“O que os olhos alcançam” in Cristiano Mascaro’s images
I visited photographer Cristiano Mascaro’s exhibition at Sesc Pinheiros, “O que os olhos alcançam,” and it is simply unmissable. Photograph after photograph fills the eyes, soul, and mind,…
Writing
Art and Science Come Together in Maquinaria
Ouvir Imagens, June 3, 2019, Rádio USPThe relationship between art and science in contemporary art is generally associated with new technologies and digital media. Yet this partnership is…
Contemporary Arab Photography Needs to Be Seen and Revisited
Ouvir Imagens, May 23, 2019. Rádio USPGood exhibitions need to be seen and revisited. Such is the case with Taswir: a fotografia árabe contemporânea, which I visited on its final day.…
The Future of Ruins in the Age of Programmed Forgetting
How can we not think of ruins amid the political and social tearing apart we are experiencing, haunted by catastrophe? A theme dear to the photographic imagination, ruins have asserted…
Marc Ferrez: art, technology, and photography
I visited the exhibition Marc Ferrez: Território e Imagem and can say that it is a lesson in art, technology, and photography. Curated by Sergio Burgi, with research by Ileana Pradilla…
SÓLOVE maps the history of sex in São Paulo
The debate over so-called “gender ideology” attacks a series of freedoms that have marked the democratization of public space. How does art respond to this process? My answer is an…
Installations Explore Memory and Forgetting in the City
By Leila KyomuraGiselle Beiguelman — artist and professor at USP’s School of Architecture and Urbanism — presents two new installations: Monumento Nenhum, at Beco do Pinto, and Chacina da…
Monumento Nenhum and Chacina da Luz occupy the city center
Ouvir Imagens, Rádio USP, April 29, 2019 On Saturday, May 4, I open two new installations: Monumento Nenhum, at Beco do Pinto, and Chacina da Luz, at Solar da Marquesa de Santos. Through…
Rebuild or renew Notre-Dame?
Cathedral fire divides historical heritage specialistsThe fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral immediately makes us think about the social meaning of heritage and public policies related to…
Depois do Futuro Is the Book of Our Present
Rádio USP, Ouvir Imagens, April 15, 2019Ubu has just published Depois do Futuro, by Italian philosopher Franco “Bifo” Berardi. It is more than timely reading in this Brazil of ours, where…