ENTRE-REDES

The Colombia Pavilion for the 27th São Paulo International Book Biennial (ENTRE-REDES) is a project that emerged from the border-encounter between Colombia and Brazil. Starting from the Amazonian territory — a shared, ancestral, and central space (though historically marginalized) for both countries — our proposal sought to reimagine what the materialization of this dialogue and its complexities could be.

With the intent of creating a narrative through the most significant elements of the Amazonian landscape and its cosmologies, we explored references in the mountains and forests, in the archetype of the Maloca, and in nets — an element that supports fishing, work, and rest in the region.

The pavilion is structured around three tree-pillar supports and three programmatic spaces that flow into one another: at the center, the La Vorágine exhibition, and at the ends, an auditorium and a bookstore. A large net spans the entire length of the pavilion, creating a topographic canopy reminiscent of Colombia's Amazonian hills — Pajarito, Mono, and Mavicure. In the bookstore, the net reappears as closures for the modular shelves, which form a large circle and invite visitors to a collective experience.

As a reflective exercise and proposal regarding the territory in which the Biennial is situated — adjacent to the Bom Retiro neighborhood — we introduced residual materials from the textile industry into the project. The various poufs and cushions in the auditorium, exhibition, and children's area were made by the local collective of seamstresses, Flor de Kantuta, using fabric scraps discarded daily in the region.

After the pavilion's dismantling, the project continues and unfolds into new possibilities. Through the donation and reintegration of materials, it was possible to refurbish the playroom and library spaces at the 9 de Julho Occupation (Bela Vista, São Paulo).

Despite the initial temporary nature — the Biennial lasts 10 days — the desire to materialize a project as a "network" that weaves together different territories and narratives, capable of building bridges and re-signifying its own existence, proved to be possible.