BACKGROUND
I am an artist, researcher, and educator in the field of art, media, and design ​​at the higher education level. I graduated from the State University of Campinas (IA UNICAMP) with a degree in Visual Arts and earned a Ph.D. in Audiovisual Media Process from the University of Sao Paulo (ECA/USP).
As an author, I have created artistic works in various media, including photo and digital interfaces. Currently, I am conducting theoric research in the field of visualization, transplanar images, and practical experimentations with extended reality (XR), visual arts, and information design.

PROCESS
This webfolio summarizes approximately three decades of my artistic experimentation, which was divided between production time, educational activities, and academic research. Part of my process was dedicated to investigating the photographic image and its relationship with visual arts.
The works in the photo section are examples of research that advanced the production of intentionally non-normative images. Several experiments were carried out using analogue technologies, exploring graphic interferences on film and chemical processes. Alongside these technical aspects of my work, the poetics I have invested in for a long time has been guided by gestures of critical appropriation of spaces, objects, and even the staging of bodies in the search for the emergence of different types of narratives.
In the realm of digital art, this poetics still persists, operating on both material and immaterial components, visible and invisible. I consider that computational code programming, created to generate new forms and interfaces, as corresponding to the collage impulse, inventing images and experiences in a kind of redintegration process. Through the re-appropriation of computing and image processing technologies, I have found many ways in which matter and performance can beautifully inform the virtual.

PRODUCTION
In addition to my ongoing individual work, it is important to describe the significance of collaborating with fellow artists. In many circumstances, the process of collective thinking and production has fostered my poetic perspectives. Mainly, the emphasis on collaboration is reflected in the following list of achievements and participations in the world of exhibitions.

ABOUT
PAULO COSTA

Collaborations

RITUAL VIRTUAL (Carolina Berger - Lab Presença)
Interface software: 3D body scan and movement for Virtual Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMaJP0qEtP0


LIVE PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM ORIGEM (Carolina Berger)
Live Streaming technological setup & live cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzQHNi-el0&t=7s


CAFÉ COM SANTIAGOS (IBM Research Lab - Brasil)
Coding parametric animation of typography | scenario video mapping
Installation presented in "Consciência Cibernética" exhibition
(Itau Cultural- Sao Paulo - Brasil)
https://www.itaucultural.org.br/conscienciacibernetica/2017/en/artista/ibm-research/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfwJlQ5u1eo


CORPO CINESIS (Almir Almas - LabArteMídia)
movement scan for live VJing
"Arranjos Experimentais Cultura Numérica Audiovisual" exhibition
Paço das Artes - USP (Sao Paulo - Brasil)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hiv_93aZnc


INMOBILITY (Luísa Paraguai)
coding and designing surveillance and visualization interface | Mobmesh
Mobility Futures: Lancaster Centre for Mobilities Research (UK)
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/events/mobility-futures/artists-and-exhibitors.htm#Paulo


PRISM Patchwork (Keiichi Matsuda)
coding generative data visualization graphic pattern as collaborative piece of Prism installation
Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJKiMUJDmc


PRETO NO BRANCO (Samira Br e Rogério Borovik)
video processing interface for live performance
SESC Pinheiros (Sao Paulo - Brasil)
https://vimeo.com/23655510


VERME DE VÍDEO (Coletivo Neotao)
collective videography for "Imagem não imagem" group exhibition
Galeria Vermelho (Sao Paulo - Brasil)


CONSTELAÇÃO (Renato Cohen)
website and interface for online web global performances
"Ares e Pensares" festival
SESC Vila Mariana (São Paulo - Brasil)


SUBTERRÂNEOS (Coletivo Neotao)
wearable interface hardware and software for live VJing performance
SESC Consolação (São Paulo - Brasil)


CICLOTAORO (Coletivo Neotao)
wearable interface hardware and software | Body Key
Teatro do Centro da Terra (Sao Paulo - Brasil)

Group Exhibitions

BODY ARTIFICE
with Carolina Berger and Jom Monazzi
X-Reality Conference (São Paulo - Brasil)



SCOTOPHORUS
79>09 exhibition
Contemporary Art Museum
(Campinas - Brasil)



BETA BODIES FOR DELTA FRAMES
gli.tc/h exhibition
online
https://gli.tc/h/2011.html


CORES MOTORES
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica)
Hipermidias - 2005
Fiesp SP (Sao Paulo - Brasil)


ELIPSE VIDEO
Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista
MIS (Sao Paulo - Brasil)


FICTIONS
XX Salão Carioca de Arte
Parque Lage (Rio de Janeiro - Brasil)


INDÍCIOS (photosculptures)
Novíssimos Panoramas da Imagem
Galeria Fotóptica (São Paulo - Brasil)

LUZ E SOMBRA
Collective exhibition Núcleo de Fotografia Campinas (NUFCA)
Image and Sound Museum - MIS (Campinas - Brasil)

ANTENN LADY
Contemporary Photography Exhibition
Itau Cultural (Campinas - Brasil)

Solo Exhibitions

ELIPSE
photo & film installation - Estímulo Prize
City Museum Lidgerwood (Campinas - Brasil)

PARABOLA
photo & poetry installation - Estímulo Prize
Contemporary Art Museum (Campinas - Brasil)



INDÍCIOS
b&w photography
Galerie Alliance Française (Campinas - SP)


Academic
Partners