(2021)
This project was held during the 'Jardim Mineral' Residency Programme, in Brazil. It was carried out by MMGerdau - Museum of Mines and Metal, sponsored by GERDAU and supported by CBMM.
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The project << Those who are not >> dialogues with the geological samples in a hidden situation from the Museum's Technical Reserve. By bringing to light this rich collection, I give a speculative narrative regarding the existence of these samples in a state of readiness.
The video moves through the cabinets and drawers along a long corridor, presenting the geological samples as they are conditioned in plastic or cardboard boxes. Usually sorted into groups or separated to be weighed and measured, they become characters in a fictional narrative that takes a perspective on minerals in an ever-changing world and brings their insights into humans, newly arrived beings from a deep geological time.
Themes such as mining activity, healing stones and popular beliefs are raised here in order to bring up considerations about our relationship with minerals. A critique to extractivist and hyperproductive inertias, and to all its massive material and political complexities.
Aquelas que não estão | 2021
2nd version | video stills
HD | 16:9 | 24'50" | stereo | color
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Aquelas que não estão | teaser | 2021
HD | 16:9 | 24'50" | stereo | color
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Images index:
1. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
3. Aquelas que não estão | 2021 | 2nd version | video stills | HD | 16:9 | 24'50" | stereo | color
4. Aquelas que não estão | 2021 | 2nd version | video stills | HD | 16:9 | 24'50" | stereo | color
5. Main corridor of Technical Reserve | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
6. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
7. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
8. Aquelas que não estão | 2021 | 2nd version | video still | HD | 16:9 | 24'50" | stereo | color
9. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
10. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
11. Technical Reserve and Maintenance Deposit | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
12. Sound recording at the Technical Reserve | MMGerdau Museum (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
13. Sound editing in the studio | creative process for the stones soundtrack
14. Video recording | creative process for "Aquelas que não estão'
15. Aquelas que não estão | 2021 | 2nd version | video stills | HD | 16:9 | 24'50" | stereo | color