Jô Amorim Páscoa Borher is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist, curator and researcher currently based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Their research based artistic practice is a tool of dialogue between their relatives, their country, the communities they are part of and themselves. By existing at the intersection of languages, cultures and continents, their work becomes a means to identify dynamics between Europe and Latin America; normativity and queerness; whilst reflecting on what it means to be foreign.
Their interest lies in grasping how images are deployed to preserve hegemonic narratives and what counter-images can be created from this understanding. Their focus is on exposing forgotten or lesser known histories as well as Eurocentric and cisheteronormative systems of power often working from a Queer perspective with various forms of archival material (found images, municipal archives, family archives, personal archives…), varied analogue media (clay, metal, analogue photography…) and performance.
As a curator, they are interested in creating platforms for non-conventional narratives with a focus on world-building. If their art practice focuses on the dismantling of political systems, then one could say their curatorial practice focuses on collaborating with the voices that can think the world anew.
