Xcèntric. 13th season 2013-2014
Animals that, from a distance, look like flies
Audiovisuals
João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva have produced a series of silent films in 16 mm and 35 mm that, scientifically yet with a touch of irony, present small physical actions and particular optical phenomena. Their inventories of nature and their perspective respond to a physical world that is visible and yet invisible, where the concrete is always presented as something concealed. Something that the filmmakers call “abyssology, a transitory science of the indiscernible”. The simple compositions and the tricks they adopt, such as the use of slow motion or superposed images, are reminiscent of the silent films of the early days of cinema and the chronophotography of Étienne-Jules Marey.
Benguelino a lançar um feitiço na camera, 2011, 2 min 49 s; Rodas, 2011, 2 min 33 s; Debaixo de um carro, 2011, 1 min 48 s; Burro, 2011, 2 min; O cavalo do profeta, 2011, 2 min 2 s; Entrar na cama, 2011, 2 min 47 s; Onda, 2011, 2 min 43 s; Tornado de esparguete, 2010, 2 min 47 s; Vaso mais pequeno que vaso, 2010, 2 min 25 s; Moinho de água, 2012, 3 min 45 s; Maçã de Darwin, macaco de Newton, 2012, 1 min; O Lançamento 1, 2006, 1 min 47 s; O homem imparticulado, 2004, 1 min 33 s; Mão, mais pequena que mão, 2009, 1 min 48 s; Poliedro de frutas, 2009, 2 min 42 s; Três albinos contando anedotas junto à fogueira, 2013, 2 min 48 s; Colocar o olho de peixe, 2012, 2 min 30 s; Eclipse ocular, 2007, 2 min 40 s; Iniciado, 2008, 2 min 39 s; 3 Sóis, 2009, 50 s; Solar, o cego a comer uma papaia, 2011, 2 min 35 s; Ovo estrelado, 2008, 2 min 37 s; Sonho de uma raia, 2011, 2 min 48 s; Aqueles animais que, à distância, se assemelham a moscas, 2012, 2 min 5 s; Pão, chá e jogo do awalé, 2011,, 2 min 27 s; Proboscis, 2013, 2 min 45 s; Casua, 2010, 4 min 37 s; Triângulos e quadrados, 2013, 1 min 25 s; A sopa, 2009, 3 min 35 s. [16 mm Screening, silent.]
This activity is part of Xcèntric. January-March 2014, Xcèntric. 13th season 2013-2014