Building in São Paulo
This print is a limited edition of 20 artworks (sizes A4 and A3), professionally printed on paper 250 gsm.
Each piece is signed, numbered and authenticated by Murilo Jorge. Frame is not included.
Inspiration and history behind:
Walking down Rebouças Avenue in São Paulo (2017), this building caught my attention, and I took a photo to keep in my visual archive. That photo later became the basis for this experiment with multi-layer stencil. Instead of replicating the building’s original colors, I chose to highlight the contrast it creates amid the sea of gray and pastel tones of the surrounding structures.
At the first glance seems like a random colorful building but it is more than that.
It is actually a well-known hotel in the area, and in 2013, had the façade renovated by the Guto Requena Studio as a research project exploring the concept of hacked city.
By the end of the project, they had transformed an ordinary high-rise into an iconic 30-floor interactive piece of art. Using technology, they collected sounds from the surrounding area and created graphic patterns, which were then applied as a pixelated skin over the entire facade. Additionally, the building became interactive with both people and the weather, allowing its facade to change adding animations with LEDs.
Having worked as a User Experience Designer for over a decade, I was especially fascinated by how technology was used in this project.This painting represents a piece of the city where I lived and worked for most of my life. A city weirdly chaotic, contrasting, technological, huge and full of layers.
Original artwork description:
Mixed media with acrylic paint and spray on canvas. Multi-layer stencil, the original size is 29.7 × 21 cm.
To acquire the original artwork, please send an inquiry via the contact form.
This print is a limited edition of 20 artworks (sizes A4 and A3), professionally printed on paper 250 gsm.
Each piece is signed, numbered and authenticated by Murilo Jorge. Frame is not included.
Inspiration and history behind:
Walking down Rebouças Avenue in São Paulo (2017), this building caught my attention, and I took a photo to keep in my visual archive. That photo later became the basis for this experiment with multi-layer stencil. Instead of replicating the building’s original colors, I chose to highlight the contrast it creates amid the sea of gray and pastel tones of the surrounding structures.
At the first glance seems like a random colorful building but it is more than that.
It is actually a well-known hotel in the area, and in 2013, had the façade renovated by the Guto Requena Studio as a research project exploring the concept of hacked city.
By the end of the project, they had transformed an ordinary high-rise into an iconic 30-floor interactive piece of art. Using technology, they collected sounds from the surrounding area and created graphic patterns, which were then applied as a pixelated skin over the entire facade. Additionally, the building became interactive with both people and the weather, allowing its facade to change adding animations with LEDs.
Having worked as a User Experience Designer for over a decade, I was especially fascinated by how technology was used in this project.This painting represents a piece of the city where I lived and worked for most of my life. A city weirdly chaotic, contrasting, technological, huge and full of layers.
Original artwork description:
Mixed media with acrylic paint and spray on canvas. Multi-layer stencil, the original size is 29.7 × 21 cm.
To acquire the original artwork, please send an inquiry via the contact form.
This print is a limited edition of 20 artworks (sizes A4 and A3), professionally printed on paper 250 gsm.
Each piece is signed, numbered and authenticated by Murilo Jorge. Frame is not included.
Inspiration and history behind:
Walking down Rebouças Avenue in São Paulo (2017), this building caught my attention, and I took a photo to keep in my visual archive. That photo later became the basis for this experiment with multi-layer stencil. Instead of replicating the building’s original colors, I chose to highlight the contrast it creates amid the sea of gray and pastel tones of the surrounding structures.
At the first glance seems like a random colorful building but it is more than that.
It is actually a well-known hotel in the area, and in 2013, had the façade renovated by the Guto Requena Studio as a research project exploring the concept of hacked city.
By the end of the project, they had transformed an ordinary high-rise into an iconic 30-floor interactive piece of art. Using technology, they collected sounds from the surrounding area and created graphic patterns, which were then applied as a pixelated skin over the entire facade. Additionally, the building became interactive with both people and the weather, allowing its facade to change adding animations with LEDs.
Having worked as a User Experience Designer for over a decade, I was especially fascinated by how technology was used in this project.This painting represents a piece of the city where I lived and worked for most of my life. A city weirdly chaotic, contrasting, technological, huge and full of layers.
Original artwork description:
Mixed media with acrylic paint and spray on canvas. Multi-layer stencil, the original size is 29.7 × 21 cm.
To acquire the original artwork, please send an inquiry via the contact form.
