On November 22, 2025, at 11:30 a.m., another guided visit to Paths of Earth and Wind took place at Vila Cultural Cora Coralina, organized in collaboration with International Idiomas. Conducted entirely in English, the visit welcomed a diverse group of attendees and contributed to the growing engagement surrounding the exhibition, which brings together works from the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), in Miami, and a broad constellation of collections and artistic practices from the state of Goiás. The initiative reflects the project’s intention to create sustained encounters between territories and generations, encouraging visitors to consider how landscapes, histories, and cultural memory interact across different geographies.
Throughout the visit, participants explored the selection of works presented in the exhibition and engaged with the conceptual and curatorial framework introduced in the MoCAA’s accompanying essay:
https://www.mocaamericas.org/news-collection/paths-of-earth-and-wind-memory-reception-and-future-dialogue
The conversation emphasized themes such as displacement, belonging, environmental transformation, and the ways in which artists reinterpret their relationship with land and community. Visitors noted the richness of the dialogue between Cuban and Brazilian works, observing how each articulates its own cultural imprint while contributing to a shared cartography of identity and imagination.
The exhibition continues to evolve through its public activities, creating points of connection between local audiences and international perspectives. As the project develops, Paths of Earth and Wind reaffirms its commitment to fostering reflective encounters, educational engagement, and collaborative exchange. Each guided visit adds new layers to the understanding of the exhibition, strengthening its role as a significant cultural bridge between the landscapes of Goiás and the diasporic sensibilities present in the MoCAA’s collection.
The guided visit was led by Brazilian artist, cultural producer, and independent researcher Rafael Abdala, whose contribution added an embodied and process-based dimension to the experience. Abdala develops artistic research in performance, video, and photography, with a particular focus on the poetics of the body and on collective modes of creation in both art and fashion. He has coordinated numerous artistic and curatorial initiatives, contributed to the execution of exhibitions, salons, and art fairs, and was an active member of the acclaimed collective Grupo EmpreZa—recipient of the 2015 Marcantonio Vilaça Award—before later integrating the performance duo PROTOVOULIA. As co–creative director of the fashion project Juliana Franco Ateliê and a former instructor at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro, he brings extensive experience to his work as a mediator. His participation in this guided visit strengthened the exhibition’s mission to expand dialogue between local and international audiences, underscoring the MoCAA’s dedication to cross-regional artistic exchange.
