Artur Lescher at Estação Pinacoteca
Today I highlight Suspensão, a retrospective of São Paulo artist Artur Lescher, on view at Estação Pinacoteca.Curated by Camila Bechelany, the exhibition occupies the building’s fourth…
Writing
MySpace loses files and erases network memory
The social network MySpace, which we had not heard much about for a long time, lost many files last week. With them, part of the memory of networks is erased. As MySpace was a fundamental…
The Marielle Investigation Took Place in Informational Space
Ouvir Imagens, Rádio USP, March 18, 2019The investigation that led to the suspects in the murders of councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes took place in informational…
Burle Marx at MuBE: a lesson in art and ecology
Exhibition bringing together the many facets of the brilliant Brazilian landscape architect extended through May 25Ouvir Imagens, Rádio USP, March 11, 2019There are excellent exhibitions on…
A Cerebral Carnival Reveler
Ouvir Imagens, Rádio USP, March 4, 2019I am not much of a Carnival reveler, but I feel a complete affinity with the Carnival moment. I am the type you might call a “cerebral reveler.”On the…
Historic Magazine Collections Are Online
Ouvir Imagens, Rádio USP, February 25, 2019Complete collections of historic magazines are online. The internet offers access to collections of old magazines on a wide range of subjects,…
Rejecting antisemitism
Ouvir Imagens. Rádio USP, February 18, 2019Antisemitism is growing and making itself felt again. The latest survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on antisemitism…
Artists Make Critical Use of Artificial Intelligence
Ouvir Imagens, Rádio USP, February 11, 2019I have just returned from Berlin, where I visited an Ars Electronica exhibition devoted entirely to artists' critical use of artificial…
What Do the President’s Images Say?
In my first column of the year for Revista ZUM, I analyze the construction of President Bolsonaro’s image, from the amateur aesthetic of his campaign to his governmental image. I discuss…
Brumadinho: An Environmental and Cultural Tragedy
Watch the video ↗︎ Column broadcast on February 4, 2019The dam collapse in Brumadinho shocked Brazil and the world because of its tragic scale, but also because it is an event that leaves…