I’ll be playing dirty old bossa nova and a whole bunch of other latin and african sounds on Sunday evening at the awesome Camino bar in King’s Cross, alongside Brazilophile singer Heather McNell. Vamonessa!
I’ve written the cover story for this month’s JungleDrums magazine, about São Paulo’s first Graffiti Fine Art Biennale, a huge exhibition that’s taking place throughout September at the city’s prestigious museum of scultpture, MuBE.
It’s an awesome-looking event that includes work from up-and-coming artists like NOVE, Dalata and Nick Alive, as well as legends like Tinho, Zezão and osgemeos. (Things I learned this month: Os Gêmeos prefer their name to be written as osgemeos at all times. Sorry ’bout that guys…). I think it’s a decent article and not too long. There’s some awesome photos of the exhibition in the feature, too, by a guy called Jared Levy, who’s making a documentary about the biennale as well. Check him out on flickr and vimeo if Brazilian graffiti floats your ocular boat.
If you’re in London you can pick up a copy at any number of tube stations, cafés, bars and shops. If not, check www.jungledrumsonline.com for all that, and then some.
You can finally get your grubby hands on Diplo & Leandro HBL’s baile funk movie Favela on Blast. You can download it for just $5 dollars, or get the awesome Brazilian Mad Decent t-shirt for a lil bit more. HERE!>
A Brazilian artist called Valério Vieira put together this self-portrait, featuring 30 images of himself, in 1901.
[via Eyes On Brazil]
