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Assignment 1 :: 300 words about 3 works

Bantu (2013) What: The piece consists in a sculptural bricolage of objects composed to contextualize and present an animated GIF as a loop animation. The objects used are: a professional VHS player, a Dell plasma Monitor, a banana branded with a Chiquita sticker, a gypsum powder 3D printed miniature of a human hand, a Video Composite to VGA convertor, cables and a Saint George statue.

How: The animated GIF was first recorded for three hours using a screen capture software while the image was reproduced by Fire Fox. The mouse pointer placed on top of the GIF shows small movements from time to time in order to avoid the screen saver to start, while the illegitimate version of the capturing software over layered the video with a red square outline. Once the video file was made it was, than, played on a media player for 3 more hours while a VHS was set to record the video. This was a long process of transposition of an animated image file to an analog media. The piece was installed in a gallery corner, where the player was placed on the floor with all the objects on top, leaving the banana and the 3D printed had in the front, and the video converter and the saint statue behind the screen.

Why: The initial intension for this piece was to make some kind of voodoo offer to the gods (see macumba). Intrigued by the formality of the people involved in the show, both curators and artists, some bits of sarcasm was added to he process. Apart from that, this piece puts together a series of interests in the process of making and showing. The loss of information between performed and documented act.

Computador Macaco Assobio Nao Audio-visual performance split in two pieces. Audio - makes use of sound manipulation using Quicktime 7. Visual - uses Mac OS visual qualities for live visual performance.

FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN SHOWS, NO REVOLUTION Installation containing an analog TV broadcast tower, five meters high shelves made out of cardboard with B&W photocopies on top, thirty triangular wooden tables, super market shelves, scaffolding, DJ booth, the gallery archive, a modular kitchen, the gallery office, a movable presentation station, books, green room and wall excavations.