“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.

Pit Stop

Sao Paulo -  A quick stop at the company to collect and deliver documents and continue through the city. Nowadays in Sao Paulo is difficult to know if there are more cars or…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

PCC street

Sao Paulo -  Do not take pictures here, Sergio the Catadore warned me. The PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) began as a prisoners union to defend inmate rights. But now it is a…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Parked trolley

Sao Paulo -  A type of trolley used by workers to transport the recycled material. …
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Open ways

Sao Paulo -  Barra Funda neighborhood is characterized by very large blocks, which make life difficult for pedestrians. To shorten paths: a “passage" is opened up, through the middle of a land yet…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Old fashioned

Sao Paulo -  ‘Plate men on Republica square. Remain still all day becoming almost invisible in the crowd offering services of gold business and employment vacancy. Its a form of communication and work…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Nothing can stop

Sao Paulo -  Physical moving: buses, cars, motorcycles. Information moving: man with a cell phone and women talking to each other while waiting ("standing still") to cross the street. Av. Rebouças - São…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

New urban picturism

Sao Paulo -  A new and legão (cool, literally ‘legal’) venue for photography opened today. The first exhibition is showing the gutters of Sao Paulo. It is shot by a collective named…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Never forget the chairs

Sao Paulo -  Street vendors usually work standing all day long. Except those who carry their chairs together with their sales materials. Barra Funda - SP - 06/12/09 - pic. by Sylvia Sanchez…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Painting in mirror

Sao Paulo -  I see the new buildings, with mirror, like canvas. There are many buildings like that. See the glare caused by the mirrors and windows. Many windows in the city. Sao…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Open Dumps

Sao Paulo -  Several garbage bags lying on the street - waiting for collection. With rain, garbage falling outside the bags loads into the “boeiros” - favoring floods. Meanwhile, the plastic trash can…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Old Fashioned

Sao Paulo -  Mr. Armênio Pereira, 66, began making suits in Portugal when he was 12. When he turned 16 came to Sao Paulo. His small tailor shop, in the neighborhood of Santa…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

North area

Sao Paulo -  Air view of São Paulo city’s noth area. How long will it take for the buildings to climb the hill?…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

New old people.

Sao Paulo -  Specially on sundays you might see many new old people in the streets. Jogging, walking hand in hand in a lovingly way. Sao paulo is the first city I see…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Nature and art in harmony

Sao Paulo -  Neighborhood with high concentration of artists and poets. In Vila Madalena, you can find nature and art in the poetry of street names such as Harmony, Glitter and Sunflower and…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Painting city

Sao Paulo -  Traffic in Sao Paulo at the rush hour in 23 de Maio Ave. (that cuts the city from north to south). On your right, cars going to the north, and…
Flavio Sampaio – Sao Paulo Lab

Open air study rooms.

Sao Paulo -  In the Centro Cultural there are a lot of people studying. Old and young. There is a free wireless network. You have to apply to be able to get the…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Of least effort

Sao Paulo -  Do you work in the streets, near a bridge, with a boring work which requires you to stand up all the time? Reduce your tiredness sitting under the overpass, eating…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

Newcomers Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo -  In my guesthouse it is all working people staying there. Like me. Mostly doctors and nurses coming from neighbouring countries like Peru, Colombia or other parts of Brazil. There is…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

New Model

Sao Paulo -  Employee from Cine Reserva on Paulista Avenue, important commercial business in Sao Paulo smiled and strikes poses when saw that is being photographed, after, asks where it will be published…
Luciana Camargo – Sao Paulo Lab

Over too fast

Sao Paulo -  The speed limit signs are not enough to “indoctrinate" São Paulo drivers. To try to control speed and reduce the large number of accidents, several cameras were installed along major…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab

on stormy days

Sao Paulo -  Mobile home of a homeless person, all decorated and colourful. In the evening the inhabitant unpacks his house, to gather his gear in the morning to move on. Behind it…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Obesity

Sao Paulo -  A note above the blue chair says it is reserved for obese people. Try to avoid blue chairs. In the metro carriages there is a run on the brown chairs…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

New urban slaverism.

Sao Paulo -  This catadore cannot become part of the collective. He is sorting out his garbage in the street. He cannot leave his car behind afraid as he is it will be…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

New and high

Sao Paulo -  Very high buildings being built in an area where there are still few builings. It’s the city growing vertical. Barra Funda - SP - 06/12/09 - pic. by Sylvia Sanchez…
Sylvia Sanchez – Sao Paulo Lab