Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha

Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha is a Brazilian actress, director and researcher. Since 2013, she has been developing the ‘Riverbanks Project: about rivers, buiúnas and fireflies’, an artistic research project dedicated to listening to Brazilian rivers transformed by human action. The project was conceived as a response to the Anthropocene, ‘the moment when people stopped being afraid of disasters and became disasters themselves’. The first stage of creation was inspired by the fighting on the banks of the River Araguaia, with the piece Guerrillas. The artist is also involved in the Buiúnas Network, which brings together women, rivers and art to create artistic projects on Amazonian rivers. In 2021, she presented Altamira 2042 at the Festival d'Automne and in 2023 at the Centre Pompidou, followed by Tapajós in 2025.

Cet automne

Ircam-Centre Pompidou
decemberdec 10 – 17

Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Tapajós

Theatre

In a ritual-like performance piece, Brazilian director and researcher Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha uses the chemical-based processes of photographic development in order to bring to light the mercury contamination of the Tapajós River.

 
Ménagerie de verre
decemberdec 13

Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Mafalda Pequenino
Atelier du sensible

École du soirAtelier

As part of L'École du soir — a new series of intellectual explorations conceived by the Festival d'Automne and the Centre Pompidou, in collaboration with Felwine Sarr — a series of discussions and workshops will explore the theme of “A Shared Life.”