ygor marotta
Ygor Marotta blends art with technology, projection, hand-drawn animation and music, creating interactive works, immersive installations and moving performances through the city.
He is part of the duo VJ Suave with Ceci Soloaga, working together since 2009. He is also part of the trio Pássaro, an electronic music project with two released albums. Under the alias microdosys he develops art with artificial intelligence.
He is the author of “mais amor por favor", an urban intervention that spread across Brazil through wheatpaste posters.
projects:
oracle booth
Oracle is a synesthetic system that works as a computational poet. An immersive installation conceived as a digital temple, it reads the astrological chart of each visitor, crosses their birth sky with the aspects of the present day, and translates it all into music, light, visuals, color, and a poem printed on thermal paper. One person at a time.
Each element of astrology becomes sensory matter. Signs become root notes. Planets become synthesizer timbres. Aspects become intervals and tension. The lunar phase shifts the intensity, the elements shape the palette, and the I Ching points toward transformation. The natal chart writes the poem, which appears as concrete poetry in ASCII.
The booth is built with a solarpunk aesthetic, using reclaimed materials from the desert: CRT televisions, monitors, cables, and metal and wood structures. On the tube screens, the visuals are entirely typographic, while color pulses with the aspects of the day.
The encounter lasts between eight and ten minutes. At the end, a thermal printer delivers a timestamped poem, written for that body, at that hour, in that place. A code-based installation developed over the course of one year of solo research. Premiered at the Bombay Beach Biennale 2026, in the Salton Sea, California in May of 2026.
Birds of Ceará is an immersive installation by VJ Suave. With 360° projections on four walls and the floor, the artists guide the public on a unique journey through the nuances of Ceará's nature. This installation presents the diversity of 29 birds in different environments, all represented in 2D and 3D animations, transforming into audiovisual narratives that celebrate the unique beauty of these birds in their habitats.
The work was developed at the invitation of Director Silas de Paula to become part of the permanent collection of
Temple of Reflections is an immersive, generative installation that brings together spirituality, art and technology. Inspired by the religious practices of Taiwan, it is a sanctuary for inner reflection guided by artificial intelligence, where visitors converse with an entity versed in Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and local beliefs.
During the experience, visitors see their image reflected as Guanyin, Confucius or Buddha, symbolizing compassion, reflection and enlightenment. The conversations generate images on the side walls, and at the end, when the visitor says goodbye, a poem is created from the exchange.
Temple of Reflections is an installation by Renata Chebel and Ygor Marotta, presented at the Taiwan Technology and Culture Expo 2024 in Kaohsiung.
VJ Suave was invited to create the visual show for the album The Other Side of Hope, by the Chinese band Mola Oddity. Ygor, together with Paulo Stoker, developed the animations for 18 songs. The content was projected live during the tour, which travelled to 9 cities across China.
Ygor performed as the band's VJ during the spring of 2024, in live houses, festivals and clubs. Also touring on behalf of VJ Suave were Paulo Stoker and Renata Chebel.
Pássaro
Antes de existir o mundo
Pássaro is a project formed by Ygor Marotta, Irû Waves and Tomás Xavier.
"Antes de Existir o Mundo" is the trio's second album, released in November 2022 by Shika Shika records.
Available on the major digital platforms and in a limited edition of 500, distributed worldwide.
The music video was developed with the help of AI by microdosys.
The music video was developed with the help of AI by microdosys.
Tupinambá (video-mapping)
VJ Suave with Glicéria Tupinambá, Ygor Marotta, Ceci Soloaga, Paulo Stoker, Irû Waves, Bmind.
Produced in 2020, the work was silenced. It was adapted in 2023 to be projected in Belém do Pará at the Amazonia Mapping Festival in 2023 and 2024.
digital painting and
live animation with Tagtool
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16 lessons (1h 54m)
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Online and at your own pace
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Available on the app
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Audio: Portuguese
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Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
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Level: Beginner
In this online course, learn to create illustrations and animations in real time using Tagtool. With Ygor's guidance, master the fundamentals to develop and project visual pieces with a variety of moving elements.
Museu Virtual Origens is a collaborative and emancipatory space that tells the history of the Itaparica people, asserting their right to memory and the historical equality of Indigenous, African and Afro-Brazilian peoples. This interactive metaverse space was created to engage with the insurgence and permanence of Indigenous, African and Afro-Brazilian peoples in the territory, asserting the right to safeguard their memory from a decolonial perspective, celebrating the ancestry that affirms our origins.
The metaverse space was developed by Ygor Marotta and Paulo Stoker in conversation with the community of Itaparica.
Concept and Direction: Rosângela Accioly. Metaverse: VJ Suave, Ygor Marotta, Paulo Stoker
pupila dilatada 3
psychedelic digital art show
Pupila Dilatada is a digital art exhibition conceived in web3 by a collective of independent artists. Ygor Marotta takes part as an artist and as part of the organization, contributing to the metaverses of the virtual shows through curation, exhibition design and visual identity. The third edition was also held physically at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.
