BOMB 123/Spring 2013
Muniz, master of turning life’s detritus back into life itself, speaks with the visionary design team known as the Campana Brothers on metamorphosis.
The artists discuss chance, the creative potential of drifting, and “distinguishing reality from fiction—as if that were possible!” WEB EXTRA: Watch Dardot’s Hic et nunc video!
Gomes reinvents beauty with insignificant things — precarious objects on their way to disappearing. In correspondence with the master builder of spirit, Ernesto Neto.
Watch exclusive streaming video of Marilá Dardot’s playful verb experiment, Hic et nunc and read her conversation with artist Cao Guimarães.
Mário Ramiro explores Lucia Koch’s work and the enigmatic animation Olinda-Celeste, a collaboration between Koch and Gabriel Acevedo Velarde. Watch the video here!
From street murals to the gallery, our cover artists create a visual diary, culling from Brazilian folklore, a vibrant personal iconography, and graffiti culture.
Carvalho returns to the modernist project in his adventurous novels — saturated with desire and ambiguity, dislocation and theatricality. WEB EXTRA: Read an excerpt from Carvalho’s novel Nine Nights!
Enjoy an excerpt of Bernardo Carvalho’s novel, Nine Nights, then check out his interview with cultural theorist Natalia Brizuela.
A career diplomat and wordsmith, Alvim’s cryptic poetry—observations with the geometrical brevity of haiku, or shrapnel—spans five decades. WEB EXTRA: three Alvim poems translated by Antonio Sergio Bessa.
Brazil’s prolific and legendary writer Lygia Fagundes Telles crosses literary time and space with Portugal’s own Manuel Alegre, novelist and presidential candidate.
Interviewer Antonio Sergio Bessa translates three poems by Francisco Alvim. Read BOMB’s interview with Francisco Alvim by Antonio Sergio Bessa.
Karim Aïnouz’s Madame Satã broke taboos on all sorts of sexuality. The filmmakers discuss the internal geography of a peripatetic outsider, and the contradictions of their country and the condition of human nature.
Antunes, vocalist for the landmark rock band Titãs, on lyrical audacity, his sound and visual poems, and everything from Bossa Nova to Tropicália. WEB EXTRA: Listen to exclusive sound poems by Arnaldo Antunes!
Experience two sound poems by vocalist Arnaldo Antunes, as discussed in his interview with poet Eucanaã Ferraz.
Sponsored in part by the Frances Dittmer Family Foundation. Experimentation reached its peak in Brazil with the Paulista School, and one of its main contributors was Mendes da Rocha, the 2006 Pritzker Prize–winning architect.
A artists on artists text on sculpture artist Jarbas Lopes by Luis Andrade, accompanied by three photographs of sculptures by Jarbas Lopes, the first titled Troca- Troca (Switch- Switch).
An artist on artists text on Laura Lima by Cabelo, accompanied by several photographs of sculpture pieces by Laura Lima, the first titled Gala Chicken.
An artists on artists text on sculpture artist Thiago Rocha Pitta by Botika, accompanied by several photographs of mixed media sculptures and film stills by Thiago Rocha Pitta, the first titled Uma Trilogia.
Artist Mário Ramiro on the work of Lucia Koch. WEB EXTRA: Watch Koch’s collaborative animation, Olinda-Celeste!
This First Proof contains the short story Alice and the Old Lady. Translated by Johnny Lorenz. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains selections from the book of poems Bloody Sun. Translated by Alexis Levitin. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Day One,” “Visit,” “The Rock,” “Day Three,” and “The Illness.” Translated by Idra Novey. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the short story Fortunate Buddhas. Translated by Clifford E. Landers. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Meditation Beside a Poem,” “Opus Dei,” “Nap with Flowers” and “The Dictator in Prison.” Translated by Ellen Doré Watson. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains an excerpt from Jonas. Translated by Clifford E. Landers. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the short story “Olivia and Xania”. Translated by Clifford E. Landers. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains images of the visual piece Barrão. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
