Espaço em obra
[Jacket-flap text for Espaço em obra by Guilherme Wisnik and Julio Mariutti, Edições Sesc, 2018]Espaço em obra, by Guilherme Wisnik and Julio Mariutti, is a palimpsest of a book. Like…
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Another Art History
We need to speak of another art history in schools, one capable of accounting for our Indigenous foundations, such as Marajoara and Tapajônica ceramics. This is not a restorative vision, a…
Apps for exploring the arts
App-based guides are one of the gifts of mobile phones. Discover the best in the art world An extreme dependence on your phone can spoil anyone’s vacation, but there is no denying that…
An emoji to call your own
The 17th is World Emoji Day, celebrating the symbols synonymous with visual communication on phones. New releases incorporate physical disabilities, while symbols for menstruation and…
Digital preservation: net art in the museum
Digital preservation in museums: net art between computing clouds and clouds of oblivionFull text: Preservação digital em museus: a net art entre nuvens computacionais e de esquecimento.…
From the Bauhaus to the June Protests
The Bauhaus, the most influential design school of all time, turns 100 in 2019, but celebrations have already begun with Adobe's release of a package of typefaces developed at the legendary…
See these sounds!
Prenúncios e catástrofes at Sesc Pompeia expands the boundaries of audiovisual artWe recently discussed the impact of digital media on photography on Ouvir Imagens, my column on Rádio USP.…
Sergio Rodrigues: Design as Thought
An exhibition on Sergio Rodrigues at Itaú Cultural presents design as a process of creation and development, as an act of thought, not merely an outcomeI visited the exhibition Sergio Estar…
From Canudos to the Occupations
Monica Zarattini reinterprets the War of Canudos and imaging technologies in light of contemporary conflictsThe project Plano, seco e pontiagudo, by photographer Monica Zarattini, addresses…
The Best Timelines on the Internet
From visual arts to rock, we recommend excellent resources for art-history research that promise hours of online enjoyment View the reference ↗︎ The quality of information on the internet…
We Must Occupy the Memes
My column is now online on ZUM magazine’s website, and the topic is memes!In this article, I discuss the leading role memes play in political disputes and their transformation into a kind…
Ten essential websites for art lovers
From video collections to street art, by way of modernist magazines: a map of the best the internet has to offer View the reference ↗︎Countless art collections can now be visited online.…
Hyperconnected exhibitions
Hyperconnection and distraction challenge museums and art exhibitions. The 33rd Bienal proposes an educational project based on experience and attention View the reference ↗︎ Audio of the…
New Pokémon Go Aims to Map the World with Players’ Help
An augmented reality map brings new dynamics to the game and new problems in the relationship between public and private The next version of Pokémon Go is expected to be an augmented…
Hate Groups Targeting the Homeless
Online reactions to the collapse of a building in Largo do Paissandu range from solidarity to violent rhetoric from hate groups The fire and subsequent collapse of the Wilton Paes de…
Aesthetics of memory in the 21st century: politics of forgetting in public and media spaces
Aesthetics of memory in the 21st century: politics of forgetting in public and media spacesIn this masterclass, I present a group of works developed over the preceding five years in the…
Radical technologies can free mobile-phone slaves
Goodbye iSlave, a book by Jack Linchuan Qiu, discusses mobile-phone slaves from the perspectives of production regimes in factories and the mechanisms that create dependence on the device.…
Douglas Gordon Turns Video into Painting and Vice Versa
I visited the video installation Îles flottantes (If Monet Met Cézanne, in Montfavet), at Instituto Moreira Salles, by Scottish artist Douglas Gordon (1966), who also has an exhibition at…
A Rusty Brasília Is a Portrait of Brazil
In my April 16 column on Rádio USP, I discussed SP-Arte 2018 and highlighted Brasília (2018), a work by artist Bruno Faria. Bruno worked with Belo Horizonte’s Galeria Periscópio Arte…
Odiolândia at SP-Arte Talks
I took part in the SP-Arte Talks panel on digital art alongside Luli Radfahrer. At the organizers’ suggestion, I discussed my work Odiolândia.I received countless messages after the…