Activation – Sertão Negro – Water mortar and Cerrado breaker: artisanal food with jatoba biscuits

On December 7, there will be a workshop called Water mortar and Cerrado breaker: artisanal food with jatoba biscuits, as part of a series of activities organized by Sertão Negro at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo. The activity will take place from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Sertão Negro’s work, on the first floor.

Located in the Goiás savanna and structured on the principles of quilombo and terreiro, Sertão Negro has its foundations in ancestry, agroecology, vernacular architecture, and the emotional and pedagogical exchanges that are built between artists, masters, apprentices, and the surrounding community. The space hosts ongoing activities such as classes in ceramics, engraving, and agroecology, capoeira angola, and artistic residencies that promote encounters between different languages and bodies.

For the 36th Bienal de São Paulo a series of activations is proposed throughout the duration of the exhibition. Each month, two moments will be dedicated to sharing practices and processes that reflect life in the Sertão: whether through body language, sound, conversation, or collective action. These are 10 sensory, educational, and performative activations that invite the public to experience, even if only for a moment, the poetic surroundings of the Complexo Sertão Negro.

The workshop will feature chef Débora and multi-artist Terená, and will begin with the performance Pilão de Águas, in which two black women reflect on the ancestral care of matriarchal cooks, who are often invisible. This will be followed by a roundtable discussion on jatobá, a fruit that symbolizes the strength of the cerrado, which will be the basis for the collective workshop on making jatobá cookies.

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Activation – Sertão Negro – Water mortar and Cerrado breaker: artisanal food with jatoba biscuits
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
December 7, 2025
Sunday, 3 pm
Ground Floor
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion
Ibirapuera Park, gate 3
Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, s/n
São Paulo, SP
free admission