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Born in Brazil, 1952 Master in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, multimedia performer, creative director, experimental theater director.

- In 80´s he creates The VideoCreatures, an original concept in videoperformance who mix theater and video by eletronic masks made by assemblage of monitors up in the face of the actor. He is invited for the most important Festivals in Brazil (Videobrasil and São Paulo Biennial) and around the world (New York, Paris, Berlin, Montreal and Lisbon). 

In 1988 wins the most important Multimedia Prize from the Brazilian Government for the sum of  works. (Sarney Law Prize).

 

- In 90´s he creates and develops with theatrical director R. Karman, The Experimental Multimedia Expeditions, what mix interactively performance, theater, tourism and Fine Arts. This project was seen by an international audience. In 2000 wins a Shell Prize in theater realization with “Voyage to the Centre of the Earth”, a 1km Interactive espetacle. 

 

In 2000 represents Brazil in performing eletronic arts in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (Brasil+500);

In 2003 represents Brazil in Kyoto Biennale (Japan/Kyoto);

 

Actually mix multimedia sensitive installations with videocreatures performances.

 

Books mentioning Donasci’s work:

“O Que. e Video”, Candido Mendes, 1984
“A Arte do Video”, Arlindo Machado, 1988
“A Performance como Linguagem”, Renato Cohen, 1989
“Máquina e Imaginario”, Arlindo Machado, 1993

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Otávio Donasci

machado pedrosa street, 338
são paulo - sp - brazil
zip code: 02045-010

phone/fax. 55 (11) 6950-0840

donasci@hotmail.com
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