My paper will discuss the geopolitical and cultural context of the Extraordinary Congress of AICA held in Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in 1959 as a starting point of reflection. In 1959, the second documenta was opened, the…
Lecture series at the Universidade de Brasília on current research topics in Brazilian-German art of the post-war era. September 18-19, 2017 Organized by Prof. Dr. Marcelo Mari Session 1, Sept 18 – Art: Exhibition of Brazilian Artists at Haus der…
“Brazil in Dialogue” is a loose conglomeration of researchers of the Free University Berlin and other institutions who dedicate their work to Brazilian art, art history and transcultural concepts. It is associated and/or linked to the research group “Transcultural Negotiations…
Alfredo VOLPI, Formation and Heritage of the Brazilian Constructivism and Neoconcretismo in the Transcultural Contexts of West German Conceptions of Modernity in the 1950s and 1960s The focus of the research project is the investigation into the development of…
The research project seeks to investigate the typology of aesthetic spatial structures (i.e. the dispositif), as well as the transfer processes of analog to digital still images in modern and contemporary art. Like film still images, slides in installations…