Entre nós – A Figura Humana no Acervo do MASP, CCBB

This is a series of audio recordings with 40 curators (from the museum and other institutions), artists and guests, who picked and talked about artworks from MASP’s permanent collection.

A touring exhibition was presented in three CCBB (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil) locations: in Rio de Janeiro, next in Belo Horizonte, and then in Brasília.

We’ve designed the content so that everything we produced could be re-used when the artworks return to the permanent display at MASP in São Paulo.

My role: director, editor

Vila Itororó, São Paulo

Can stories from the past help design the future?
Why should a historic housing complex, that was once squatted in, be made public?
How can the public contribute to the creation of a cultural center?

Vila Itororó was built at the beginning of the XXth Century in the heart of São Paulo.

This project consisted of a series of audio interviews and portraits of all stakeholders. Architects, curators, former residents, social activists, construction workers and night watchmen discussed the renovation of this whole block and its transformation into a cultural center. And yes, someone told us about ghosts!

Rather than hosting the content on Soundcloud, I adapted the “Scorsese” audio guide web app code that was recently released on Github by the ACMI team.
I wrote a short blog post about the process of “Cloning Scorsese”.

A longer version of the interviews is also available on vilaitororo.org.br.

My role: producer, director, creative technologist

31st Bienal, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

How can we share stories about contemporary art with a larger audience?

The São Paulo Bienal is one of the most popular exhibitions in South America.

I produced and directed interview-based audio guides in Portuguese and English, with a few tracks in Spanish. I made the suggestion to bring on a variety of voices: the 7 guest curators of this edition, some artists and staff from the Bienal Foundation including young educators. According to the Bienal team, it was the most creative audio guide they’ve ever had. Stats showed a strong increase in the number of listeners when compared with previous editions.

My Role: producer, director

Casa Brasil, Rio 2016, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo & London

Is it possible to leverage on digital content production and distribute stories in different formats, on several platforms?

To promote Brazilian culture and Rio de Janeiro as the next Olympic destination, the Brazilian government set up Casa Brasil at Somerset House during London 2012. Three exhibitions were organized: about Brazil today; about contemporary Brazilian art and design; and about Rio 2016.

We recorded 14 interviews with artists in their studio, in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, in audio and video, that ended up on a free audio guide and as promotional videos. We traveled to London a week before the start of London 2012 to shoot a making-of. I produced the audio guide content for the three exhibitions, in Portuguese and English. Devices were made available on site.

My role: producer, director