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Tour Visual por el 19º Festival de Arte Contemporáneo Sesc_Videobrasil: Panoramas del Sur. 6 octubre - 6 diciembre 2015, San Pablo, Brasil
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Liberdade. 2011
Video, 17’
In his work, Portugal’s Gabriel Abrantes subverts and problematizes Hollywood conventions as he transposes them into the reality of territories where, according to the artist, “the future is being outlined”. Hailed as a promising new Portuguese talent by Fundação EDP in 2009, Abrantes discusses the effects of colonialism, globalization and cultural and sexual identities in films shot in countries such as Angola, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Haiti. The artist will participate in the 19th Festival with Liberdade (2011), a short film made in Luanda that builds a metaphor about the country through the massive numbers of immigrants coming from China, incarnated by a sexually impotent young man in a relationship with a beautiful Chinese woman. Liberdade won prizes at the Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland) and at IndieLisboa (Portugal), both in 2011. A video program featuring works by Abrantes is also part of the Festival's schedule.
© Still: Gabriel Abrantes
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Tour Visual por el 19º Festival de Arte Contemporáneo Sesc_Videobrasil: Panoramas del Sur. 6 octubre - 6 diciembre 2015, San Pablo, Brasil