A digital exhibition that brings together more than 50 life stories collected in the six Brazilian biomes between 2024 and 2025 is available for free until February 1, 2026.
The exhibition displays videos, sounds and images that portray how different people and communities live together, resist and create solutions in the midst of land transformations. Opened by the Museu da Pessoa, the exhibition aims for the public to reflect on the relationship between human beings and the planet from a biocentric perspective, which recognizes all forms of life as equally valuable.
Curated by Ailton Krenak and Karen Worcman, the exhibition features narratives from indigenous peoples, farmers, artists, quilombolas, scientists and nature guardians who share their experiences of belonging to the Earth.
“Where did we come from and where are we going, what are we doing with this experience? The earth has answers for all of us, in the places where we originate”, says curator Ailton Krenak.
Krenak says he believes that, by being able to open up thinking to this biocentric movement, it would be easier to understand why native peoples, the original peoples, are so attached to their places of origin.
“I realize that this is a biocentric attitude. And it is interesting that it also articulates an idea of community. It is common, it is not individual. The way of being on earth is common, it is collective”, he highlights.
Karen Worcman, curator and founder of the Museu da Pessoa, highlights that, throughout its history, exhibitions, audiovisual shows and educational projects have expanded dialogue with different audiences and made visible how life stories are tools for social transformation. “It is from this perspective that we present this exhibition, inviting each visitor to recognize themselves as part of this great common web of life”, says Karen.
Immersive experience in Belém
The in-person version of the exhibition “Have You Already Heard the Earth?” is on view until February 1, 2026 at the Museu do Estado do Pará, at Palácio Lauro Sodré, in Belém. The exhibition invites the public to “enter” beneath the Earth’s crust, through a large collective blanket made of waste and fabrics, an immersive soundtrack and stories recorded on video, creating a sensorial experience of listening to the Earth.
Curated by Ailton Krenak and Karen Worcman, expography by Marcelo Larrea and score by Benjamin Taubkin, the exhibition is organized into four modules: Cabine Manto, O Manto (Listening to the Earth), Rivers of Memory and Speech, Museu da Pessoa.
