Images Beyond Nature
The spread of augmented reality systems, the popularization of sensory design and new forms of sociability based on fluid communities of video and photo consumers and producers indicate…
Writing
Off the Axis, Away from Home, Among Pirates
I am taking part in the 2nd Latin American Photography Forum, which begins at Itaú Cultural (São Paulo) on the 20th. The event, titled Fora do Eixo, Fora de Casa, is coordinated by Iatã…
Technophagic Emergence
Today I presented my paper at the Latin American Forum at ISEA 2010 about Creative and Critical Trends of Digital Culture in Brazil. Here are the paper, the slides, and the PDF.…
Contemporary Art After Digital Media
Today I am giving a presentation at The Creators Project. I was supposed to give an overview of digital art. I am increasingly convinced that this term has expired. As have Art &…
Art and the Avant-Garde on the Internet
Arte e Vanguarda na Internet is the title of the lecture series presented by CCBB, impeccably produced by Texto Intermídia. The series, which has already taken place in Brasília—where I…
Transmedia Aesthetics
Yesterday I joined the panel on “Transmediatization and Lifestyle” at the 4th congress of ABES (Brazilian Association for Semiotic Studies), with Raquel Zuanon, Lucia Santaella and Mario…
Tele_bits 2.0
Tele_bits 2.0 is a net art work about the relationships between telecommunications and culture. With a post-cinematic format, the project is attuned to the aesthetics of the data movie or…
From Readymade to Ready Media
From Readymade to Ready Media: Opening lecture for the MIS-SP open course in Art History (January 30, 2010).The lecture presents methodological parameters for situating media art within art…
From Ready-Made to Ready-Media (Inaugural Lecture)
MIS-SP invited me to give the inaugural lecture for the open art history course the institution will run over the next year and a half. I took the opportunity to consider methodological…
Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Delusions So Different, So Appealing? (Factoría)
¿QUÉ ES LO QUE HACE A LOS ESPEJISMOS DE HOY TAN DIFERENTES, TAN ATRACTIVOS? is the title of the inaugural exhibition at Factoría (Santiago de Compostela, Spain). I am participating with…