João Sanchez

João SanchezRio Occupation London

6 May to 3 August 2012 V22 F Block

Visual Artist Joao Sanchez works as an illustrator for publishing house Editora Garamond, Rio, Editorial Positivas, Galicia and for graphic design and illustration magazine Husmee, San Sebastian, Basque Country. He has run printmaking courses at the Ca­rculo de Bellas Artes and has worked in the print studios of Antonio Gayo and Benveniste CP&P in Madrid. He founded the Studio Baren, where he develops graphic designs as artist and editor.

In collaboration with UK publisher High Tide, poet Ramon Mello and artist Joao Sanchez occupy London with silkscreen posters and a huge mural, producing a clash between visual and poetic languages. Mello's texts are combined with a layout created by Sanchez, who uses news and photographs from newspapers to freely interpret the result of the poetic collaboration with High Tide. The mural, which is produced on paper and fixed using wheat-paste technique, is displayed in a location of great public access.

Host Institution: High Tide Theatre Festival

Collaborating British Artists: Rob Drummer and Philippa Wilkinson

Secretariat of Culture for the State of Rio de Janeiro

Part of the London 2012 Festival

Executive Producer: People's Palace Projects; Co-produced: Battersea Arts Centre; Directors: Gringo Cardia & Christiane Jatahy

Rio Occupation London

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