english bio [last update: may 2001]
 

Born in 1965. By the end of the 80's start to develop studies and artistic work using new media and moving images, exploring the expressive potentiality of the video. Most of his works are authorial and independent pieces, including a wide variety of formats, such as video-installations, single channel videos, short films, music videos, and interactive work. Have been frequently awarded and constantly screened inside and outside of Brazil in solo and collective shows in more than 20 countries. He is currently artist in residence at the CAiiA-STAR Program - UK.

main works

films + single channel video + TV + cd-rom
 

2001 -  1 + 1 [TAXIDERMIA + OUTDOOR] - installation with 3 video channels + taxi and billboard
2001 -  POSTCARDS - installation version - 15 small projections over 15 postcards
2001 -  O FIM DO SEM FIM - feature film documentary - DV/Super8/16mm - 92í
2000 -  ATÓPICOS [MISPLACES] - multichannel videoinstallation with objects, TV sets and projections
2000 -  POSTCARDS [PLYMOUTH SERIES] -  6 digital videos for the Internet
1999 -  EU NÃO POSSO IMAGINAR - experimental video - part of the Torments project - DV/Super8 - 22'
1999 -  I HAVE NO WORDS: VESTÍGIOS (TRAILER) - incidental video - part of the Torments project - DV/Super8 - 4'
1999 -  CORRUPTED POEMS - series of 7 web-videos - variations on Fernando Pessoa's excerpts ? QuickTime - 20" each
1999 -  COMO CORPO CAI - tribute video - 1 minute
1998 -  OIAPOQUE - LíOYAPOCK ? documentary DV/Betacam - Fronteiras/Itaú Cultural - 12í
1998 -  OTTO - fiction short film - 16mm/DV/35mm - 21'
1998 -  JACKS IN SLOW MOTION - MAC/PC CD ROM - conception and art direction
1998 -  CULTURA ? series of 7 micro-documentaries - Super-8/DV - 30í each
1996 -  ALI É UM LUGAR QUE NÃO CONHEÇO (JUST THERE: A PLACE I DO NOT KNOW) - videopoem - Hi8/Betacam - 6í30"
1995 -  A CIDADE E SEUS FLUXOS (THE CITY AND ITS FLOWS) - documentary /Betacam SP - 24' - Art/City project
1994 -  CIDADE SEM JANELAS (The City Without Windows) - documentary /Betacam SP - 29' - Art/City project
1994 -  UNPLUGGED GILBERTO GIL - TV program / Betacam /D2 - director - 50' -  MTV (world wide distribution)
1992 -  LOVE STORIES - experimental video / Hi8-16mm - 6 '
1991 -  MEMÓRIA VIVA - experimental video/ Hi8 ? 1minute
1990 -  SEXO EXPLÍCITO - ESPECIAL - TV program/ one inch - director - with rock group Sexo Explícito - 48'
1990 -  AGENDA - TV daily cultural program - U-matic ? 15í (each)
1989 -  *5 - RAIZ DE CINCO - experimental video /U-matic - 3'
1988 -  MUSICAL MUG SHOW - TV program /U-matic - six programs with rock groups: Felini, De Falla, Último Número, Sexo Explícito, Gueto and Ira! - 52' each
 
 
 

some international exhibitions:
 
 

2001 - FID Festival Int. du Documentaire - Vue Sur Le Docs/Fictions du Réel - Marseille/France
2000 - ISEA ­ 10th International Symposium on Electronic Art ­ Paris/France
2000 - 3rd  Int. Media Art Festival "offline@online" - Intimate Technologies dig_in_time - Pärnu New Art Museum - Estonia
2000 - 18º WWVF - World Wide Video Festival ­ Amsterdam/Netherlands
2000 - Locarno VideoArtFestival­ Loccarno/Switzerland
2000 - CanariasMediaFest 2000 - 9º Festival Interncional de Video y Multimedia de Canarias - Spain
2000 - FiFi ­ 2e Festival International du Film De LíInternet ­ Lile/France
2000 - Slamdance 2000 - Park City /USA
2000 - Exit ­ International Film and Video - Chisenhale Gallery - Londres/UK
2000 - Videotage-Microwave Festival 2000 - Hong Kong
1999 - Crossing the Border - Podewil/Berliner Kulturveranstaltungs - Berlin/Germany
1999 - Culturgest 99 - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires - Argentina
1999 - Ayloul Festival - Contemporary Southern Hemisphere Videoart - Beiruth/Lebanon
1999 - MoMa - Museum Of Modern Art: Experimentos Tropicais - NY/USA
1999 - Dallas Video Festival - Dallas/USA
1999 - XX VideoArt Festival Locarno - Locarno/Switzerland
1998 - 98' Pandaemonium Festival of Moving Image - London/UK
1998 - MoMa - Museum Of Modern Art: Experimentos Tropicais - NY/USA, 1999
1998 - 27º Festival Nouveau Cinéma Nouveaux Medias - Montreal/Canada
1998 - Experimentos Tropicais Pacific Film Archive - Berkeley Art Museum - Berkeley/USA
1997 - Sydney Intermedia Network - Sydney/Australia
1997 - 15th World Wide Video Festival - Amsterdam/Netherlands
1997 - Atlanta Film e Video Festival - Atlanta/USA
1996 - Dentro-Brasil - Long Beach Museum of Art - Long Beach-CA/USA
1993 - The 7th Australian International Video Festival - Sydney/Australia
1993 - 1ere.Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique - Montreal/Canada
1993 - 5eme Semaine Internationale de Vidéo-Saint Gervais - Geneve/Switzerland
1992 - Espacio Giesso: Lucas Bambozzi - B. Aires/Argentina
1992 ­ A Bao A Qou VideoArt Screenings - Paris/France
 
 
 

selected awards and prizes
 

Vue Sur Le Docs/Fictions du Réel - prize for the most innovative work [by Canal +]: O Fim do Sem Fim ­ FID Festival Int. du Documentaire ­ Marseille/France - 2001
Carlton Arts Prize ­ award for the Postcards project ­ Brazil - 2001
CineCeará ­ prize for the film O Fim do Sem Fim ­ Fortaleza/Brazil­ 2001
Itís All True ­ prize for the most innovative work [by GNT TV channel]: O Fim do Sem Fim - International Documentary Festival ­ São Paulo/Brazil - 2001
20th Locarno VideoArt Festival ­ First Prize: best video: I Have No Words - Grand Prix de la Ville de Locarno ­ Locarno/Switzerland - 2000
Canarias MediaFest 2000 - Best Videocreation Author - 9º Festival Interncional de Video y Multimedia de Canarias - Spain - 2000
Brasil Digital/ZetaFilmes - Best Digital Documentary 1st Internet Brazilian Festival ­­ Brazil ­ 2000
Prize Vídeo Institucional Estadão Cultura ­ grant for the project Cultura ­ a series of 7 micro-documentaries ­ Brazil - 1998

grants and fellowships

Virtuose - Secretaria do Audiovisual/Ministry of Culture ­ grant/fellowship for art residence at the CAiiA-STAR - UK - 2000-2001
Prize Concurso LINC - Governo do Estado de São Paulo ­ video comission for the project Tormentos ­ Brazil - 1998
Concurso de Premiação de Projetos de Documentário de Média-Metragem ­ Ministry of Culture ­ film comission to produce the documentary project Restos do Ofício ­ Brazil - 1999
Award Bolsa Vitae de Artes - Fundação Vitae ­ grant/fellowship as a researcher artist to develop the project Tormentos ­ Brazil - 1996
Prêmio Estímulo para a Realização de Curta-Metragens ­ film comission to produce OTTO, I Am Another ­ Sec. de Estado da Cultura - São Paulo - 1996
Advanced Projects and CD-ROM - Fund. Vitae, Antorchas Andes and Rockefeller - fellowship for workshop ­ Bariloche/Argentina ­ 1994
 
 

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