VIDEO WINDOW as a guest at Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
19–21 July 2022, 18:00–20:00
HISTÓRIAS URBANAS, FOCUS
Individual Screenings and Artists' Talks with: Veronika Spierenburg (CH), Marcos Chaves (BR) and Dias & Riedweg (BR/CH)


(Design: Giselle Macedo)

Additionally to the diverse screening programme PANORAMA, there are individual projections and artist’s talks (FOCUS) with Veronika Spierenburg (CH), Marco Chaves (BR) and Dias & Riedweg (BR/CH) for three further evenings. Their videos focus on aspects of the city of Rio de Janeiro, illustrating the importance of the urban realm as a setting for art.
 

FOCUS
Individual Screenings and Artists' Talks

  • Location: MAM – Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Auditório Cosme Alves Netto
  • Veronika Spierenburg: Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 18:00–20:00
  • Marcos Chaves: Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 18:00–20:00
  • Dias & Riedweg: Thursday, 21 July 2022, 18:00–20:00
  • Presentations and talks with the artists by: Bruno Z'Graggen and Lucas Murari, assistant curator, Rio de Janeiro

Curatorship and Artists

  • Bruno Z'Graggen, curator VIDEO WINDOW
  • Veronika Spierenburg: *1981 in Schlieren, lives and works in Zurich; veronikaspierenburg.com 
  • Marcos Chaves: *1961 in Rio de Janeiro, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro; marcoschaves.net
  • Dias & Riedweg: Artist duo since 1993, live and work in Rio de Janeiro; Mauricio Dias *1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Walter Riedweg *1955 in Lucerne; dias-riedweg.com

Information

Programme, starting Videos


Veronika Spierenburg, Crossing of a Horizontal Body with a Vertical One, 2011
Video HD, colour, sound, 12 min., 16:9



Marcos Chaves, Não Temer, 2016
Video HD, colour, sound, excerpt, 1:14 min., loop, 16:9



Marcos Chaves, Eu só vendo a vista, 1997/2019
Video HD, colour, sound, P, excerpt, 1:30 min., loop, 16:9



Marcos Chaves, Escalator, 2018
Video HD, colour, sound, excerpt, 1 min., loop, 16:9



Dias & Riedweg, The Mirror and the Dusk, 2011
Video HD, colour, sound, 8:42 min., 16:9
 

With the friendly Support of:

  • Presentation in Rio de Janeiro: Swissnex, Consulado Geral da Suiça no Rio de Janeiro, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Tarbaca Indigo Foundation, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Kanton Uri
  • Production of the programme: Stiftung Temperatio, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim Stiftung, Stiftung Erna und Curt Burgauer, Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung, Casimir Eigensatz Stiftung, Stadt Zürich Kultur, Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur