The Sergio Motta Institute develops the following cultural projects focusing on new media projects and digital art:
Sergio Motta Art and Technology Award
The Sergio Motta Art and Technology Award was founded in 2008 with the aim of supporting Brazilians doing creative work in digital and electronic media Several fields of work have now been covered: visual arts, music, literature, dance, performance, interactive arts, art and science, and theoretical research too supplements the hybrid profile of work covered by our awards. Over the seven editions of the awards, there have been 2,250 entries and we have distributed almost one million Brazilian reais to 57 award winners and 23 grants for unpublished projects. The awards are made every two years (odd-number years). For the biennium 2009-2010, we are holding our eighth edition of the Award.
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Recombinant Territories
The project is an itinerant series of discussions focusing works and projects by young artists using electronic and digital media. The project focuses two aspects: 1) education, by discussing young artists’ projects underway and 2) decentralized dissemination of new media knowledge / production covering cities in different regions of Brazil. In this respect, it aims to build networks among professionals and institutions interested in changes prompted by the impact of technology in the contemporary world. The project is produced by the Sergio Motta Institute through its main cultural initiative, the Sergio Motta Art and Technology Award. The project also has a blog which narrates the experiences and the meeting through the country. Recombinant Territories have been happening since 2006 and in 2008 it had its second edition.
Recombinant Territories 2006
Recombinant Territories 2008
Technological Connections
Technological Connections is a biennial project focusing on social and individual transformations brought about through contact with contemporary invention and development in information technology. The format for this second edition is a university festival – Technological Connections Festival – looking at relationships between cultural work and education in the fields of art, design and technology. The Technological Connections Festival fosters and encourages projects undertaken by university students in the Brazilian context. Its multidisciplinary format aims to bring out the creativity and innovative potential in projects conceived by students on graduation courses in Design, Art, Communication, Engineering, Architecture and Computation Sciences in Brazil.
Forum Technological Connections 2006
Technological Connections Festival 2008
On-line Festivals
The three online festivals - HTTPVIDEO (videoart), HTTPTAGS (curatorial design) and HTTPSOM (music) use the resources of the YouTube, Delicious and MySpace platforms. Our initiatives are open to all anybody who is interested and the aim is to consolidate the Internet presence of the Sergio Motta Institute , democratize access to artistic works and create conditions for participation by the public interested in art, new media and new interfaces between art and telecommunications and science.
HTTPVIDEO
HTTPTAGS
HTTPSOM
Telecommunications Memorial
The Telecommunications Memorial Project, now available online, has digitized Sergio Motta Collection documents referring to the privatization of the Telebrás system. The project started in 2009 as an initiative of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Institute under the overall management of Jose´ Expedicto Prata, with institutional sponsorship from Telefônica and support from the Sergio Motta Institute, which honors the memory of Sergio Motta, who died on April 19, 1998, just three months before privatization took place.
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International Exibhitions supported by Sergio Motta Institute:
Braaaasiiiil – cinema, video, performance e concerto
The Sergio Motta Art and Technology Award in association with Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía present the “Paisagens” video exhibition.In the context of the exhibition “Braaaasiiiil – cinema, video, performance e concerto” 14 Brazilian videos (duration approximately 1 hour) are being shown at the auditorium of Museo Reina Sofía. Daniela Bousso’s curatorial design focuses on several aspects of the production of contemporary art, posing questions on the language issues in Brazilian videography for over a decade, as well as the socio-political aspects of art. The videos reveal singularities of Brazilian reality while raising the metaphor of “location” to a universal condition.
Interconnect@between attention and immersion exhibition
The Sergio Motta Institute has carried out the Interconnect@between attention and immersion exhibition, in partnership with the German KZM art and media centre. The show was part of the official ´Culture Cup´ and has relied on the participation of 12 Brazilian artists, including some Sergio Motta Art and Technology Award winners and guests.The selection of work was carried out by Sergio Motta Award curator, Vitória Daniela Bousso and by ZKM´s director Peter Weibel. The direction of the project was by Bernhard Serexhe, chief curator of the ZKM|Media Museum. The artwork made use of electronic or digital media, including video installations, multimedia installations and net art.
Symposiums:
Since it was founded, the Sergio Motta Institute has encouraged or held public debates on digital culture and the new situation for artistic production in Brazil. By holding numerous symposiums, the Institute brought in leading Brazilian and international figures to create space for reflection and the exchange of ideas with the public.
Vivo arte.mov 2008
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