The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (MON) is hosting an exhibition by contemporary artist Eder Santos, a pioneer of multimedia art in Brazil. The exhibition, titled Daquilo que nos escapa (That which escapes us), opens on September 3rd. at 6:00 PM in Room 11. It is curated by Luiz Gustavo Carvalho.

Internationally recognized for developing projects that blend visual arts, cinema, theater, video, and new media, the artist brings together 12 works in this exhibition that offer an overview of his multifaceted output, within a space that explores the relationships between image, memory, technology, and perception.

The exhibition transforms Room 11 into an experience-based environment where images and sounds engage with the architecture, inviting visitors to navigate the space in a non-linear fashion. More than a retrospective or a mere gathering of works, the exhibition proposes an encounter between different eras and artistic languages.

Outside the museum, the video installation Iluminado (Enlightened) reaches out to and engages the public in the outdoor area. The work fosters an interesting dialogue between the exhibition, the MON sem paredes -Arte ao ar livre (MON without walls - Open-air art) project, and the building’s architecture.

“The first exhibition of the artist from Minas Gerais at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum brings together video installations and video sculptures created between 2003 and 2024 that revolve around this shifting condition,” the curator explains. “Letters, bottles, wires, aquariums, and seas traverse the exhibition space, establishing a fluid geography where the border is no longer understood as a rigid line of separation but transforms into a space of passage, one where every trajectory also holds the possibility of going astray,” says Carvalho.