VIDEO BRASIL DOCUMENTING ART

 
VIDEOBRASIL. DOCUMENTING ART
Film programme, 15 & 16 April
 
Friday 15 April
19:00 - 20:30 
Chelpa Ferro
Rafael Franca: Work as Testament
21:00 - 22:00 
Mau Wal: Translated Encounters
 
Saturday 16 April
19:00 - 19:45 
Akram Zaatari: A Glimpse of One Man's Work
20:15 - 21:15 
Certain Doubts of William Kentridge
21:30 -  22:30 
Coco Fusco: I like Girls in Uniforms
 
Since the early 2000, Associação Cultural Videobrasil has taken on an inspiring and responsible cultural endeavour: documenting on film the thoughts, works, and production processes of several major contemporary artists from the southern hemisphere circuit. Videobrasil Authors Collection was born as a result, a series of 6 documentaries produced during the last decade with the support of Prince Claus Fund and SESC Sao Paulo. The films focus on fundamental works produced in quite different spaces, contexts and media, yet sharing political and social themes.  
 
Previously screened only in international art festivals, the films have never been shown on television. Het Nutshuis Den Haag presents them in premiere in The Netherlands.  
 
Certain Doubts of William Kentridge
deals with one of the most important artists of
post-apartheid South Africa. Dir: Alex Gabassi,
Brazil, 2000  
 
Rafael França: Work as Testament
concentrates on the pioneer of video
art in Brazil. Dir: Alex Gabassi & Marco Del Fiol,
Brazil, 2001  
 
Mau Wal: Translated Encounters
studies the public interventions of Maurício Dias
and Walter Riedweg. Dir: Fabiana Werneck
Barcinski & Marco Del Fiol, Brazil, 2002  
 
Akram Zaatari: A Glimpse of One Man's Vision
looks at the work of one of the
most important members of the post-civil
war generation of Lebanese artists. Dir: Alex Gabassi, Brazil, 2004  
 
Coco Fusco: I Like Girls in Uniform
shows how cultural tension flourishes
in the artist's life and work.
Dir: Wagner Morales, Brazil, 2006  
 
Chelpa Ferro
portrays a Rio de Janeiro-based
group which explores the plasticity of sound
in sculptures, objects, installations, and
performances. Dir: Carlos Nader, Brazil, 2009  
 
Friday & Saturday: 19:00 - 23:00 /€ 7,50 / evening (3 docs)
Reservations: info@nutshuis.nl
 
Concept Videobrasil Authors Collection: Solange Farkas, curator and director of Associação Cultural Videobrasil. ACV is an international centre of reference in electronic art and active nexus for exchange among artists, curators, and thinkers.
Het Nutshuis is a podium for art and culture with a focus on society.
The program is a mix of photography, film, exhibitions, talk shows and performance events.