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.…
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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…
Remembering Is Understanding
An artistic intervention with wheatpaste posters recalls AI-5 and warns of the dangers of authoritarianism Since the early hours of April 3, passersby in Largo da Batata, in Pinheiros, have…
Sound sculptures
In my April 2 Ouvir Imagens column, I spoke about my visit to Esculturas para Ouvir at MuBE, the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture. Curated by Cauê Alves, the exhibition brings together works…
The Age of Shared Surveillance
Much has been said in recent weeks about the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica case. I addressed the subject in my Ouvir Imagens column on Rádio USP this Monday, March 26. I discussed how…
A new urban art
A new urban art View the reference ↗︎ In my column Ouvir Imagens on Rádio USP this Monday, March 19, I discussed the impact of technologies and media in the city on urban art. I highlighted…
Does the Internet never forget?
In my column Ouvir Imagens on Rádio USP this Monday, March 12, I discussed technological obsolescence and its impact on the memory of net art.They say the Internet never forgets. But…
Ouvir Imagens Debuts on Rádio USP
Watch the video ↗︎ Now on air: Ouvir Imagens, my column on Rádio USP. This weekly column airs Mondays at 8 a.m. It remains available online and can be accessed anytime, anywhere.Taking…