Exhibition (“A imagem da palavra/ Arte y poesia del estado de Rio Grande do Sul”); Texts, Catalogues and Published Books (Catalogue: “1st IEAVI Prize”)
2011
– Honorable Mention 1st IEAVI Prize (Exhibition: “Halo”)
– Nominated for the V Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize – Awarded in Alternative Project (Project “Autochoque”)
2010
– Nominated for the Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize – Technological Media (Exhibition: “Autotélico – Um Quase-Filme”)
2009
– Awarded III Açorianos de Artes Plásticas Prize – Technological Media (Exhibition: “Zede Etes”)
2004
– Honorable Mention at the VII Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Sobral
