The curator Octavio Zaya, who discussed “How to fight historical amnesia through art?” during the first Public Programs meeting of the Unerasable Memories – a historic look at the videobrasil collection exhibition, comments on September 11 from the perspective of Carlos Motta. In Letter to My Father (Standing by the Fence), the Colombian artist offers a personal account of the attacks from his critical perspective as an immigrant. Zaya stresses that by making the camera available to passersby, Motta collected new, unique voices about the tragic event – subjective accounts “sprinkled” with the artist’s comments. The curator prompts reflection about power apparatuses, which can manipulate issues and shape realities, imposing one single version of history. He also claims that in his video, Carlos Motta exposes grief in witnessing the reaffirmation of issues that predated the attacks. Letter to My Father (Standing by the Fence) was shown by Associação Cultural Videobrasil for the first time during the 15th Festival, in 2005.
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