“LETTERS TO SÃO PAULO”

Carla Caffé works in the areas of graphic design, visual arts, theater, and film. She has participated in important group exhibitions, such as the 10th and 4th São Paulo International Architecture Biennials. In film, she works as an art director on feature films, including "Central Station" by Walter Salles; "Bossa Nova" by Bruno Barreto; "Narradores de Javé" by Eliane Caffé; and "Era o Hotel Cambridge".

She was a columnist for the newspaper “Folha de S. Paulo” and edited “Cidade Nua” (Naked City), a weekly chronicle of drawings of the city. Her research focuses on the language of drawing as a form of representation of the urban landscape, cartography, mapping, and geopoetry. Through poetic calculations, drawing recreates the meanings of space, activates urban memory, and strengthens the city's identity, enabling the sharing of memories, desires, and stories, as well as revealing everyday discoveries.

According to Agnaldo Farias, “she goes around taking notes, recording, examining, sketching, cutting out, dissecting, in other words, employing a large part of the verbs that comprise drawing. She represents excerpts of constructions notable for their peculiarities, architecture, and situations that those who live in São Paulo, or who at some point experienced this avenue, perceive as beloved, although until then most did not know it. The proof of affection is the immediate recognition, in which they also recognize themselves.”

A graduate in Architecture from FAU-USP, she is an artist, art director, and professor. In the visual arts, she dedicates her research to drawing, with an emphasis on the representation of urban territories. She has published four books, including "Avenida Paulista" (Cosac Naify and Sesc Edições) and "Era o Hotel Cambridge: arquitetura, cinema e educação" (Sesc Edições). She teaches at Escola da Cidade and maintains a studio in São Paulo.