Anna Bella Geiger
2023
Brazil
25’, color, sound
[preliminary version 14 minutes]
Synopsis
During the 1970s, Anna Bella Geiger, together with a group of artists, pioneered the use of video as a language and medium. Her impact also stems from her multidisciplinary work and her political and social activism. In this audiovisual essay Geiger discusses her newly preserved videos from the 1970s. The essay is illustrated with extracts of videos from 1973 and 1974, as well as other related documents and artworks from the period. Produced with participation of the Brazilian Film and Video Preservation Project, sponsored by the Ostrovsky Family Fund.
Credits
Director: Vivian Ostrovsky
Set director, shooting script: Clarisse Rivera
Director of photography: Louise Botkay
Direct sound: Altyr Pereira
Editor: Ruth Gadish
Consulting, curatorship, texts: Marisa Flórido, Kelly Gordon
Production: Adriana Avelar, Joice Scavone, Paula Lacerda
Research and copyright clearance: Alexandre Gouin, Mila Lo Bianco, Júlia Zylbersztajn and Patrícia Pamplona
Sound mixing: Damien Garcia, Sharon Shama
Color correction: Steve Sebban
Animation: Rivka Louvart de Pontlevoye
Adicional editing: Alexandre Gouin
Production Assistant: Caroline Nascimento
Legal advisory: Gustavo Martins, Lemos Assessoria
Driver: Lula Casado
Equipment: Apoio Seguros, Peixe Voador Produções
Trainee: Caroline Nascimento
Administrative support: Luana Cabral
Translator: Pedro Mendes
Musics
Author: André Abujamra
Work: Alma não tem cor
Year: 1995
Performance: Chico César
Record Label: Estúdio e Gravadora Galeão
Publisher: Spin Music
Author: Antônio Cícero e Marina Lima
Work: Anna Bella
Year: 2006
Performance: Marina Lima
Record Label: Fullgass
Publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Author: Chico Buarque / Gilberto Gil
Work: Cálice
Year: 1978
Performance: Chico Buarque / Milton Nascimento
Record Label: Universal Music
Publisher: Marola / Gege
Author: Chico Buarque / Francis Hime
Work: Meu Caro Amigo
Year: 1976
Performance: Chico Buarque
Record Label: Universal Music
Publisher: Marola / Nossa Música
Author: Chico Science, Jorge du Peixe e H.D. Mabuse
Work: O Encontro De Isaac Asimov Com Santos Dumont No Céu
Year: 1991
Performance: Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Record Label: Sony Music
Publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Author: Emil Schult, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
Work: Autobahn
Year: 1974
Performance: Kraftwerk
Record Label: Warner Music Group
Publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Author: Erikm
Work: Ressac
Year: 1991
Performance: Erikm
Author: Ernesto Nazareth
Work: Apanhei-te cavaquinho
Year: 1914
Performance: Carcoarco
Author: Hugues Le Bars
Work: Valse Montana e Jeu d’échec
Year: 1991
Performance: Hugues Le Bars
Record Label: Nocturne
Publisher: Nocturne
Author: João Bosco
Work: Benguelê
Year: 1998
Performance: João Bosco
Publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Author: Jorge Monsalvo
Work: Virgem Negra
Year: 1987
Performance: Los Chaynas
Record Label: INDICA (Industria de Discos Centroamericana)
Publisher: INDICA (Industria de Discos Centroamericana)
Author: José Eduardo Gramani
Work: Viva Raimundo
Year: 1991
Performance: Carcoarco
Films and Videos
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Passagens 1
Year: 1974
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Passagens 2
Year: 1974
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Centerminal
Year: 1974
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Declaração em retrato 1
Year: 1974
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Declaração em retrato 2
Year: 1976
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Mapas elementares 1
Year: 1976
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Mapas elementares 3
Year: 1976
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Local da ação
Year: 1978
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Quase mapa, quase mancha
Year: 1981
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Out of control
Year: 2002
Authors: Ana Vitoria Mussi, Anna Bella Geiger, Fernando F.Cocchiarale,
Ivens Machado, Leticia T.S Parente, Miriam Danowski, Paulo E.Herkenhoff e Sonia Andrade
Work: Telefone sem fio
Year: 1976
Author: Nam June Paik
Work: TV Fish
Year: 1979
Author: Paulo Herkenhoff
Work: Estômago Embrulhado
Year: 1975
Stills
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Lixo no aterro
Year: 1971
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Arenas – Exposição Circumambulatio
Photograph: Thomas Lewinsohn
Year: 1972
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Registro de um dia de trabalho com o trator – Exposição Circumambulatio
Photograph: Thomas Lewinsohn
Year: 1972
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: O todo
Year: 1974
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Macios (série)
Year: 1974
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Passagens (negativo e positivo)
Photograph: Paula Gerson
Year: 1975
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Fotomontagem Passagens
Photograph: Paula Gerson
Year: 1975
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Arte e decoração (série)
Year: 1975
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: História do Brasil: little boys & girls (série)
Year: 1975
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Brasil nativo-Brasil alienígena
Photograph: Luiz Carlos Velho
Year: 1977
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: O Novo Atlas 1
Year: 1977
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: Variáveis
Year: 1977
Author: Anna Bella Geiger
Work: O pão nosso de cada dia
Photograph: Januário Garcia
Year: 1978
Author: José Bina Fonyat Neto
Work: Foto de capa da Revista Malasartes nº 2
Year: 1976
Title: 16a Bienal de São Paulo; Registro do evento.
Author: Agência Estado
Year: 1975
Title: O historiador, crítico de arte e curador Walter Zanini, durante entrevista.
Photograph: Ovidio Vieira/Folhapress
Year: 1983
Author: Peter Moore
Work: Paik installing Fish Flies
Year: 1976
Archive: Northwestern University
Work: Catálogo do 1º Encontro Internacional de Video-arte de São Paulo
Year: 1978
Archive: Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania (ICA)
Work: Circumambulatio MAM
Archive: MAM
Work: Imagens de publicidade e propaganda da câmera Sony Portapak
Archive: Sony
Work: Áudio do programa de rádio Repórter Esso
Year: 1968
Archive: Rádio Globo RJ
Work: Images et symboles de Mircea Eliade
© Editions Gallimard, 1952, renovada em 1980
Evandro Teixeira/ Instituto Moreira Salles
Marcel Gautherot/Acervo MAM/Copyright Instituto Moreira Salles
Special thanks
Anna Bella Geiger
Solange Farkas, Van Fresnot
Associação Cultural Videobrasil, SP
Lori Zippay, Jon Dieringer
Electronic Arts Intermix
Thanks
Ana Hortides
Cinemateca do MAM
CTAv
Heitor Peralles
Hernani Heffner
Iole de Freitas
Jom Tob Azulay
Julio Augusto
Maria Byington
Peixe Voador Produções
Rafael Amorim
Rosalina Gouveia
Rosângela Sodré
Sergio Pranzl
Sylvio Eduardo Novello
Tania Cypriano
Tania Queiroz
Vieira Rezende Advogados
Zucca Produções