about fabiana gibim

fabiana gibim is a performance artist, editor, and curator from the border of brazil and paraguay, born into the guarani-kaiowá indigenous nation. her work explores concepts of sonic art in relation to vibration as an epistemology. she is interested in radical archives—both sound and printed matter—and dedicates herself to creating imaginary archives that experiment with the concept of “formless formation.”
 

she is also the editor and founder of the são paulo-based radical press, sobinfluencia, working collaboratively with over 200 bipoc contributors and having published over 40 books and more than 50 mixed-media posters. she has edited and published works by names such as amiri baraka, pier paolo pasolini, françois tosquelles, mckenzie wark, guy debord, and many others in the portuguese language.
 

fabiana was a special curator at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale, where she received the prestigious john d. and rose h. jackson award for outstanding work in artistic curation. her efforts culminated in curating the exhibition “art, protest & the archives” at yale from 2023 to 2024.
 

in 2023, she was a finalist for the prêmio jabuti (the "tortoise prize"), the most traditional literary award in brazil, given by the brazilian book chamber (cbl), for her work as the editor of the first book ever written in history, the mesopotamian long poem “inana.”

currently, fabiana lives between brazil and new york, investigating with sound, collage, radio work and writing about sonic experimentalism.