All tagged Art

Balomania Interview : A Decade Filming Brazil’s Hot Air Balloon Outlaws

After moving to Brazil aged 19 to pursue her love of graffiti, filmmaker Sissel Morrel Dargis discovered another of Brazil’s underground art movements. Over the next decade, she became deeply embedded in the world of baloeiros, clandestine artists who, operating from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, spend months - even years - building gigantic hot air balloons.

When Our Memories Burn - The Aftermath of Rio’s Museum Fire

In 2018 Latin America’s largest collection of natural and scientific history, the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, burned to the ground in a what is now known to have been a wholly preventable fire. Director Marta Miskaryan became fascinated by this tragedy which has had a traumatic effect on the people of Rio, not only wiping the building from the map, but also taking with it generations of emotional attachment and fond memories.

Helvetica

It’s likely you couldn’t point out the Helveltica typeface if you were asked to, but walk down any given city street today with someone who can, and you’ll realise just how unbelievably influential it is.