The asterisk, in textual language, serves as a call to attention for something that deserves to be explored further. The exhibitions at Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana and the Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul are spaces where the boundaries of different notions of Estalo intersect; they both disperse and coalesce but collectively fix points that deserve our attention. The works gathered here motivate us to reflect on how the condition of existence is intimately linked to the collective and the movements of creation and transformation.

The diverse artistic practices present in the iconic building that houses both institutions navigate between mythology, interspecies relationships, social dynamics, and the sensoriality of bodies, revisiting any stable and binary logic in the different spheres of human and non-human lives.