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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Solange Farkas on Metropolis | 11th Festival
In an interview to TV Cultura, the Festival director breaks out the news on the 1996 edition, including the e-catalog, the Phot-in-progress show, and the daily performance programming
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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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Breda Beban e Hrvoje Horvatic | 10th Festival
Guests to the 10th edition, in 1994, the Yugoslavian artists couple discusses the value of experience in conceiving a work of art, as opposed to the notion of inspiration
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Event’s coverage on TV Cultura | 10th Festival
The 1994 Festival coverage presents the competitive show figures: 239 video submissions, 27 shortlisted, and the winners were Janaúba, Diástole, Tereza, and Captain Cardozo
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