A military parade, with all its apparatus – overstated costumes, rigidly choreographed march –, is staged in jocose manner. The small troop’s promenade culminates with the raising of flags on deactivated poles at public spaces in Porto Alegre. An allegory with historical-political and behavioral connotations, at once simple and eloquent, this piece recalls the official aesthetics of the State’s presentations during the military regime in Brazil, or even at other civic moments of political affirmation, whose purpose is to bury diversity and ideological dissent. In a reference to his roots in the southernmost Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul, the artist illustrates the cultural phenomena of a local identity (known as farroupilha) constructed by the powers that be. The solemnity was staged, significantly so, during the 7th Mercosul Biennial. The action is captured using a Super 8 camera, creating a clear contrast between the notions of present and past, and furthering Lenhardt’s exploration of the notion of “now” as the revelation of an official, unquestionable point of view. The piece in itself is a broadening of the discussion from his “Ao Vivo” project, a series of works he has been developing since 2002, which also comprises the piece Copan Ao Vivo.