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Guto Bussab | |
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| Born | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Known for | Photography, film, video and installation |
| Website | www |
Guto Bussab is a Brazilian-born, Cape Town-based artist, photographer and filmmaker.[1][2] He founded MUTI, the parent company of the Cape Town film production company Muti Films, and was one of 38 curators for the 2014 World Design Capital programme.[3] His credits include co-producing the 2008 feature film Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema[3][4] and directing the web series Gaze.[5]
Career
[edit]MUTI and film work
[edit]The World Design Organization described Bussab as the founder of MUTI, the parent company of Muti Films, Muti Photography and TheMutiGallery.[3] Muti Films produced Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008), directed by Ralph Ziman, with Bussab among the film's co-producers.[4][2] The Mail & Guardian described him as a Brazilian-born, South African-based multidisciplinary artist known for his producer work on the film and for his work in advertising as a director of photography.[2]
In 2017, Muti Films released Gaze, a web series set in the Cape Town art world, directed by Bussab and Jared Ethan Blake; Blake wrote the series and Shanna Freedman produced it.[5]
Writing in 2005, ART AFRICA described Bussab as a Brazilian filmmaker whose Johannesburg advertising-film offices contained the Muti Gallery space.[6] Getaway later described the Muti Gallery in Oranjezicht, Cape Town, as curated by Bussab.[7]
Visual art and exhibitions
[edit]Bussab's solo exhibition Still ran at AGOG Gallery in Johannesburg from 6 October to 11 November 2016, presenting photographic narratives and video media; ArtThrob described the work as engaging with race relations, patriarchy, religion, gender politics and cultural appropriation.[1] The Smithsonian Institution's Warren M. Robbins Library holds a Guto Bussab folder in its Art & Artist files at the National Museum of African Art.[8]
Public art and design projects
[edit]As a World Design Capital 2014 curator, Bussab was among the curators who helped identify and select public submissions for the Cape Town programme.[3] VISI listed The Secret Love Project as an official WDC2014 project with Bussab among its participating artists.[9][10] The Infecting the City Public Arts Festival 2013 programme listed Scrabbling under Bussab's name.[11]
Selected filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema | Co-producer | Feature film directed by Ralph Ziman[4] |
| 2017 | Gaze | Director | Web series directed with Jared Ethan Blake[5] |
Selected exhibitions and projects
[edit]| Year | Title/project | Venue/event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Scrabbling | Infecting the City Public Arts Festival, Cape Town | Public art project[11] |
| 2014 | The Secret Love Project | Cape Town | Group project; official WDC2014 project[9] |
| 2016 | Still | AGOG Gallery, Johannesburg | Solo exhibition[1] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Ronald Muchatuta & Guto Bussab at AGOG Gallery". ArtThrob. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Advertising's smart pantsula". Mail & Guardian. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "World Design Capital 2014 Secures Top Curators". World Design Organization. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Gangster's Paradise". Filmdienst (in German). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 Young, Roger (26 February 2017). "City Press reviews new web series Gaze". City Press. Retrieved 30 September 2026 – via News24.
- ↑ Vinassa, Andrea (1 March 2005). "Aryan Kaganof". ART AFRICA Magazine. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "10 Cape Town museums and art galleries you have to visit at least once". Getaway. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "Guto Bussab [Folder]". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 "February 2014 diary". VISI. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ Loots, Debbie. "Love is in the air". VISI. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Infecting the City Public Arts Festival 11th–16th March 2013: Cape Town City Centre Programme" (PDF). Africa Centre. 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
