In relation to the monumental work that was carried out by Elaine Ruas, it is to Silvestre Gorgulho's credit that he supported Elaine’s considerable efforts, and to his credit that he did what was necessary for our exhibition project in Brasilia to happen. No less.

When we arrived in Brasilia in October 2010, Juliette Vincent and I were invited by Silvestre with Elaine Ruas to a visit of the Brasilia’s Digital Tower of Communication, which was to take over from the original TV Tower located upstream of the point of intersection of Brasilia‘s Monumental Axis and the city’s South and North Wings. It was Niemeyer's last major architectural project during his lifetime, a project that had been supported by Silvestre Gorgulho and his administration (on this topic, Silvestre published in 2012 a very documented and fine book entitled La Flor do Cerrado). In 2010, the new Tower was nearing completion, and so Juliette and I found ourselves on one of the building’s suspended platforms, at an altitude of 110 m on the edge of the void ... and as far as I'm concerned, paralyzed by a vertigo as devastating as it was uncontrollable. Which inevitably made me the laughing stock of our welcoming committee.

And I also owe him a great moment of emotion, resulting from one of those whirlwind trips to Rio de Janeiro that Brasilienses often go for, which he made during my stay back to Brasilia in December 2010 for my exhibition’s unhooking. A quick plane round trip to say hello to his friend Oscar and present him the catalogue of our exhibition.

I owe it to Silvestre Gorgulho to find one morning, at my hotel’s reception desk a set of photo prints from our exhibition and from his meeting with Oscar Niemeyer, just like that, just for the fun of it -just for the generosity of the attention. The envelope awaited me quietly on the desk of this modest and soulless small hotel in Brasilia’s Zona Hotelera Norte. Nothing to do with the magnificence of the Brasilia Palace Hotel.