Interviews conducted by journalist Adriana Couto with pairs of guest artists and thinkers, some of whom have shows featured at MIRADA. The conversations address each one’s story and thought, showing the perspective of their work and connecting it with the festival’s pillars: Forest, Dream, and Hope.

Sep. 12. – Helena Vieira with Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriaba 

Helena Vieira is a researcher, trans feminist, and writer. She wrote a column for Revista Fórum and collaborated with several outlets, including Huffpost Brasil, Revista Galileu, Cadernos Globo, Revista Cult, and the blog Agora É que São Elas, of the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. 

Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá is from the Xakriabá land, in the city of São João das Missões (Minas Gerais). A photographer with a degree from the Intercultural Training Course for Indigenous Educators (FIEI/UFMG) and a master’s degree in social (visual) anthropology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). His thesis Etnovisão: o olhar indígena que atravessa a lente (2019), which discusses the use of photography by Indigenous peoples as an instrument of struggle and resistance and the concept of image, is the first conducted by an Indigenous researcher in a graduate program at UFMG. 

Adriana Couto is a journalist. She has been the host for TV Cultura’s Metrópolis—one of Brazil’s most traditional art and culture TV shows—for more than ten years. Also at TV Cultura, she has been a news anchor for Jornal da Cultura. She was a TV presenter and reporter for Canal Futura RJ and further developed her research in education and public journalism. At TV Globo, she has worked as a reporter for the music show FAMA and for RJTV. In 2016, 2018, and 2021, she received the Comunique-se Award as Best Cultural/Spoken Media Journalist. She also presents the show Mais Preta on Radio Nova Brasil FM.