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Na minha próxima residência na CC, intitulada “Depois de Babel”, vou explorar a forma como as histórias pessoais e colectivas influenciam as dinâmicas culturais contemporâneas. Usando a minha própria biografia e linhagem familiar como base, tenciono investigar a transmissão da memória e do trauma através das gerações, examinando particularmente a forma como as histórias coloniais de Portugal, Brasil e Índia moldaram os padrões modernos de globalização. Esta investigação servirá de base a um laboratório aberto para experimentar uma nova narrativa de confiança, escuta, diálogo e co-criação. Utilizando microscópios para descobrir padrões ocultos no ADN e objectos culturais determinantes, procuro estabelecer paralelos entre perspectivas micro e macro, inspirando abordagens inovadoras à transformação cultural. Utilizando meios como a fotografia, o vídeo, a instalação, o diálogo e a performance, este projeto visa reimaginar estruturas sociais e formas de relacionamento num mundo pós-Babel.
Bio
Brenno Kaschner Russo é um facilitador do diálogo e um catalisador da inteligência colectiva, empenhado em impulsionar a emergência humana através da participação radical. O seu trabalho situa-se na intersecção entre a transformação social e a exploração artística, onde o diálogo se torna um ato criativo, permitindo às comunidades co-criar e navegar na complexidade. Ao integrar jogos sérios com elementos diversos e não convencionais, Brenno promove a escuta ativa e a criação de protótipos participativos, transformando as diferenças em forças complementares que se transmitem para a sociedade.
(Tower of Babel Upside-down)
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In my upcoming residency at CC, titled “After Babel,” I will explore how personal and collective histories influence contemporary cultural dynamics. Using my own biography and family lineage as a foundation, I plan to investigate the transmission of memory and trauma across generations, particularly examining how the colonial histories of Portugal, Brazil, and India have shaped modern globalisation patterns. This research will serve as the basis for an open laboratory to experiment with a new narrative of trust, listening, dialogue, and co-creation. Employing microscopes to uncover hidden patterns in DNA and determinant cultural objects, I seek to draw parallels between micro and macro perspectives, inspiring innovative approaches to cultural transformation. Utilising mediums such as photography, video, installation, dialogue, and performance, this project aims to reimagine societal structures and ways of relating in a post-Babel world.
Bio
Brenno Kaschner Russo is a facilitator of dialogue and a catalyst for collective intelligence, committed to driving human emergence through radical participation. His work lies at the intersection of societal transformation and artistic exploration, where dialogue becomes a creative act, enabling communities to co-create and navigate complexity. By integrating serious play with diverse, unconventional elements, Brenno fosters active listening and participatory prototyping, transforming differences into complementary strengths that transcend dichotomies and cultivate a culture of profound plurality.
Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised within Brazilian and German cultures, he gained early insight into bridging cultural extremes. With a foundation in Arts & Communication Design from the University of the Arts London, studies in Social Entrepreneurship at Sweden’s YIP, a BA in Philosophy & Reflection of Culture from UW/H in Germany, and an MSc in Cultural Entrepreneurship from ISCTE in Lisbon, he brings a transdisciplinary approach to his practice.
As the founder of The Dialogue Lab, Brenno has initiated and collaborated on projects across 17 countries, partnering with organisations such as EIT Climate-KIC, the Goethe-Institut, Odemira Municipality, and Greenpeace East Asia. He operates through a global network, primarily across Europe, Brazil, the U.S., and India. He is based between São Luís (Odemira) and Lisbon with his partner and their daughter.
