The transformation of the ground floor of the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion into a public square, as in Oscar Niemeyer’s original design for Ibirapuera Park in 1953, proposes a new relationship between the Bienal and its surroundings – the park, the city – opening itself up as the ágora in the tradition of the Greek polis, a space for meetings, confrontations, frictions. This space will have an intense schedule for the six weeks of the event, and will host music and dance presentations, performances and cinema – always based upon proposals that will understand the “square” as a space for social interaction in the present – seeking to create energy to air the building, and consolidate the show as a temporary social space generating creative potential capable of permeating the artists as well as the audience gathered in its events.