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
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Inês Cardoso | 11st Festival
The guest artist to the 11th edition, in 1996, Inês Cardoso discusses her video installation Daragoy, in which she exposes her own image based on the notions of affection, female hysteria, existence, and death
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Hans Geert Falkenberg | 11st Festival
Hans Falkenberg discusses the Input 98 project, a non-profit organization whose goal is to publicize independent productions via a public television channel
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Michael Mazière | 11st Festival
In the interview, British curator Michael Mazière discusses the new generation of video artists, whose works started being shown at galleries and museums, rather than on television, as was the case during the 1980s
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Akram Zaatari | 11st Festival
Interview with the Lebanese artist shortlisted for the 1996 competitive show. Zaatari explains the use of images in different contexts in his work, and elaborates on the conditions for production in Lebanon
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Guillermo Cifuentes e Marcello Mercado | 11st Festival
The interview with the artists, made in 1996 on occasion of their participation in the competitive show, addresses the possibilities for making video art in Latin America
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Stephen Vitiello | 10th Festival
Stephen Vitiello explains the notion of poetry in his work, shown at the 10th edition of the Festival, in 1994, and discusses the poetical relationship between sound and image
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Rob Rombout | 10th Festival
The Netherlands’ Rob Rombout expounds on his reasons for making documentaries. More than portraying facts, his intention is to put forth a poetic view of reality, to convert the ordinary into extraordinary
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Jorge La Ferla | 10th Festival
The Argentinean curator Jorge la Ferla, who attended the 1994 edition, reviews the myriad poetics constructed from narrative and phenomenological image codes
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Danilo Santos de Miranda | 10th Festival
The director of SESC discusses the importance of Videobrasil Festival in consolidating the notions of innovation, technology, creativity, and in particular dialogue and interchange between Southern countries
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