Video Opera for Paik, by Steina Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello | 11th Festival

A visual and musical tribute to Nam June Paik, paid by Stenia Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello in 1996, based on the master’s works

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Santa Clara Poltergeist, by Fausto Fawcett | 9th Festival

Fausto Fawcett’s irreverence spawned one of the pioneering performances of the Festival, presented in 1992 and featuring a polyphony of music, bodies, and images.

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Poscatidevenum, by Eder Santos | 10th Festival

Video, music and performance come together in a large multimedia installation designed by Eder Santos, Paulo Santos and the group Uakti, presented in 1992

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Passagem de Mariana, by Eder Santos, Paulo Santos and grupo Uakti | 11th Festival

Music, image, and Indian themes come together to represent the deadly sins in this work by Eder Santos and Paulo Santos, in 1996

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O Gabinete de Chico, by Chelpa Ferro | 12nd Festival

This performance, presented in 1998, combines electronic image projections edited on the fly and a musical performance involving conventional instruments and noisy objects, like an orange squeezer and door bells

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No Sleep and a dead Bird, by Stephen Vitiello | 10th Festival

In Stephen Vitiello’s 1994 performance, live footage is combined with spoken texts and a soundtrack based on guitar loops and bird calls

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Bardo, by Marcondes Dourado | 11th Festival

In this performance presented in 1996, Marcondes Dourado combines dancing, video and theater, inspired by Antonin Artaud’s texts about the experience of seclusion in psychiatric facilities

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30 YEARS: Walter Silveira | 18th Festival

Walter Silveira, one of the founders of TVDO, a pioneering video company in Brazil, reveals how he conceived the piece VT Preparado, inspired by John Cage and Augusto de Campos. The piece won a prize at the 4th Festival

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