E.CO in Santos, São Paulo, Brasil. City of Containers, 2014. SESC Santos + Estudio Madalena.
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Ibero-America -
June 20, 2020

E.co: Collectives Encounter

E CO is a project that includes a Photographic Collectives Encounter, a process of collective creation with all the guests, a traveling exhibition and a publication.

The first encounter was held at the Galeria Olido in São Paulo, Brazil in 2008 with Ibero-American collectives. The second at La Tabacalera in Madrid the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture of Spain in 2010. And the third at the SESC in Santos, Brazil in 2014.

The collectives encounters are an area of exchange and joint work for dozens of collectives in Latin America and Europe. Its three editions ended with and exhibition and networks that opened new spaces for photography. The next encounter will be in Panamá in 2021.

-First Ibero-American Collectives Encounter was held in 2008 in São Paulo. Photographers from dozens of countries worked together in São Paulo for several days.

-The second Encounter was in 2010, thanks to a project with the Ministry of Culture of Spain. Collectives from Europe and Latin America participated.

-The third, in 2014, was held in Santos, Brazil. Collectives from Spain, Portugal and Latin America participated and it included researches and debates on expanded photography

Collectives Encounter at SESC in Santos, São Paulo, 2014. SESC Santos + Estudio Madalena.

 Collective exhibition held and produced during the days of the E.CO Santos meeting, 2014. SESC Santos + Estudio Madalena

E.CO in Santos, São Paulo, Brasil. City of Containers, 2014. SESC Santos + Estudio Madalena.

Collectives Encounter at SESC in Santos, São Paulo, 2014. SESC Santos + Estudio Madalena.

E.CO exhibition at Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil, 2012.

E.CO exhibition at Katzen Museum, Washington, EEUU, 2012.

E.CO exhibition at CCE Miami, Miami, EEUU, 2012.

E.CO Collectives Encounter in Soria, Spain, 2010.

Collective exhibition E.CO at La Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain, 2010.

E.CO Collectives Encounter in Madrid, Ministry of Culture of Spain, 2010.

Collective exhibition E.CO at La Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain, 2010.

Ibero-American Collectives Encounter, Galeria Olido, São Paulo, Brazil 2008.

Ibero-American Collectives exhibition, Galeria Olido, São Paulo, Brazil 2008.