O Gabinete de Chico, by Chelpa Ferro | 12nd Festival
This performance, presented in 1998, combines electronic image projections edited on the fly and a musical performance involving conventional instruments and noisy objects, like an orange squeezer and door bells
performances
Bestiário masculino feminino, by Waly Salomão | 12nd Festival
In 1998, the audience is invited to enter the venue wearing animal masks, as Waly Salomão recites poems to the sound of electronic music, black women dancing, and hens clucking
performances
A night with Mike, by Michael Smith | 12nd Festival
This performance by Michael Smith is a tragicomic, humorous depiction of the character Mike, a sort of alter ego of the artist; a common man who "believes everything and understands nothing"
performances
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
testimonies
Interview with Lucila Meirelles on Canal 21 | 12nd Festival
The winner of the Canal 21 – Sony Prize at the 12th edition, Lucila Meirelles discusses works shown in past editions, such as Sinfonia Panamerica and Crianças Autistas
in review
Video Opera for Paik, by Steina Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello | 11th Festival
A visual and musical tribute to Nam June Paik, paid by Stenia Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello in 1996, based on the master’s works
performances
Poesia é risco, by Augusto de Campo, Cid Campos and Walter Silveira | 11th Festival
Created in 1996, the "verbivocovisual event", as described by the authors, mixed poetry, electronic music, singing, and video footage
performances
Passagem de Mariana, by Eder Santos, Paulo Santos and grupo Uakti | 11th Festival
Music, image, and Indian themes come together to represent the deadly sins in this work by Eder Santos and Paulo Santos, in 1996
performances
Bardo, by Marcondes Dourado | 11th Festival
In this performance presented in 1996, Marcondes Dourado combines dancing, video and theater, inspired by Antonin Artaud’s texts about the experience of seclusion in psychiatric facilities
performances
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
testimonies