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Look at Yourself

Watercolor animation of female moves of funk carioca. The artist got in touch with the universe of homemade dance tutorials in Youtube, which teach variations of the so-called “quadradinho” move, and are now part of the pandemic activities, for the search of new expressions and body abilities – so as the extenuating work in handicraft animation. In times of isolation, working through the internet became an adaptation in the artist’s process, who, until then, created animations from her own filmed footage. “Olhe-se” (Look at Yourself) gives name to a song from Karol Conka, one of Rio’s funk singers who brought feminism as a subject. By looking at themselves, women can feel their potency in art, dance, and painting, and share what they know with other women, all connected through the ancestral drum of funk. Composed by 101 watercolors in A4 paper Canson c’a Grain 180g.

Look at Yourself

NR 2020
The Birth of Urana REMIX

Originally a text, it was reformulated as a single-channel video-installation. Jota Mombaça’s video work expands the world of an imaginary and dystopian story. The protagonist escapes from a colonial, militant and authoritarian force by digging deep into the earth, and, in doing so, initiates a material process of transition and an integrated relationship with earthly matter itself. Mombaça envisions a body that breaks free from colonial boundaries and the appropriate figurations of gender, sexuality and humanity that keep us separate from the natural world. The narration of the story, which is divided into five chapters, unfolds through a combination of phrases and images. These elements merge to form a sweeping current, blending sounds and colours with various degrees of intensity. Like a melodic accompaniment, the narrative rhythm guides the pace, at times slow and at times fast.

The Birth of Urana REMIX

NR 2020
Adelante: The struggle of the Venezuelan refugees woman in Brazil

Adelante is an invitation to immerse ourselves in the stories of eight refugee Venezuelan women. The documentary is an intimate description of the consequences of a political situation affecting an entire country. By bus, hitch-hiking, on foot, these women have travelled 214 kilometers with the dream of leaving hunger, lack of medicines, homophobia, sexism and political confrontations behind. Yuleima, Maritza, Juling, Ruth, Daynelis, Jennifer, Nairobis and Yalsy narrate, in their own words, what it is like to be an e’chapalante woman. They continue to look for a better life, beginning their stories from scratch.

Adelante: The struggle of the Venezuelan refugees woman in Brazil

NR 2020