Just like the artistic practices at Usina do Gasômetro, which work by putting the supposed rigidity of disciplines into tension, the works that compose this Estalo articulate themselves through friction, with each work and artistic research pointing in a different direction. Zooming in on the action of rubbing two stones, we notice that the spark is a third space of action. Although minimal, it is the procedural place where energy creation occurs. The goal is for the exhibition space to be this third place, resulting from the friction between the reflections raised by the works.

The contact spaces that provoke the spark and, therefore, the exhibition, are configured as follows: sound, which some works address as a reflection of collective human and non-human experiences while others approach it from the power to contest policies around pleasure and its intended commodification; contemporary material and visual culture as well as the social relationships that configured them as consumption fetishes; and everyday practices, in their agency to enable collective mobilizations.