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born in 1963, lives in Rio de Janeiro. He is a poet in the area of inter- and hypermedia. He lived from 1987 to 1995 in Germany and is now director of the multimedia and internet company Refazenda in Rio. He was curator of the first international exhibit of digital poetry (Annaberg-Buchholz 1992) and has participated in many international exhibits. Publications: "Die Verse", Munich 1991, "p0es1e. digitale dichkunst" (ed., Annaberg-Buchholz 1992); "Felsen. Sapphische Ode" (Video, Hamburg 1994); "IO / rever" (CD-Rom, S‹ão Paulo 1995); "Aleer" since 1997 and "Rio", 1999.