"Eletrobrecht", by Tetine| Performance | 12º Festival
A spoken narrative based on Brecht's play Setsuan's Good Soul is superimposed to a sonorous background. Film and archive footage are show on a video screen.
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David Larcher | 12nd Festival
“Video is dead,” in the words of David Larcher. To the German artist, who was a guest at the 12th edition, in 1998, video has been depleted, not as a medium, but as a concept
testimonies
O Gabinete de Chico, by Chelpa Ferro | 12nd Festival
This performance, presented in 1998, combines electronic image projections edited on the fly and a musical performance involving conventional instruments and noisy objects, like an orange squeezer and door bells
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Bestiário masculino feminino, by Waly Salomão | 12nd Festival
In 1998, the audience is invited to enter the venue wearing animal masks, as Waly Salomão recites poems to the sound of electronic music, women dancing, and hens clucking
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A night with Mike, by Michael Smith | 12nd Festival
This performance by Michael Smith is a tragicomic, humorous depiction of the character Mike, a sort of alter ego of the artist; a common man who "believes everything and understands nothing"
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"Home of the Page", by Lefdup & Lefdup | Performance | 12º Festival
Musicians, dancers, webmasters, DJs and other characters interact with TV screens and computers connected to the Web.
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Kiko Goifman e Jurandir Muller | 12nd Festival
The directors of Palio TV discuss the conception of Urbe, a piece shown at the Festival of 1998 and portraying the urban surroundings of São Paulo’s Paulista Avenue. The piece was inspired by a book by architect Marta Bogea
testimonies
Interview with Lucila Meirelles on Canal 21 | 12nd Festival
The winner of the Canal 21 – Sony Prize at the 12th edition, Lucila Meirelles discusses works shown in past editions, such as Sinfonia Panamerica and Crianças Autistas
in review
"Communion - Le Partage des peaux II", de Isabelle Choinière | Performance | 11º Festival
Digitalized images of the performer’s body are projected onto a screen as she moves, with the help of sensors spread over her legs, arms, and torso.
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Video Opera for Paik, by Steina Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello | 11th Festival
A visual and musical tribute to Nam June Paik, paid by Stenia Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello in 1996, based on the master’s works
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