Project Title

Jungle jam

Place

Caixa Cultural Rio de Janeiro

Address

Av Almirante Barroso, 25 · Centro

Rio de Janeiro

Visiting Information

01/21/2008 – 03/09/2008

Artist

Chelpa Ferro

Sponsored by

Caixa econômica federal

Chelpa Ferro

Barrão

Luiz Zerbini

Sergio Mekler

Production Coordinator

Luiza Mello [automatica]

Production

Arthur Moura

Marisa S. Mello

Critical Essay

Moacir dos Anjos

Graphic Design Project

João Doria

Electronics and Software Design

Russ Rive /Superuber

Rafael Barmak

Ricardo Herbert

Lighting

Zé Luiz Joels

Assembly

Julio Callado

Nelson Leão

PC Caboverde

Proofreading

Duda Costa

Between January and March 2008, Automática rejoins Chelpa Ferro for the second installation of Jungle Jam, title of both the work and the exhibition. The piece, held this time at Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, is a sound piece consisting of a variety of different sized plastic bags, attached to the walls of the gallery by spinning electric motors. The motors are connected to a computer terminal (baptized ”big head”) programmed by the group which makes the bags spin in many different sequences and directions.

Project Title

Rossellini: TV Utopia

Place

CCBB Brasília

Address

SCES, Trecho 02, lote 22

Date

09/05/2007 – 09/16/2007

Place

CCBB Rio

Address

Rua Primeiro de Março, 66

Centro – Rio de Janeiro

Date

09/18/2007 – 09/30/2007

Free admission

Sponsored by

Banco do Brasil

Proofreading

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

Curator

Steve Berg

Coordinator

Luiza Mello [Automatica]

Executive production

Débora Monnerat [Orbita]

Production assistant

Arthur Moura [Automatica]

Production assistant in Brasilia

Eduardo Paranhos

Graphic designer

Rara Dias e Paula Delecave [Zot Design]

Press consultants

Ana Ligia Petrone [Meio & Imagem]

Dialogues translation

Eliana Aguiar

Dialogues translation of Anno Uno

Renato Aguiar

Proofreading

Duda Costa

Graphic production

Sidnei Balbino

Subtitling

Vídeo Shack

Management

Gustavo Lacerda [Anima Projetos Culturais]

Expanding its area of actuation, Automática produces the film exhibit Rosselini: TV Utopia, held in the CCBB facilities of Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, in September 2007. Curated by Steve Berg, the festival featured a series of films unknown in Brazil (the so-called didactic films) made by the Italian director for television and cinema. The exhibit included panel discussions with the participation of professionals from different fields, such as journalism, anthropology, philosophy, cinema and history.

Project title

Ficções

Place

Museu Vale do Rio do Doce

Address

Antiga Estação Pedro Nolasco s/n – Argolas

Vila Velha – Espírito Santo

Visiting information

07/27/2007 – 09/27/2007

Sponsored by

Fundação Vale do Rio Doce

Expographic project

Regina Silveira

Curator

Adolfo Montejo Navas

General coordinator

Luiza Mello [Automatica]

Executive production

Débora Monnerat [Orbita]

Production assistant

Arthur Moura

Visual design

Dupla Design

Production and assembly of the work Mil e Um Dias

André Costa [Olhar Periférico Filmes]

Edition e videography of the work Mil e Um Dias

Matias Lancetti

Soundtrack of the work Mil e Um Dias

Rogério Rochlitz

Digital image of the work Entrecéu

Eduardo Verderame

Rodrigo Barbosa

Execution of the work Entrecéu

Krom Art Studio

Assembly of the work Entrecéu

Edson Tibaldi

Israel Marques de Carvalho

Renato Marianno Junior

Wellington Schwab de Plácido

3D assembly for the work Mirante

Thomaz Resende [Estúdio Camisa10]

Documentaries Lumen and Claraluz

André Costa (Direção) e Olhar Periférico Filmes (Produção)

Artist’s assistants

Eduardo Verderame

Renato Pêra

Thereza Salazar

Between July and September 2007, Regina da Silveira presented in the Museu Vale, in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, the exhibition Ficções (Fictions). On that occasion the artist completed a trilogy initiated in two other exhibitions, Claraluz (Clearlight) (CCBB, São Paulo, 2003) and Lúmen (Lumen) (Palácio de Cristal, Madri, 2005). Curated by Adolfo Montejo Navas and produced by Automatica, Ficções (Fictions) occupied the space of the museum with 3 major site-specific pieces titled Mirante (Lookout), Entrecéu (BetweenSky) and Mil e um dias (Thousand and One Days). In addition to these three works, the exhibition featured a second room with models and drawings of other significant artwork by the artist.

Project title

Ação Educativa Eu Vivo Cinema Panamericano

Place

Tenda da Vivo

Address

Praia de Ipanema – Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

07/13/2007 – 07/26/2007

Entrada franca

Client

Espaço Z

Sponsor by

Vivo

General coordinator

Luiza Mello | Automatica

Educational coordinator

Analu Cunha

Research and production

Marisa S. Mello | Automatica

Educational production

Patrícia Norman

Art-educators

Carolina Luz

Mônica Muller

Suzana Nascimento

Thiago Assis

Monitor

Priscila Paes

During the month of July of 2007, the Tenda da Vivo, in Ipanema Beach, was the stage for the Ação Educativa Eu Vivo Cinema Panamericano. (I Live Panamerican Cinema Educational Action) The Ação Educativa(Educational Action) was an event devoted to activities related to the theme of cultural diversity in the Americas. Its purpose was to promote a reflection on the differences between the American people on the occasion of the Panamerican Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2007. Through 3 different activities — Cinema, Storytelling and Music workshops — the visiting groups had the opportunity of experiencing and interacting with the habits of different cultures in order to critically enlarge their own relationship with the contemporary world.

Project title

Blooks – Tribos e Letras na Rede

Place

Oi Futuro

Address

Rua Dois de Dezembro, 63

Flamengo – Rio de Janeiro

Visitating information

07/08/2007 – 09/30/2007

Free admission

Sponsored by

Oi Futuro

Project realization

Aeroplano

Team

Idealization and curator

Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda

Curator

Bruna Beber e Omar Salomão

General coordinator

Elisa Ventura e Eva Doris Rosental

Executive production

Luiza Mello

[Automatica]

Visual design and art direction

Sônia Barreto [Tecnopop]

Architecture

Gustavo Moura

Production assistant

Arthur Moura

[Automatica]

Architecture assistant

Tiago de Paula

Lighting and equipment

  1. L. Iluminação

Lighting, projection and sound

Belight

Lighting project

Samuel Betts

Assembly, lighting, projection and sound

Anderson Roberto Silva Araújo

Ronaldo Ferreira dos Santos

Rogério Kennedy

Sergio Dias

Scene sets

Camuflagem

Press consultants

Diadorim Idéias e Comunicação

Ana Madureira de Pinho

Teresa Karabtchevsky

Graphic production

Sidnei Balbino

Conceived by the professor and literary critic Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda, the exhibit Blooks, Tribos e Letras na Rede (Blooks · Tribes and Words on the Net) highlighted the vast universe of the word that circulates in the internet, through interactive blogs, podcasts and sites, with the objective to map the literary creation of the new millenium. Examining 5 environments, the exhibit dives into the world of literary practice — which may include poetry, short stories, the interactive literature of the blogs, comics, graphics and cartoons — without failing to reflect the sense of excess characteristic of the net.

Project title

Atlas Américas

Place

Oi Futuro

Address

Rua Dois de Dezembro, 63 – Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

06/25/2007 – 08/05/2007

Free admission

Project realization

Oi Futuro

Curator

Paulo Herkenhoff

General coordinator

Luiza Mello [automatica]

Executive production

Débora Monnerat [Orbita]

Production assistant

Arthur Moura [automatica]

Visual design

Sônia Barreto [tecnopop]

Designer assistant

João Doria

Architect

Ivan Pascarelli

Lighting and equipment

  1. L . Iluminação

Lighting project

Samuel Betts

Technical coordinator

Ronaldo Santos

Technical

Alan Homero

Jorge A. Pedra

Sérgio Dias

Scene sets

Camuflagem

Press consultants

Claudia Noronha [CW&A]

Proofreading

Sonia Cardoso

Translation

Renato Rezende

Graphic production

Sidnei Balbino

Management

Gustavo Lacerda

[Anima Projetos Culturais]

Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, Atlas América (Atlas of the Americas) was held in Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, between June and August 2007. The exhibition brought together 15 artists from different nationalities: Alan Michelson (EUA), Anna Maria Maiolino (Brasil), Damián Ortega (México), Dirceu Maués (Brasil), Donna Conlon (EUA), Fatimah Tuggar (Nigéria), Jennifer Allora e Guillermo Calzadilla (EUA e Cuba), Javier Tellez (Venezuela), José Alejandro Restrepo (Colômbia), Katie van Scherpenberg (Brasil), Kimsooja (Corea), Naiah Mendonça (Brasil), Miguel Angel Rios (Argentina) e Simone Michelin (Brasil). This collective perspective between countries and generations resulted in a selection of work that presented a mix of artists and media that offered the public a sort of critical and aesthetic mapping of contemporary production in the Americas.

Project title

Contemporâneo

Place

Oi Futuro

Address

Rua Dois de Dezembro, 63, Flamengo – Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

12/18/2006 – 12/22/2006

Free admission

Sponsored by

Oi

Project realization

  1. Oi Futuro
  2. Anima
  3. Editora Casa da Palavra
  4. PACC – Programa Avançado de Cultura Contemporânea / UFRJ

Support

Xerox

Idealization and general coordinator

  1. Beatriz Resende
  2. Eva Doris Rosental
  3. Martha Ribas
  4. Gustavo Lacerda

Curators

  1. Beatriz Resende
  2. Bruno Beltrão
  3. Daniela Pereira de Carvalho
  4. Fernando Cocchiaralle
  5. Francisco Bosco
  6. Franz Manata
  7. Silvia Soter

Collaboration

  1. Bosco Brasil
  2. Dani Lima
  3. Leonel Brum
  4. Úrsula Resende

Curatorial assistant

  1. Cristina Amiran
  2. Khalil Charif

Production coordinator

Luiza Mello [Automatica]

Production assistants

Alice Damasceno e Arthur Moura [Automatica]

Art director

Christiano Menezes

[Retina78]

Lighting

Tomás Ribas

Management

Gustavo Lacerda [Anima]

Editorial coordination

Casa da Palavra

  1. Julio Silveira
  2. Martha Ribas

Graphic project and photo

Christiano Menezes

Editorial production

Natalie Araújo Lima

Graphic production

Isabel Valle

Press consultants

Felipe Maciel [Factual]

Video editing

Bruno Prada

Scene sets

Camuflagem

Equipment

On Projeções

A Festival that brought together artists and critics from the fields of visual arts, dance, drama and literature, Contemporâneo (Contemporary) was held in Oi Futuro (Rio de Janeiro), in December 2006. Occupying the exhibit gallery, the theater and other areas of that space for 5 days, the event presented simultaneously a series of performances, theater and dance, video projections, readings, debates and book launches

With curators from different generations working collectively in each área, and an intensive schedule, the organization of the event involved numerous professionals and institutions expanding the working know-how of Automatica into other areas besides the visual arts.

Project title

Arquivo Geral – 2ª edição

Place

Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica

Address

Rua Luís de Camões, 68
Centro – Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

09/30/2006 – 10/29/2006

Free admission

Galleries

  1. A Gentil Carioca
  2. Anita Schwartz
  3. Galeria de Arte
  4. Arte em Dobro
  5. Arte 21
  6. Box 4
  7. Galeria Artur
  8. Fidalgo
  9. Galeria 90 Arte Contemporânea
  10. H.A.P.
  11. Laura Marsiaj
  12. Lurixs
  13. Marcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte
  14. Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea
  15. Novembro Arte Contemporânea
  16. Silvia Cintra

Sponsored by

Secretaria Municipal das Culturas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Support

  1. Metrô Rio
  2. Coca-Cola

Curator

Paulo Venancio Filho

Production coordinator

Luiza Mello [Automatica]

Executive production

Débora Monneral [Orbita]

Production assistants

  1. Arthur Moura
  2. Bruno Monnerat

Architecture

Ivan Pascarelli

Assembly

Marcello Camargo [Museo]

Assembly assistants

  1. Alessandro Marcio
  2. Gomes Iglesias
  3. Marcio Araújo
  4. Rafael Souza

Scene sets

Camuflagem

Graphic design project

João Lelo [BLOCO]

Proofreading

Sonia Cardoso

Translation

Steve Berg

Lighting

Belight

Lighting project

Samuel Betts

Technical coordination

Ronaldo Santos

Technical

  1. Alan Homero
  2. Jorge A. Pedra
  3. Sérgio Dias

Press consultants

Raquel Silva

Management

Gustavo Lacerda [Anima Projetos Culturais]

Support

Paulo Cesar da Mota Nunes

Curated by Paulo Venâncio Filho, Arquivo Geral(General Archive) was a contemporary art exhibition, organized in Rio de Janeiro by 14 major galleries of the city, in September and October of 2006: A Gentil Carioca, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Arte em Dobro, Arte 21, Box 4, Galeria Artur Fidalgo, Galeria 90 Arte Contemporânea, H.A.P., Laura Marsiaj, Lurixs, Marcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Novembro Arte Contemporânea e Silvia Cintra.

The event united the work of 100 artists from all over the country and was held in the Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, simultaneously with the International Biennial of São Paulo, includung Rio in the route of the main curators, art critics, directors of institutions, gallerists, artists, collectors and journalists that were visiting the country during that period.

Project title

Visita

Place

Fundação Eva Klabin

Address

Av. Epitácio Pessoa, 2480 – Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

09/28/2006 – 11/15/2006

Free admission

Artist

Paulo Vivacqua

Curator

Marcio Doctors

Museology and assembly

Equipe Fundação Eva Klabin

Production coordinator

Luiza Mello

Production assistant

Arthur Moura

Press consultants

Claudia Noronha / CW&A Comunicação

Photo

Zeka Araújo

Acknowledgments

Absolut Vodka
Bernardo Pinheiro
TV Zero

Visita (Visit) was the fourth exhibition held by Automática for Projeto Respiração (Breathing Project) organized by Marcio Doctors in the Fundação Eva Klabin since 2004. This time, the carioca Paulo Vivacqua applied his spatial perspective in the use of light and sound, creating new environments and possibilities for the aesthetic enjoyment of the collection lodged in this house-museum.

The installation of the work involved the use of speakers, electric wiring, fluorescent lights, glass, mirrors and other devices, intended to create a subtle relationship between the work of Vivacqua, the household objects and the visiting public.

Project title

Nise da Silveira: caminhos de uma psiquiatra rebelde

Place

Museu de Imagens do Inconsciente

Address

Rua Ramiro Magalhães, 521

Engenho de Dentro – Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

08/22/2006 – 08/22/2008

Free admission

Sponsored by

Ministério da Saúde, através do projeto de inventariança de acervos e arquivos de suas unidades

Museum of Images of the Unconscious

Director / Curator

Luiz Carlos Mello

Project coordinator

Gladys Schincariol

Research and disclosure

Eurípedes Júnior

Press relations 

Glória Chan

Marcílio Feitosa

Exhibition

Production

Tecnopop

Executive production

Luiza Mello [Automatica]

Art director and graphic design

Sônia Barreto e André Lima [Tecnopop]

Production assistant

Arthur Moura [Automatica]

Architecture and drawing of exhibition

Patricia Fendt e Washington Fajardo [Desenho Brasileiro]

Assembly

Desenho Brasileiro

Cenography

Jober Torres

Conceived to last two years, the exhibition Nise da Silveira: Caminhos de uma Psiquiatra Rebelde (Nise da Silveira: Paths of a Rebel Psychiatrist) was installed in 2006 in the Museu de Imagens to Inconsciente. The exhibition brought together in three modules a broad biographical material of the psychiatrist’s revolutionary life, as well as the rich scientific/artistic collection of the work of the inmates of the former National Psychiatrist Center of Engenho de Dentro (now Institute Nise da Silveira).

The installation introduces, through photographs, works and texts, the remarkable professional life of Nise, the contact and definitive support for the first inmate artists beginning in the 50s, and for the “live museum”, which consisted of the collection of the Institute’s contemporary artists. These segments were joined to a detailed chronology of the trajectory of one of the greatest Brazilians of our history.

Project title

Sonia Lins

Place

Centro Cultural Telemar

Address

Rua Dois de Dezembro, 63

Flamengo – Rio de Janeiro

Visiting information

06/03/2006 – 07/03/2006

Free admission

Support

Instituto Telemar

Sponsored by

Sergio

Marcos

João Paulo Andrade

Centro Cultural Telemar

Casa da Palavra

Curator and museum project

Cláudia Zarvos

General coordinator

Luiza Mello [Automatica]

Architecture

Cezar Moreira

Museum Project Assistant

Letícia Baião

Executive production

Débora Monnerat

Production assistant

Arthur Moura [Automática]

Audiovisual of exhibition

Sonia Lins

Daniel Zarvos

Graphic design project

Theo Carvalho [Tecnopop]

Videographism

Pablo Dias [Tecnopop]

Proofreading

Rosalina Gouveia

Research

Ligia Costa Leite

Lighting

Tomás Ribas

Scene sets

Camuflagem

Equipment

ON Projeções

Exhibition held in the former Espaço Telemar (Rio de Janeiro) in 2006 and dedicated to the work of the visual artist Sonia Lins, deceased in 2003. Curated by Claudia Zarvos and designed by Tecnopop, it had at its core the development of Sonia’s work, focusing on the multiple visual usages of the word. Besides the works and installations, videographics brought movement to some of the artist’s proposals.