Anthropophagic science
I am going through a difficult time. Between a thousand jobs, I keep rummaging through archives and links about my father, Professor Bernardo Beiguelman, who died on October 5.UNICAMP, the…
Writing
Essays, criticism, lectures, news and activity records, organized by publication date.
The Process and the Artwork
Today at Oi Futuro I am participating in Vanguardas , a project organized by IETV. Today's debate addresses process and artwork. My presentation starts from three approaches that frequently…
Pirates: Dissidents of the New Order
I recently wrote about the controversy surrounding the removal of the Creative Commons license from the Ministry of Culture, the privatization of culture, and the importance of creating…
Privatize or politicize culture?
Ana de Hollanda’s term at the Minc has barely begun, and it is already giving people plenty to talk about (and protest against). The first action to attract attention was the removal of the…
Directors Lounge — Berlin
Cinema Lascado and CGH-SDU (Homage to the Minimal Information) are at the Directors Lounge (the 7th Berlin International Directors Lounge, 2011). These videos will be presented in the…
The depoliticization of culture
An article published today in Folha de S. Paulo reports a crisis at Paço das Artes and MIS. The crisis is said to stem from difficulties in the relationships between some employees and the…
From link to leak
Today, the 10th, at 7:30 p.m., I am taking part in the international Rumos Jornalismo Cultural seminar at Itaú Cultural, in a discussion with the wonderful Kenneth Goldsmith of…
Images Beyond Nature
The spread of augmented reality systems, the popularization of sensory design and new forms of sociability based on fluid communities of video and photo consumers and producers indicate…
Off the Axis, Away from Home, Among Pirates
I am taking part in the 2nd Latin American Photography Forum, which begins at Itaú Cultural (São Paulo) on the 20th. The event, titled Fora do Eixo, Fora de Casa, is coordinated by Iatã…
Mud, cloning, neurobiology, and memories
Bernardo Beiguelman, my father, passed away this Tuesday, the 5th. We have received countless emails, telegrams, hugs, and comforting words that we are not yet able to answer or thank…
Technophagic Emergence
Today I presented my paper at the Latin American Forum at ISEA 2010 about Creative and Critical Trends of Digital Culture in Brazil. Here are the paper, the slides, and the PDF.…
Contemporary Art After Digital Media
Today I am giving a presentation at The Creators Project. I was supposed to give an overview of digital art. I am increasingly convinced that this term has expired. As have Art &…
Art and the Avant-Garde on the Internet
Arte e Vanguarda na Internet is the title of the lecture series presented by CCBB, impeccably produced by Texto Intermídia. The series, which has already taken place in Brasília—where I…
The Revolution Will Be Digitized
Emerging formats reinvent how images circulate and herald cinema for the age of connection Never have so many images been produced. And, more importantly, never have so many images been put…
The Political Tension of Social Networks
The Quit Facebook Day movement and the YouTube video war over Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla reveal the opposing potentials of Web 2.0 Giselle Beiguelman (@gbeiguelman)Social and…
Transmedia Aesthetics
Yesterday I joined the panel on “Transmediatization and Lifestyle” at the 4th congress of ABES (Brazilian Association for Semiotic Studies), with Raquel Zuanon, Lucia Santaella and Mario…
Pixelseta? T-Shirxel?
Downtown Linz, April 22, 2010. Click on the image to see it at its urban…
The Volcano Artist Residency Program
Volcano (the Icelandic volcano) puts us in the strange situation of being on “enforced holiday.” It is almost like an unplanned holiday, but it isn’t.The unfinished work that won’t go away,…
Immobility
The air travel chaos in Europe caused by ash from the Icelandic volcano coincided with the start of jury deliberations for Ars Electronica, a kind of “Nobel Prize” for digital culture.The…
Geografias Celulares
Suite For Mobile Tags is in Lima as part of the exhibition Geografias Celulares.The project proposes a collective, anonymous musical composition using mobile phones that read QR codes and…