In between

English: For some years I've been procrastinating watching the movie ‘Space in Between’ by Marina Abramovic. I heard a lot of good and bad comments about this movie at the time of its release and I had the opportunity to visit the big exhibition, Marina in Between, promoted by SESC Pompéia in São Paulo. In…

Lovely Repulsion

English: It is interesting that some moments and artistic works can leave a mark on us by repulsion. This is what happened to me at the little 'Wot U 🙂 About' exhibit of the young Scottish artist Rachel Maclean at TATE Britain in London. The room, near to the entrance of the historical and traditional…

Little bits of Poetry

English: A few days ago, I watched the new movie from one of my favorite directors Jim Jarmusch, Paterson. I admit that it took me a while to organize my thoughts and to perpetuate them writing here. Perhaps one of the reasons for procrastination was the realization that my little sentences will never convey the…

Alice’s Cabinet

English: “The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.” Marcel Duchamp, April 1957 Just before I faced the adventure of returning to London I had the…

Weaving Technology

English:  In wanderings in Sao Paulo, I came across a wonderful lecture on Body, Fashion, and Technology, by the Brazilian artist Ricardo O’ Nascimento. It Interestingly Ricardo does not have an artistic past, he is graduated in International Relations and had the will to become a diplomat. Life had led him to work in the exhibition…

Live Uncertainty

English:  In this is a brief and personal text is my perception of the 32nd Biennal of Art in São Paulo. Português:  Este é um texto breve e pessoal, a minha percepção da 32a Bienal de São Paulo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2AOTpzL97Y From September 7 to December 11 and 2016, the 32nd São Paulo Biennial was held in…

Lecture: Jo Love

English: The talk with the artist Dr. Johanna Love "Jo Love" was very inspiring. She was invited to speak about her research and practice (practice  base  research) based on her artwork. However, she ended up talking much more about perception changes, new ways to look at art, memory and time. It’s funny how some speakers…

Lecture: Paul Coldwell

English:    Unfortunately I wasn’t  present at the incredible class that the artist / researcher Paul Coldwell gave, so I watched a similar youtube lecture that happened one year prior to the course. After talking with some colleagues I already had an idea about the issues addressed by him in his work however, it was…

Group Crit #1

English: Your work is to make your work In this Tuesday, at the regular time of our traditional meeting we did a different dynamic- we had the first opportunity to present our case and our embryonic ideas to colleagues, with an exchange of experiences and references. I think I'm in the process of getting comfortable…

Autumn

English: Am I doing it right thing exposing my real anguish and my personal life here on this site? When I compare myself with others I get a little afraid that this site is becoming more like a personal diary than an artistic record. Since I began to identify myself as an artist I am…