EXTENDED THURSDAY
with tour & film: São Paulo Sociedade Anônima (1965)
Thursday, 6. August 2026, 6-10 pm
Supporting program for the exhibition: Renata Lucas – a minor course correction
► 6–10 pm: Extended Thursday
► 7 pm: Dialogical tour
► 8 pm: Film program at Kino im U: São Paulo Sociedade Anônima (1965) von Luiz Sérgio Person (107 min)
Linda Schröer (Interim Director, Dortmunder Kunstverein) and Hel Wagner (Intern in Curatorial Assistance and Mediation) offer insights into the work of Brazilian artist Renata Lucas and the process of conceiving and realizing the exhibition. Afterwards, the film "São Paulo Sociedade Anônima" shows us 1960s São Paulo and follows Carlos, a quality control inspector at Volkswagen, as he searches for a new beginning amid factories, affairs, and growing alienation, only to be drawn ever deeper into the city's rapid industrial transformation. At once a finely observed character study and a sharp critique of urban modernisation, director Luiz Sérgio Person captures Brazilian modernism’s most incisive portrait of middle-class ambition and alienation.
The film was restored in 4K in 2025 using the original 35 mm camera and sound negatives, together with a duplicate negative preserved by the Cinemateca Brasileira. The restoration was carried out by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna in association with the Cinemateca Brasileira, Lauper Films Ltda., and the family of Luiz Sérgio Person.
