Red Bull – House of Art

With years of experience in the “VJ” world, Grant Davis has performed in front of audiences around the world, touring with names such as Beck and Mary J. Blige. The artist, also known as VJ Culture, organizes events with large-scale projections around the United States and is also responsible for the publication vE-jA: Art as well as Technology of Live Audio Video (a video, book and DVD that shows the international VJ scene).

He studied architecture in Lisbon but ended up concentrating on the area of music and sound design. Rui Gato has developed a legacy of work based on sound involving many disciplines and long hours spent in the laboratory; his main conceptual foundation is the modulation of sonic material and the exploration of its limits. His professional and artistic activity is focused on production and musical composition, using contemporary methods and digital technology. More recently, he has explored the visual universe as well, in an experimental form, with a strong emphasis on 3D and motion design.

A multimedia artist currently finishing his masters in Visual Arts at ECA-USP. In 2009, he was awarded a prize by Itaú Cultural’s Rumos de Arte Cibernética programme, nominated for the Sergio Motta Award and became a resident artist at LabMIS. Together with the group LAT-23, he took part in the Transitio_MX in Mexico, the exhibition Connecting Urban Spaces in the Phillipines and wasrecognized by the Rumos Cinema and Video in the category of Web documentary. He has had his work shown at exhibitions such as Grau Zero at the Paço das Artes, Demasiada Presença at the Escola São Paulo (A&M technological-FASM group), Mobilefest and #8 Art at UNB and the Museu Nacional, in Brasília (Digital Poets group - USP).

An independent artist and curator and a professor of video and new technologies at various universities in Argentina and abroad. She was the resident artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts, in Canada; CICV, France; Kunsthochschule für Medien, Germany; Wexner Center for the Arts, USA; Schloss Balmoral, Germany; UQAM, Montréal, and Chambre Blanche, Québec, both in Canada. Her work has been exhibited in very prestigious spaces such as the Bienal de Havana, Cuba; the Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Spain; the Museum of Modern Art, Montreal, Canada; the NGBK, Berlin, Germany; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires; Attitudes- espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva, Switzerland; ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany and PROA in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her awards include the ZKM Media Art Award, Germany; 1st prize at the Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires; 1st prize at Videobrasil, São Paulo; and 1st prize at the Videoformes Festival, in Clermont-Ferran, France.

Since graduating from Musashino Art University in Tokyo and completing a masters in Plastic Arts at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Hirako has taken part in dozens of solo and collective exhibitions in international galleries such as the Galerie du Jour (Paris, France) and the exhibition Between Site & Space at the ARTSPACE (Sydney, Australia) in 2008. In Japan, he has had solo exhibitions at the Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya (2008) and has presented his work at collective exhibitions such as A Hundred Stories about Love at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (Kanazawa, Japan). His work always originates from his sketches and creates a dialogue with architecture as it skillfully fills walls with thick layers of paint.

He recently completed his masters in Plastic Arts at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London. He is developing a new phase in his career after presenting videos and installations that were made in collaboration with other artists such as the art collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus in galleries such as MAM-SP, Whitechapel Gallery, South London Gallery, the Bienal de São Paulo and the Deitch Gallery in New York.

Part of a new generation of contemporary Brazilian artists, Regina graduated in Plastic Arts from the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) and also studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts (Paris, France). She has presented solo exhibitions such as Mise-en-Scene at the Temporada de Projetos no Paço das Artes in São Paulo and collective exhibitions such as 2000 E OITO at the Sesc Pinheiros. Her paintings depict situations plucked from images from security cameras or journalistic photos and clearly demonstrate her technical skill. She won 1st prize at the 38th Anual de Artes at FAAP, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Daniela Labra, Fernando Oliva and Marcos Moraes.

Through her performances, photography, and collages in public spaces, Alessandra Cestac has taken part in various prestigious international exhibitions such as São Paulo, Mon Amour (Paris, 2009); the exhibition in the French capital brought together nine artists who had based their careers on an intense dialogue with urban spaces. The public environment is a fundamental element of her work that often conflicts with situations in the nude and confrontations with preconceptions. Her collages are known for their lick-and-stick style, with life-size photographs of her body put up in areas with much movement, often giving new meaning to the urban landscape.

Installations made by the artist in his own studio are shown in photographs; yet at other times, the studio environment is transported to the exhibition space itself, confusing the spectator through the exploration of the theme of photographic representation. His work has been presented at international exhibitions and his first book The Drain of Progress - a Catalogue Raisonné (2007) was launched at his exhibition of the same name, considered to be the best retrospective exhibition of the year by Frieze Magazine. His second book, The Travels of Bad, a two-year long project, was published in 2009.

He has worked with street art since 1997 and is one of the most recognized names on the streets of Berlin. The artist is inspired by the streets themselves and sees himself as an observer of the urban scenery. His work frequently appears in international publications and has been spotted in various countries such as Israel, United States and Hong Kong. In July 2009, he completed the argest “tape-art” piece ever produced in the world, taking up 1100m² with 15,000 metres of coloured tape.