The great lesson of the 20th century is contained in Hannah Arendt's statement "Going along with the rest and wanting to say 'we' were quite enough to make the greatest of all crimes possible." The Western, individualized world has picked up on that, shunning away from unifying ideologies and not trusting societal regulators, fearing being led again into oppressive regimes like Nazism, Fascism, Neo Age cultism and etc .. Fear of corrupted politicians is higher than fear of death, climate deterioration or public speaking in US, according to a 2017 survey. So, the 21st century polarizing uncertainty crisis emerges: if mass movements allegedly always end up badly, how to fight global scale challenges: environmental collapse, neocolonialism, poverty, inequality, biotech revolution, and automation? - My work so far has been in the boundaries of film and video art. I focused mostly on projection installations.
WORD PLAY II (VIDEO ART) - Unreleased video art, feat. Ingvild Syntropia.
WORD PLAY: CERTAINTY (VIDEO ART) - Unreleased video art, feat. Ingvild Syntropia.
Cuju – Video Art - Unreleased video art casting a harsh critique on football culture.
Dismal – Video Art - Original Title: Breu. Premiere: IX New Cinema Festival - Espinho, Portugal (06-29-2013) Also shown at: II Festival Internacional de Cine del Centro Histórico de Toluca (08-17-2013) XI Latin American Environmental Cinema Festival - Porto Velho, Brazil II Brasília Short film Festival - Brasília, Brazil (11-19-2013) XIII Festival do Filme Livre - Rio de Janeiro (03-29-2014 & 04-03-2014), Sao Paulo (06-06-2014), Brasília ( 04-17-2014) XVI FICA - Environmental International Film and Video Festival - City of Goias, Goias (05-29-2014) 2015 Summer LA THRILLER FILM FESTIVAL - Santa Monica, USA (09-06-2015) Synopsis: Breu chronicles the journey of a man and a girl - whose exact relationship is mysterious - through a subterranean world devoid of natural light. There, a dystopian society is facing its technological and moral degradation, depletion of energy resources and, consequently, the paradigm of eternal darkness.
Two Signs’ Den: Epilogue – Video Art - Original title: A Toca dos Dois Signos. Premiere: VI Aesthetica Short Film Festival - York, England (11/03/2016, 11/04/2016, 11/06/2016) - Best Experimental Film Award Also shown at: XII Gato Preto Cinefest - Lorena, Brazil (11- 17-2016) III Mostra de Cinema Desobediente - São Paulo, Brazil (10-29-2016) I Mostra de Filmes Independentes - São Paulo, Brazil (11-20, 2016-12-02) III Arc Film Festival - Mainz , Germany (2016-04-26) Synopsis: Jaga, a young, pre-historical black woman, roams the ancient shores of Brazil. She protects a small piece of burning coal while oblivious to the threats of microbiology. Kaza, a monk scientist, struggles to have his method of testing and verification accepted among his peers. The scientific world seems dominated by a form of intuition triggered by the consumption of a mysterious dark liquid. Meanwhile, Miriam suffers with a second class citizen status due to her european descent. She is targeted by discrimination and pressured by beauty standards shaped around african-descendants culture and body type.
Carpe Aeternitatem – Video Art - Premiere: 16th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival - Belo Horizonte, Brazil. 19th of September, 2014 Also shown at: II Los Angeles CineFest - Secure Online Exhibition (07-2015) V Aesthetica Short Film Festival - York, England (11 / 5-8 / 2015) Synopsis: The film narrates some events that underlie the decision of a futuristic man between perishing or living indefinitely. He confronts his family and attempts to convince his former wife to try with him the medical procedure that could extend their lives and rejuvenate their bodies. The languages spoken in the film are Attic Greek, an ancient type of Greek spoken in Socrates' epoch, and Futurese, an evolutionary projection of the English language developed by the linguist Justin Rye.
Nootropic – Video Art - Premiere: Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente (FIIK) - awarded Best Fiction Also shown at: Marbella International Film Festival 2011 III Festival Art-Déco - awarded Best Photography and Best Soundtrack Synopsis: In a place and time unknown, a ragged and exhausted man interrupts his long journey after finding an object of great importance.
Norwegian Woods – VR Snowy Experience - Contemplative Virtual Reality forest experience recorded in Skien, Norway.
