Dias & Riedweg “Our artistic practice and our daily lives, which we’ve shared for nearly twenty years, unfurls in that territory between one and the other, an unknown terrain of desire and fear, of a world to explore, that’s out there to be discovered.” Dias & Riedweg includes Mauricio de Mello Dias (b. 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Walter Stephan Riedweg (b. 1955, Luzern, Switzerland), who have worked together since 1993 to make collaborative and interdisciplinary public art projects, videos, and performances. Dias studied in the school of fine arts at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro from 1982 to 1986. After traveling through Europe, he took courses in engraving at the Schule für Gestaltung in Basel, Switzerland. He subsequently studied at the Printmaking Workshop in New York. Riedweg’s formal education focused upon theater and music; he studied at the Musik Academie in Luzern, the Scuola di Teatro Dimitri in Verscio, Switzerland, and participated in several workshops at the Performance Studies Department at New York University.

The house is an original 1888 Victorian villa within 2000m2 tropical gardens, with a beautiful swimming pool, steam sauna and a mini-bar kiosk. Located on a very quiet and safe street in the middle of Santa Teresa, one of the oldest and nicest neighbourhoods of Rio - the house is on a surprising hill between the city center, the ocean beaches and the Guanabara Bay. Delicious breakfast with fresh juices and fruit, diversity of breads, homemade cake and pão de queijo, organic eggs, cheese and ham, jams and other quality products // Free wi-fi available throughout the house and garden // Exclusive lounge with computer and internet // Kiosk in the garden with self-service minibar and espresso-machine // Upon request: airport transfers, laundry, local guides with smart tips

Nestled in the hills of central Rio, Santa Teresa’s windswept Art Deco buildings and mosaicked park spaces are the stomping grounds of artists and bohemians. Santa Teresa makes sweeping statements—stunning panoramas of the city leave onlookers speechless, while the street art bold murals along its walls bathe the neighbourhood in colour. The historic yellow tram runs through its bucolic cobblestone streets and ambrosial restaurants, adding to its folksy allure and authentic Brazilian magnetism.