PORTUGAL, 1981

João Laia

Writer and curator with a background in social sciences, film theory and contemporary art. He has published in newspapers and magazines such as Frieze, MOUSSE and Público and has collaborated with institutions such as the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the South London Gallery in London. Recent projects include the performance programmea polyphonic wave of concrete materials flowing through the air and the group exhibition and publication Hybridize or Disappear. In 2014 he co-founded with Rosa Lléo The Green Parrot in Barcelona, a non-profit space dedicated to contemporary art practices – www.thegreenparrot.org He is a member of the curatorial team of the 19th edition of Videobrasil, a contemporary art festival dedicated to the Global South that takes place from October to December 2015 in São Paulo. He is a PhD candidate at Birkbeck in London.

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