That embrace, Paula
Paula Beiguelman died yesterday, June 5, leaving us with a deep sense of loss and a wealth of memories. A professor emerita at USP, forced into retirement by the dictatorship, she was my…
Writing
Essays, criticism, lectures, news and activity records, organized by publication date.
Invitation: 3 in 1
Poetrica and Philosophy of the Silverbox are at Arte Nuevo InteractivA ’09: International Biennial, Mérida, MX (May 28 - June 30).Suite For Mobile Tags is at O Lugar Dissonante, 47° Salão…
HTTPVideo, HTTPTags, and HTTPSound festivals
In 2008, the Sergio Motta Institute held three festivals—HTTPVideo, HTTPTags, and HTTPSound—curated by Giselle Beiguelman on three major Web 2.0 platforms: YouTube, Delicious, and MySpace.…
Appropriations of the UnCommon
This e-book covers the main content of the symposium “Appropriation of the Uncommon: Public and Private Space in Times of Mobility.” It is the result of a partnership between the Vivo…
Work in Progress — Cyberliterature Studies
Concrete Poetry Heritage Revisited* Digital arts are specific practices that emerged in the 1990s and don’t point to a homogeneous context. Net art, interactive video, virtual performances,…
Code Works
Sator SquareThe Sator Square is a word square containing a Latin palindrome featuring the words SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS. Latin for 'Arepo the sower holds his cart with difficulty.' In…
Music Sets the Tone
A good article in Valor about music and the Internet. Since access to the newspaper’s archive is restricted, once again I will perform a public service by reproducing Cadão Volpato’s…
A life without secrets
I recently published a review of Paula Sibilia’s new book in mais! (Folha de S. Paulo). The book is very good, and since the review is available only to UOL subscribers, I am posting it…