#Invasionvangeleonel invades SP with multiple tribute to the artist, writer and militant

Between October 11 and 26, São Paulo will be the stage of #InvasionAVangeleonel, a cultural occupation that revere VANGE LEONEL (1963–2014) in its artistic, political and affective dimension. The action – conceived and directed by Cilmara Bedaquecompanion of Vange For 30 years – proposed an articulation between music, literature, debates, exhibitions and parties to reaffirm its power in multiple formats.

The celebration marathon starts on the 11th, with a special edition of the party Tea with crackersin the bar. On the 14th to 16th, SP School of Theater receives conversation wheels about literature, music and activism, mediated by Pedro Alexandre Sanchesgathering people who accompanied their trajectory or were impacted by her. On October 22, the central musical moment rises: the show tribute, at Casa Rockamobole, with participation of Fernanda Takai, Nando Reis, Catto and other artists influenced by Vange and your work.

On the 24th, Cine Bijou makes room for the release of the book Joana Evangelista (Editorial Alameda) Next to the display of rare images, music videos and testimonials that revisit facets little viewed from their trajectory. Finally, on the 26th, the streets of Santa Cecilia will be invaded by the #Blocosoviet, which ends the #invasionvavangeleonel with collective party, queer resistance and pulsating memory.

More than a simple retrospective tribute, #invasionvangeleonel is an act of symbolic activation and calls the new and old audience to dialogue with the themes that crossed the work of Vange – Feminisms, lesbian visibility, aesthetic autonomy – and reaffirm its presence in the contemporary Brazilian cultural repertoire.

From its first editions, the Soviet bloc cultivated critical and satirical marches, reinterpreting pop classics with political and provocative letters – for example, “your speech does not deny, macho / losing privilege is a pain / I just want to walk quietly on the track / the oppression is not love” (version of “version of“Your hair doesn’t deny“) Or”React slave“(About the melody of“Bossa nova mulatto“) And parodies of“Black”With verses about Lenin and Revolution. With its parades since 2013, the block helped boost São Paulo street carnival at times when he was still crawling.

Meet Vange Leonel

VANGE LEONEL (1963–2014), born Maria Evangelina Leonel Gandolfoleft deep marks in multiple fields: music, literature, activism and press. She was the lead singer of the Post-Punk Band Shipreleased his first solo album Vange (1991) – with the classic “Black Night”trail of the soap opera Vamp – And later edited the EP Red (1996), alongside your partner Cilmara Bedaque. He also stood out as a lesbian chronicler, theatrical author and active voice in feminist and LGBTQ+ struggles in the ninety -two thousand years.

The full invasion schedule and ticket and location details are available on official channels. Whoever participates, go with an open heart: it will be more than a tribute – a call to active memory.

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