Vinicius Couto, his body stamped with the I=I symbol against a red background
Photo: Douglas Reder / via CartaCapital

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Vinicius Couto — visual artist, performer & filmmaker

Pose Ativa — independent art

Vinicius Couto is a Brazilian visual artist, performer and filmmaker based in Lisbon. Since coming out of the AIDS closet, he has turned his own body into combat territory: performances, installations and films that make life with HIV visible and dismantle stigma — from Cairo to Rotterdam, São Paulo to Lisbon.

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Selected projects
Still from The Passion According to G.H.B.: three men lying together

The Passion According to G.H.B.

Film · 2026

Film · 2026Still: The Passion According to G.H.B. · Carneiro Verde Filmes
Vinicius Couto in the PRO_CU•RAR-SE interview

PRO_CU•RAR-SE

Artivist project · 2021–2023

Artivism · 2021–2023Photo: Coffeepaste
Documentation of the Undetectable = Untransmittable intervention

I=I

Performance · 2018–2019

Performance · 2018–2019Photo: via CartaCapital

“I could no longer live in silence.”

Vinicius Couto — CartaCapital, 2019 (translated)