Statement in portrait n. 1 (1974)
Video, magnetic tape, 16’34”, B&W, sound, 1/2 inch open reel.
Filmed by Jom Tob Azulay in Rio de Janeiro. Anna Bella Geiger reflects on the situation of Brazilian artists outside the international art circuit. In a text from the catalog of the Mostra de Arte Experimental de Filmes Super-8, Audiovisual e Videotape, at Galeria Maison de France (Rio de Janeiro) in 1975, reproduced in “Made in Brasil”, organized by Arlindo Machado (São Paulo: Itaú Cultural; Iluminuras, 2007), the artist states: “In Statement in portrait 1 and 2, […] [I speak] in an almost pamphletary way about the ideological circuits that disseminate art, and the reasons for our cultural isolation […]”.
Fontes
Artist’s private collection.
Exibições
: 8ª Jovem Arte Contemporânea (JAC), MAC USP (1974); Video Art, Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, 1975); 35º Jerusalem Film Festival (2018).
Citações
“Mulheres radicais: arte latino-americana”, 1960–1985. Catalog of the exhibition at Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 2018.