Flávio de Carvalho (1899–1973) was a Brazilian artist and architect who lived and worked in São Paolo, Brazil. In his designs for urban planning, he employed an experimental formal language combining several styles, references and construction techniques. His ideas on architecture were rooted in psychological concerns, more specifically in his belief that architecture has the ability to awaken feelings in its inhabitants. As an author he wrote the play Dance of the Dead God for the Experimental Theater in 1933 and he was nominated for a Nobel prize in Literature in 1939. He represented his country in the Venice Biennial of 1950. A retrospective of his work was organized by the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo in 2010.
Inti Guerrero studied Art History and Theory at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, where he also double-minored in ‘General History’ at the Faculty of Social Sciences and in ‘History of Architecture’ at the Faculty of Architecture & Design. In 2004–2005 he studied at Universidade de São Paulo-USP in Brazil, in both the Faculty of Philosophy & Human Sciences-FFLCH and at the School of Visual Arts-ECA. In 2007/2008 Inti Guerrero took part in De Appel’s Curatorial Programme in Amsterdam. He is also a former Curator-in-Residence at Capacete (Rio de Janeiro) and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin) In the past he has worked in exhibition production for Galeria Alcuadrado (Bogotá) and both 26th and 27th São Paulo Biennial. In 2010 Inti Guerrero organized the exhibition A Cidade do Homem Nu (The City of the Naked Man) at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo. In this show he presented work by contemporary international artists alongside documentation of Flávio de Carhalho’s urban planning proposal for ‘the nude man’s city’ from 1930.
Curator Inti Guerrero is conducting research into Flávio de Carvalho (1899–1973) for Performance in Residence. Brazilian artist and architect Flávio de Carvalho is perhaps best known for his Experiências (1931–1956), a series of performances avant-la-lettre that he carried out on the streets of São Paolo.
With Experiência no. 3, de Carvalho publically launched his tropical futuristic clothing, designed for the contemporary office worker. The ‘New Look’ that he personally modeled on the streets consisted of a miniskirt and short sleeved blouse that was separated from the body by a corseting structure, to improve air circulation and prevent sweat from soaking the clothes.
Departing from the Experiências, Inti Guerrero will specifically focus his research on the relations between the body, the psyche and architectural space in de Carvalho’s projects. A theatrical presentation marks the beginning of Inti Guerrero’s research period and will take place on 19 April 2011 at Frascati Theatre in Amsterdam.
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