Archive for March, 2009

Preparations for the Performance

Monday, March 30th, 2009

April 1st (Wednesday), at 1:15pm at CCSP Centro Cultural São Paulo I will do the performance

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The sand we brought from Mato Grosso needs to be dried first.

Fieldwork in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil – Day 2

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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After 24 hours of grazing we can now take the GPS collars of the cows again.
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- Day 2 waiting and watching them graze

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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Fieldwork in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil – Day 1

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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GPS collars

getting the cows

First day of fieldwork, the cows are being fetched for GPS collaring.

Cow that reminds me of the Paulus Potter piece

Getting to the Field

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Last evening I arrived in Sao Paolo and already this morning me and Marcelo leave for  Campo Grande, the airport 200 km away from the farm where we will do the fieldwork for NomadicGrazing performance.

Paolo Hartman and Marcelo Godoy of Mobilefest Paolo Hartman (l.) drives us to the airport, Marcelo Godoy (r.) accompanies me to collaborate in the fieldwork.

cows in Campo Grande region

I get to see the first cows and their tracks already from the airplane window