Rolling Thunder Revue: Bob Dylan by Martin Scorsese
Rolling Thunder Revue is Martin Scorsese’s film about Bob Dylan’s tour across the United States. The tour began in 1975 and became legendary, its very format a manifesto. Dylan defied the…
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Black Mirror’s fifth season is disappointing
Ouvir Imagens, June 24. Rádio USP.Black Mirror’s fifth season arrived amid hype about scenes filmed in São Paulo, and it was a total disappointment. Weak scripts, banal images, and no…
“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,…
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.…
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…
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…
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…