{"id":287971,"date":"2021-02-04T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=287971"},"modified":"2021-02-05T18:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:57:48","slug":"a-brazilian-looks-to-film-a-reality-show-with-cars-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/a-brazilian-looks-to-film-a-reality-show-with-cars-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brazilian looks to film a reality show with cars in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Businessman and furniture designer Sidnei Santos is looking for sponsorship for his latest project: a reality show that will see him go to a car graveyard in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and create d\u00e9cor items and pieces of furniture from found luxury car parts. The show will be named \u201cThe Speed of Art,\u201d and Santos needs BRL 2 million (roughly USD 370,000) to produce season one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-287943\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sofa-fusca.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-287943 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sofa-fusca-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-287943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first item ever created by Santos was the beetle-couch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt will feature six episodes showcasing the whole process, from going to the car graveyard and purchasing Ferrari and Lamborghini parts, for instance, to the manufacturing, assembly and finishing of the art pieces,\u201d said Santos. He explains that BRL 1 million (USD 186,000) will go into producing the reality show, and another BRL 1 million will be spent in building the items. Season one should see two or three pieces created, according to Santos.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to get sponsorship from his target audience of Arab car aficionados, top-tier businesspeople and sheikhs. The project director will be Frederico Lapenda, and Santos is planning to sell the show to specialty channels such as History Channel, Discovery, and Netflix.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-287949\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mesa-kombi-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-287949 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mesa-kombi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-287949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kombi center table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Here\u2019s more on this topic:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/furniture-design-company-in-brazil-looks-to-sell-in-dubai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Furniture design company in Brazil looks to sell in Dubai<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Santos explains that the project might develop into a limited furniture series including lighting fixtures, sofas, beds, tables and other d\u00e9cor items.<\/p>\n<p>An <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) member since 2019, Santos says the organization is supporting the project in multiple ways. \u201cWe made a teaser with Arabic subtitles, translated by the Arab Chamber, and they did the research so we can get a permit from the local transit authority to go into the car graveyard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Santos\u2019 company, Total Design Art, has been designing furniture from throwaway car, boat, airplane and motorcycle parts since 2017. A few reality show episodes have been made in Taubat\u00e9, S\u00e3o Paulo, where the company is based. The episodes are available on the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC14bAuYC0VHJnZo_3jpzxlA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total Design Art<br \/>\n+55 (12) 99121 4482<br \/>\nEmail <a href=\"mailto:sidneicoordenadordeobras@gmail.com\">sidneicoordenadordeobras@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/totaldesignart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@totaldesignart<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/totaldesignart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-287938\">Personal Archives<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-287943\">Press Release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-287949\">Press Release<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furniture designer Sidnei Santos is seeking sponsorship for a reality show that will see him go to a car graveyard in Dubai, UAE and create pieces of furniture using parts from luxury cars like Ferraris and Lamborghinis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":287938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[18958,18962,18963,18956,9621,18964,18965,18966,14591,18967,13145,18961,13144],"class_list":{"0":"post-287971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-a-velocidade-da-arte","9":"tag-car-graveyard","10":"tag-discovery-en","11":"tag-discovery","12":"tag-dubai-en","13":"tag-ferrari-en","14":"tag-history-channel-en","15":"tag-lamborghini-en","16":"tag-netflix-en","17":"tag-reality-show-en","18":"tag-sidnei-santos-en","19":"tag-the-speed-of-art","20":"tag-total-design-art-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Furniture designer Sidnei Santos is seeking sponsorship for a reality show that will see him go to a car graveyard in Dubai, UAE and create pieces of furniture using parts from luxury cars like Ferraris and Lamborghinis.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}