FlutuFESTA! The floating party, June 29th @12hr
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FlutuFESTA, our opening party for FlutuArte is approaching quickly and we are working really hard to have everything ready in time. Lately my stomach has been filled with knots of anxiety as day after day I’ve watched the clouds roll in. It has rained for the last week straight, making it […]
Ditch society. A message from the Amazon
Rio de Janeiro, Colorful flags hang festively from the ceiling. Jesus, Bhudda and Krishna, sit flickering with reflected light in front of a dancing candle. The Virgin Mary, Iemanja and Ganesh rest on an altar placed on a woven blanket. Tibetan mandalas, angels and the star of David hang from the walls of Arca da […]
Panmela Castro~ the latest FlutuArte artist
Pamela Castro is a Brazilian artist, activist, teacher, leader, and feminist and the latest addition to the FlutuArte project. Known widely by her street name, Anarkia, Panmela has been using graffiti to combat domestic violence since 2005. Anarkia in front of one of her paintings, photo courtesy of Revista Marie Claire I am personally pleased […]
Nuvem- The mobile Party
Nuvem, the mobile party, photo courtesy of Nuvem Dozens of bicycles lay propped up against the fence surrounding an old unique statue in the center of Rio de Janeiro. Beneath the statue are people, lots and lots of people. People dancing, chatting, talking, smoking. Brazilians are so beautiful. Not only are they nice to look […]
Tickets for FlutuFesta available online now!
FlutuFesta is the official opening celebration for FlutuArte, the floating art gallery we’ve been creating by painting the tops of fishing boats in Rio de Janeiro. Join us! Tickets available here!
FlutuArte in print
We were sitting in the local paneteria (bakery) today taking a lunch break and a fisherman with a big smile on his face brought us a newspaper with an article featuring FlutuArte. Beaming with pride he told us people have been coming by every day to take photos of his recently painted boat. Word has […]
FlutuArte on GLOBO TV, Brazil
Click on the image above to watch the video Last night we all went to Perola’s house for a party. We played the piano, sang, painted and enjoyed each others company until the birds began to whistle outside and rays of light shined through the cracks in the shutters. At noon today, with heavy eyes, […]
FlutuArte: A Floating Art Gallery in Rio de Janeiro
Here are some recent FlutuArte photos for you to enjoy. FlutuArte is a floating gallery that can be seen from both land and sky with the purpose of using art to bring people together. Its mission is to explore the degree to which art in public spaces can transform the community that owns it. Artists […]
Shalak Attack!
One of the best things about organizing big group art projects is getting to meet talented people from all over the place. Shalak Attack, from Montreal, Canada is one of my favorite artists. She came to Rio to paint a boat for FlutuArte, a unique public art project I started with my friend Maxine Nienow […]
The Jungle Palace
Rio de Janeiro, Brilliant amorphous colors shift, undulating with fragments of forming thought. Responsibilities, joys and conflicts circle in organic rotation. Ideas flourish like multi-colored poppy fields. Flashes of vivid memory emerge and disappear into colorful darkness. Gnawing anxiety mixes with utmost bliss in an array of cascading patterns. A bright red ladder towers over […]
The Abandoned Hotel Part 2
…continued (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Alone with a rush of adrenaline, I take a left at the sign to Corcovado. I follow the arrow to the Christ and shortly after I stop short at the gate finding it closed and locked. With a stab of disappointment I am faced with another set of options. I […]
The Abandoned Hotel Part 1
It is midnight. Perola waits for us at the bottom of our hill and five of us pile into her tiny car. The other seven hire a collectivo (communal taxi) to take us up the steep mountain of Corcavado. Near the top, on the way up to the statue of the Christ sits the abandoned […]