Pirates: Dissidents of the New Order
I recently wrote about the controversy surrounding the removal of the Creative Commons license from the Ministry of Culture, the privatization of culture, and the importance of creating…
Writing
Privatize or politicize culture?
Ana de Hollanda’s term at the Minc has barely begun, and it is already giving people plenty to talk about (and protest against). The first action to attract attention was the removal of the…
The depoliticization of culture
An article published today in Folha de S. Paulo reports a crisis at Paço das Artes and MIS. The crisis is said to stem from difficulties in the relationships between some employees and the…
From link to leak
Today, the 10th, at 7:30 p.m., I am taking part in the international Rumos Jornalismo Cultural seminar at Itaú Cultural, in a discussion with the wonderful Kenneth Goldsmith of…
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.…
The Political Tension of Social Networks
The Quit Facebook Day movement and the YouTube video war over Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla reveal the opposing potentials of Web 2.0 Giselle Beiguelman (@gbeiguelman)Social and…
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 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…