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Assignment 1 :: 300 words about 3 works

Bantu Video Loop of an animated GIF with the mouse pointer transposed to a VHS tape. The video is played from a professional VHS player with an old beje Dell plasma screen, a Chiquita banana and a gypsum powder 3D printed miniature of a human hand. Behind the screen lays a video Composite to VGA convertor, cables and a Saint George statue.

Computador Macaco Assobio Nao Audio-visual performance split in two pieces. The first makes use of sounds, music and video clips and field recordings manipulated thru Quicktime 7. The second part shows a mix of Operational System animations on the desktop, animated GIFs, web browsers windows, and movie clips using several projectors aligned in unconventional positions in order to distort the images projecting.

Untitled (TV Station) A small house built on top of a scaffolding with a blue light underneath. Inside there are three VHS players, a video mixer, two TVs and 200 VHS tapes placed on two small shelves, two antenna amplifiers connected to a signal encoder and an UHF antenna. In opposition to the video equipment the same table but there are two turntables and two audio mixers. The inside walls of the house are red and a yellow plastic canvas makes the ceiling. Facing the equipment is placed a carpet and sofa. Two lamps hang together on the ceiling which are controlled by two different switches also placed together on one wall. Outside there are two active speakers hanging on each side and a big disco ball in the front. A long video composite cable leads outside down to a video camera and a green room with a television on the center.