Pixel Park

As some of you may know I’ve been setting up a small school / gallery space here in São Paulo in a space owned by my father… well it’s literally under his house – a sphere.
The school is called Institudo de Artes Interativas or Interactive Arts Institute.
iAi (eeh-ah-eeh) in Portuguese means “so?” in the sense of “what’s going on?”
Our slogan is a question.
iAi? Como funciona?
So? How does it work?
In any case, I met with Liana Brazi, Russ Rive and Marcelo Pontes fom SuperUber some months ago and we realized that their work and what I want to teach here at the school are completely in line.
They were looking for a space for their first self-signed exhibit.
I was trying to explain what I wanted to teach here at iAi.
I immediately offered the space. It was a perfect match!
Pixel Park starts next week – Aug 11 to 23!!
The setup is looking great!Veja também os videos das obras do SuperUber!

Grandma motorcycle ride

Now I know where I got my adventurous spirit from!

Last Sunday after lunch I jokingly asked my grandmother if she wanted me to take her home on my motorcycle.
She simply asked if I had an extra helmet and put it on!
Mind you, she’s 87 years old!
Here are the pictures:

Update since arrival in SP

Great to be back home and see all of my family and friends…
Marc and I went to the coast of SP with NO computer and no video camera – a break from the blogging – but not from the bikes.
It rained a lot in Barra do Una (north coast of Sao Paulo state) but then when we went to Rio on the 28th the weather opened up to great sunshine until the 1st of January.
In Rio we had a great group – Stephanie, Jonathan, Dahlia and Glen – along with the “locals” Miguel and Renata who were our guides once in a while.
We had an amazing time in Rio eating at BBLanches almost every meal, going to the beach in Barra and going out at night.
New Year’s Eve in Copacabana – millions of people peacefully and democratically united on the beaches for the 20 minute long uncoordinated fireworks spectacle. Very cool.
Back to SP on the first on the bikes we got one of the heaviest rains we saw in the entire trip down from the US!
And now back to real life!!
Some more pictures from the arrival:

From Motorcycle NY to SP