Performance – Guto Oca / Vilanismo – Weaving Hair on the Earth: Stitching Identity and Territory

On September 11, the performance Weaving Hair on the Earth: Stitching Identity and Territory, by Guto Oca, will take place as part of the activation of Vilanismo’s work. The event will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm at Vilanismo’s work, on the second floor.

The performance consists of continuously sewing hair for three hours, forming a line of dreadlocks and intensifying Guto Oca’s engagement with issues related to identity, norms, and displacement.

Vilanismo (founded in 2021, São Paulo) is a collective of twelve Black men focused on creating spaces of resistance and affirmation within the art circuit. They value ancestral knowledge, Afro-Indigenous experiences, and collaborative construction, emphasizing autonomy and sustainable approaches. Through their work, they reject historical stereotypes and fetishes imposed on Black bodies, subverting normative expectations and celebrating cultural abundance. The group has participated in events such as Baile do Vilanismo (Edifício Misericórdia, São Paulo) and the “Black Masculinities” conversation-performance (Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo). It is now made up of Diego Crux, Ramo, Renan Teles, Carinhoso, Guto Oca, Rodrigo Zaim, Rafa Black, Robson Marques, Denis Moreira, and Daniel Ramos.

This participation is supported by The Order of New Arts.

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Performance – Weaving Hair on the Earth: Stitching Identity and Territory
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
September 11, 2025
Thursday, 2 pm
Vilanismo’s work, 2nd floor
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion
Ibirapuera Park, gate 3
Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, s/n
São Paulo, SP
free admission