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Paulo Bruscky

Born January 1, 1949 · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (age 77)

Multimedia artist since 60s. His work transits between conceptual art, performance, mail art, visual poetry, video art, photograph, sound art, urban interventions, installation, electrographic process, artist books, land art, collage, among other languages. Awarded with a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981.

Known For

LMNUZX, Fogo!LMNUZX, Fogo! · 1980
LMNUZX, Fogo!
1980
Movie
Film made through the xerographic process (xerofilme), opening a new field for cartoon and experimental cinema. The film is the xero/graphic recording where the artist burned various materials over a copy machine´s surface and then filmed, frame by frame (or scene by scene), the result of the experiment.
Poesia VivaPoesia Viva · 1977
Poesia Viva
1977
Movie
A film about Poesia Viva, an idealized street art happening/event directed by Paulo Bruscky and Unhandeijara Lisboa, on March 14 (National Day of Poetry in Brazil), where people were dressed as letters and the surface of the floor was the pages.
Bruscky: Um AutorretratoBruscky: Um Autorretrato · 2025
Bruscky: Um Autorretrato
2025
MovieDocumentary
Arte CemiterialArte Cemiterial · 1971
Arte Cemiterial
1971
Movie
Arte Cemiterial (Cemiterial Art): Documentation of an individual exhibition of Paulo Bruscky at the Empetur Gallery, Recife, in 1971, where he launched the Xerografia and the Cemeterial Art with a happening -
PoemaPoema · 1979
Poema
1979
Movie
Poema (Poem): Visual poetry. A film where the corner is the film and the film is the corner.
ReflectionReflection · 1982
Reflection
1982
MovieDrama
XeroperformanceXeroperformance · 1980
Xeroperformance
1980
Movie
Film made through the xerographic process, opening up a new field for animation and experimental cinema. This xerofilm reveals the artist’s bodily relationship with the Xerox machine.
Jogo PerformanceJogo Performance · 2013
Jogo Performance
2013
Movie
This performance, in which all players are against each other by playing with the LogicAcaso (neologism for Logic/Chance), defeats the question of the winners and the losers and values the exercise of individual and collective freedom. After a while, a second ball is thrown into the field and the game is played with two balls. In addition to New York, this performance also took place in Recife in 2012 and in Belo Horizonte in 2013.

Filmography

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