Marcus Bastos
Location:
- São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Bio:
Marcus Bastos is an artist, curator and researcher focusing on the convergence of audiovisual, design, and new media. He received a PhD in communication and semiotics at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, where he has been teaching and researching since 2003. He is author of the e-book Recycling Culture (NOEMA Gallery, 2007) and co-editor of the e-book Appopriations of the
(Un)common:Public and Private Space in Times of Mobility (Sergio Motta Institute, 2009). He edited, with Lucas Bambozzi and Rodrigo Minelli, the book Mediation, Technology, Public Space – A Critical Panorama of
Art in Mobile Media (Conrad, 2010). He was curator of Noise on Video (Itaú Cultural Institute, 2005) and of the exhibition Cellular Geographies (Fundación Telefónica, 2010). He has been the curator of VIVO Arte.Mov – International Festival of Art in Mobile Media since 2007.