Curations In Via These Artists
Curations Out to These
Who's taking you?
- Curation by: The Artist
Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Domingos Preto
- City: Santiago do Iguape, Bahia
- Country: Brazil
My Life & Work
- Bio: Domingos Preto is a chuleiro (singer/yeller of primordial Afro-Bahian samba) and fisherman living in the town of Santiago do Iguape, Bahia. His biding concern is to not see the samba that he and his ancestors grew up with, die.
▶ Brazil has something called "jeitinho" (zhay-TEEN-you), the "little way". In a land where the official way is often impossible, people get things done by other means.
▶ The matrix is jeitinho. It allows splendid Brazilian musicians to be discovered and accessed from everywhere. But to work for the Brazilians, it has to work for everyone.
▶ All explained inside the dot-defined window immediately below (curated artists below this window)... from Brazil, with love!
This matrix is predicated on the fact that fame & fortune are not inextricably linked to talent, dedication, and even genius.
Brazil has something called "jeitinho", the "little way". In a country where the official way is so often impossible, people have to be creative. Do end runs around problems and powers-that-be.
The matrix is jeitinho. All explained inside the dot-defined window immediately below. Matrix encompassed artists below the window.