Andrei Thomaz (Brazil) & Martin Heuser (Sweden)

Andrei Thomaz & Martin Heuser
http://www.martinheuser.com
http://www.andreithomaz.com/

Short Bios:
Visual artist and developer, Andrei R. Thomaz is graduated in Fine Arts by UFRGS and hords a MFA by ECA/USP. His body of works are composed mainly by new media works, as net art and games. He also has run several partnerships with other atists, working on sound performances and interactive installations. As a developer, has helped advertising agencies and TI companies to develop applications built on Flash platform. His portfolio can be seen at http://www.andreithomaz.com.

Martin Heuser is a composer and artist born and raised in Brazil. His work explores conflicts resulting from societal control, violence and its representation, the influence of mass media on subjectivity, as well as an interest in obscenity and in flawed personalities. Many of his compositions have been performed in public concerts in Europe and Brazil, including the XV Biennial of Brazilian Contemporary Music, in 2003. Heuser holds a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre – Brazil (2004), and a master’s degree in Fine Arts with specialization in digital media from the C:Art:Media programme at Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg University in Sweden (2009).