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Education

2006 – Ph.D. Communication and Semiotics – Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Fellowship from the Foundation for the Coordination of Higher Education and Graduate Training -CAPES/State Department of Education), São Paulo, Brazil.
Dissertation: The proper name in Hypermedia studies.
2001 – Master Degree in Communication and Semiotics – Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Scholarship from the Catholic University of São Paulo), São Paulo, Brazil.
Dissertation: Hypermedia and the reticular play of signs.
2000 – Psychology – FAPA/SP

Academic Positions and Teaching Experience

2008 – Coordinator of the Software Studies Initiative at FILE Labo, Brazil.
2008 – Visiting Scholar in the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) at University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
2006-2007 – Visiting Scholar in the Communication Department at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (Grant from the Foundation for the Coordination of Higher Education and Graduate Training -CAPES/State Department of Education, Brazil)
Research: from Browzing to ZigZag: on Ted Nelson ZigZag system.
2005 – Visiting Scholar – Brown University (Grant from the Foundation for the Coordination of Higher Education and Graduate Training -CAPES/State Department of Education, Brazil)
2001-2006 – Assistant Professor – Catholic University of São Paulo
2003 – Visiting Professor – University of São Paulo

2003 – Professor – Graduate Studies in Design, Art & Technology and Contemporary Art at the Fine Arts School in São Paulo.

Artistic and Cultural Experience

2008 – Organization of Zachary Lieberman’s performance at the Visual Arts Dept. at UCSD.
2008 – Organization of the 4K projection at the FILE São Paulo along with CRCA/UCSD.
2008 – Organization of Gonzalo Frasca’s lecture about games and activism at FILE São Paulo
2006 – Organization of Noah Wardrip-Fruin’s lectures in São Paulo, Brazil.
2007/2008 – Production of the film exhibition Alexander Kluge: the fifth act at CCBB (São Paulo and Brasília, Set/Oct/Mar)
2005 – Organization of Tecnocriações. Seminar about New Media, Hypermedia and Hypertext with Ted Nelson, George Landow and Zachary Lieberman (with The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)/State Department of Science and Technology support) – FIESP/Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2005 – Organization of the The Dziga Vertov Group Film Festival. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília (with The State Department of Culture – MINC support)
2004 – Organization of the The Metacinemas Film Festival. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo
2003 – Organization of the The Image’s strategies Film Festival. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo
2002 – Chair of the Scientific Board of FILE Symposium and Director of FILE Labo

Works

2008 – Social Visual mobile tool. Developed for the Visualizar symposium at MediaLab Prado, Spain (with Brett Stalbaum)
2008 – HiperGps. With Brett Stalbaum
2008 – GPSart. Mobile art. Exhibited in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Santiago, Quebec and Madrid
2007 – GPSface Mobile art. Exhibited and developed for the Nokia Trends Festival in São Paulo and San Diego.
2006 – Magnetic Poetry. Exhibited in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santiago and Buenos Aires.
2005 – assinaturas do nome. Net-art website. Exhibited in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Tokio, Santiago, Lisbon and Porto, Madrid, Paris and Buenos Aires.
2004 – Plato online. Net-art exhibition at the Art.ficial Emotion Festival Biennial at Itaú Cultural, São Paulo.
2003 – Assina. Net-art exhibition at FILE São Paulo
2002 – Olhar desdobrado. Exhibited in Belém, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rome and Caracas.

Publications

Books

2009 – The Explorers: Open Source and Free Software in Brazil. Cambridge, MIT Press (forthcoming)
2004 – Plato on-line: nothing, science and technology. São Paulo, All Print
2004 – As mulheres de Derrida. São Paulo, witz

Articles and catalogs

2008 – There is nothing outside of software. FILE São Paulo catalog.
2008 – GPSart and mobility. FILE Porto Alegre catalog.
2008 – Art by GPS. FILE Rio de Janeiro catalog.
2007 – Infoestética. Entrevista com Lev Manovich. Revista Trópico, São Paulo.
2006 – Morel Thresholds. Some notes about influenza’s work. Aminima, Madri
2005 – Games-Language: An Interview with Noah Wardrip-Fruin. Rhizome, New York
2005 – Primeiros passos de uma nova arte. Revista Trópico, São Paulo
2005 – After Hyper. FILE São Paulo catalog
2006 – Linguagens do Jogo em Design contemporâneo: o futuro das novas mídias, games e narrativas digitais. São Paulo, Nojosa edições
2005 – The form of technique in Hypermedia. São Paulo, IMESP
2005 – Hypercinemactivity in Hypermedia. São Paulo, IMESP
2004 – O arquivo do nome e o nome do arquivo em Estranhas Travessias. Osasco, EDIFIEO
2004 – Os fins dos meios em FILE. São Paulo, FILE Editorial
2003 – Signs: from text to context em Novas Mídias/New Medias. São Paulo, IMESP