Marcello Dantas
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Marcello Dantas is one of the main figures in the convergence of art and technology in Brazil
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, history of art
in Florence
and graduated in Film and Television at New York University
with post-graduated extension in Interactive Telecommunications at the same University. He has acted as producer, creator, designer and curator in many initiatives.
As curator
was responsible for the shows of Bill Viola
, Gary Hill
, Jenny Holzer
, Shirin Neshat
, Tunga
, Laura Vinci, Angelo Venosa and Arthur Omar
in Brazil. As creator he has elaborated historical exhibitions of great success such as 50 Years of TV and More, Anos Luz (Light Years – 100 years of Cinema), Me, Getulio; CineCaverna (A Travel through Brazilian Pre-History), Resonancias de Brasil among others. As producer he has put up operas by Peter Greenaway and La Fura dels Baus.
His curriculum includes Best documentary
awards in the Bienalle Internationale du Film Sur L'Art - Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, in the FestRio, and the International Film & TV Festival of New York, as well as exhibition design awards at SEGD (Society for Environmental Graphic Design), Art Director’s Club of New York e IDEA award. In Brazil he has created events and exhibition in practically all major cultural venues. In 1990, he created Magnetoscópio, his production company for films and cultural events, specialized in the convergence of art, history and technology. In his 15 years career he has accumulated more than 35 exhibitions e 12 documentaries.
He was the artistic director of the Museum of the Portuguese Language
for its implementation 2001-2006. In 2006 he opened PeléStation in Berlin and a sequence of exhibitions on Anish Kapoor in Brazil. In 2007, Lusa, the Portuguese matriz opened at CCBB in Rio, São Paulo and Brasilia and NO AR, an exhibition about communication in Porto Alegre for Grupo RBS, this exhibition was awarded the Top of Marketing 2008 for Culture. Also in 2007, Mr Dantas was the interior designer of Octavio Café flagship store which gave him the IDEA award in Brazil for Best Ambient Design. In 2008 Dantas opened a landmark exhibition about Bossa Nova called Bossa na Oca in the OCA pavilion in São Paulo for Itaú Banco.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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Biography
Dantas studied diplomacy in BrasiliaBrasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
, history of art
History of art
The History of art refers to visual art which may be defined as any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview...
in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
and graduated in Film and Television at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
with post-graduated extension in Interactive Telecommunications at the same University. He has acted as producer, creator, designer and curator in many initiatives.
As curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
was responsible for the shows of Bill Viola
Bill Viola
Bill Viola is a contemporary video artist. He is considered a leading figure in the generation of artists whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in New Media...
, Gary Hill
Gary Hill
Gary Hill is an American artist who lives and works in Seattle, Washington.One of the pioneers of video art, Gary Hill has exhibited his video and video installations worldwide . He is represented by Donald Young Gallery of Chicago.An anthology on the work of Gary Hill by Robert C...
, Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist. Holzer lives and works in Hoosick Falls, New York.-Education:...
, Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat شیرین نشاط is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.-Background:Neshat's parents were upper middle-class...
, Tunga
Tunga
Tunga may refer to:* Tunga River, a river in India* Tunga, Leyte, a municipality in the Philippines* Tunga, Trondheim, a location in Trondheim, Norway* Tunga , a Unicode typeface included in Windows XP that displays Kannada script...
, Laura Vinci, Angelo Venosa and Arthur Omar
Arthur Omar
Arthur Omar is a Brazilian contemporary artist. Omar is a video artist, photographer, filmmaker, and installation artist.Omar works with cinema, video, photographic installations, music, poetry, and drawing...
in Brazil. As creator he has elaborated historical exhibitions of great success such as 50 Years of TV and More, Anos Luz (Light Years – 100 years of Cinema), Me, Getulio; CineCaverna (A Travel through Brazilian Pre-History), Resonancias de Brasil among others. As producer he has put up operas by Peter Greenaway and La Fura dels Baus.
His curriculum includes Best documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
awards in the Bienalle Internationale du Film Sur L'Art - Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, in the FestRio, and the International Film & TV Festival of New York, as well as exhibition design awards at SEGD (Society for Environmental Graphic Design), Art Director’s Club of New York e IDEA award. In Brazil he has created events and exhibition in practically all major cultural venues. In 1990, he created Magnetoscópio, his production company for films and cultural events, specialized in the convergence of art, history and technology. In his 15 years career he has accumulated more than 35 exhibitions e 12 documentaries.
He was the artistic director of the Museum of the Portuguese Language
Museum of the Portuguese Language
The Museum of the Portuguese Language is an interactive Portuguese language — and Linguistics/Language Development in general — museum in São Paulo, Brazil. It is housed in the Estação da Luz train station, in the urban district of the same name...
for its implementation 2001-2006. In 2006 he opened PeléStation in Berlin and a sequence of exhibitions on Anish Kapoor in Brazil. In 2007, Lusa, the Portuguese matriz opened at CCBB in Rio, São Paulo and Brasilia and NO AR, an exhibition about communication in Porto Alegre for Grupo RBS, this exhibition was awarded the Top of Marketing 2008 for Culture. Also in 2007, Mr Dantas was the interior designer of Octavio Café flagship store which gave him the IDEA award in Brazil for Best Ambient Design. In 2008 Dantas opened a landmark exhibition about Bossa Nova called Bossa na Oca in the OCA pavilion in São Paulo for Itaú Banco.