“Sao Paulo Lab”

PAPA-Lab Sao Paulo Brazil did take place from 7th till 29 th of November 2009. The hosting organisation is freeDimensional. Director: Lino Hellings PAPA Lab Sao Paulo correspondents: Zé Carlos Barretta, Giovana Pasquini (Jô), Ines Correa, Marcelo Ferrelli, Sylvia Sanchez, Felipe Denuzzo, Ferver at the IX International Human Rights Colloquium. Researching the possibilty of art to develop actions for human rightlávio Sampaio, Luciana Camargo (Luh). All members of Fotomix. PAPA was an obss issues. PAPA gave a lecture about errorism (the new human right to make mistakes) at Human Rights Colloquium on November the13th 2009.

Yes smoke

Sao Paulo -  On the streets, smokers take advantage of the freedom to smoke without asking permission and without infringing the law.…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Yellow

Sao Paulo -  The traffic jam, in the morning or in the evening, cars drives very fast in São Paulo. Ibirapuera Ave, São Paulo, SP, by Luciana Camaro.…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Works in the city

Sao Paulo -  Man working during the night so they don’t disturb the chaotic traffic jam in Sao Paulo. …
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Working at home

Sao Paulo -  In rich neighbourhoods in São Paulo, we can see some very old houses occupied by poor families that live and work there. We call them “cortiços”. In this house the…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Waste baskets

Sao Paulo -  Just saw a lady carefully spreading the crusts of bread after she dropped her waste in the basket. All along the streets you find these baskets. Sometimes the size of…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Waiting for something

Sao Paulo -  Barefoot teenager shows “his art” between the cars in exchange for some money to be able to eat. There are many people in town that sell things or show their…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Velo-city

Sao Paulo -  The speed people go in and out the metro train is astonishing. This is the one of the cleanest and most organized transport in the world, has a flow of…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Undercover gym

Sao Paulo -  Next to the Catadores (the informal rubbish collectors’ coop) men from the (neighbor) hood have created their own open-air gym. Directly under the traffic viaducts, it is a good initiative…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Works in the city

Sao Paulo -  Even on a Sunday, men work on a new and with a bigger width car passage construction in the city. Another gesture made with the intention to improve the traffic…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

When everything seems to stop...

Sao Paulo -  Every day, SP is “everfloaded” with several kilometers of traffic jams. But the city where “no time can be lost” can not wait. Hence thousands of motorcicles are everywhere around…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Walking a dog in the rain

Sao Paulo -  After a week of very hot weather, the rain came heavily. But even if it’s raining, dogs need to go out with their owners because they cannot stay all the…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Wait Please

Sao Paulo -  Intercom for communication. The issue of security is present in all buildings and homes. The walls, the bars are essencial items in any residencial construction. We have got used to…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Urban photographer

Sao Paulo -  Graffiti, photos and “pixações“, urban art in traffic. We don’t live without it even a single day. Lino: Lovely the title and how you make me read the words…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Working men

Sao Paulo -  City Hall’s employees pruning trees nearby the state’s legislature house, next to the Ibirapuera park, the biggest in town.…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Way to lock

Sao Paulo -  Have your house got no lock? No problem. Create one. Sao Paulo, Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio – Paraíso, 15 th November 2009 by Ines Correa…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Waiting for the bus

Sao Paulo -  The old man waiting for the bus in Paulista Avenue, an important commercial center in São Paulo. Luciana Camargo…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Vertigo

Sao Paulo -  Car goes through tunnel in high speed. São Paulo is a very dinamic city where everybody seems to hurry. Its streets are made for the movement of vehicles putting in…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

urban landscape

Sao Paulo -  Man takes some fresh air after rain: shirtless, smoking a cigarette on his balcony. In front of him, a tipical “paulistana” landscape: the gray concrete of Barra Funda neighbourhood and…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Working in the rain

Sao Paulo -  On a rainy afternoon in São Paulo, a woman crosses the road in a downpour with her cart and styrofoam box. Some street vendors carry their products, drink and food…
Felipe Denuzzo – Sao Paulo Lab

Watching the traffic jam

Sao Paulo -  Watching the traffic jam while waits for a customer. Sao Paulo, Rua Amaral Gurgel - Sta. Cecilia, 31 th November 2009 by Ines Correa…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Waiting for the bus

Sao Paulo -  Are you taking a trip, with lots of luggage and will have to wait for the bus schedule? Make yourself at home: place your bags close to you and sit…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Verticalisation

Sao Paulo -  Flatbuildings can be as skinny as the base of a single house. But more often it is plots of four houses that hosts a new skygraper. The view on the…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Underemployment

Sao Paulo -  In order to improve family more money, many people in Sao Paulo work selling goods or delivering the newspaper to drivers who stop at traffic lights. People sell everything from…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab