Still video · 2025
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✳ Poetic fragment
The poetic section below remains in Portuguese to preserve its rhythm, intimacy, and cultural resonance.
“Dêem-lhe um nome e cortem-lhe a cabeça”, ordenou a figura. E assim foi feito. E assim, virou troféu.
Process notes
This piece was created from a static, unmoving video frame. No image movement — only ambient radio static.
It shows a domestic interior: a lamp, a wig with a small crown, a radio emitting noise, and an open catalog on a yellow armchair. The title comes from the exhibition shown in the catalog: Entre os Vossos Dentes, by Adriana Varejão and Paula Rego — two artists who have powerfully addressed colonial histories and the possession of feminine – or feminised – bodies.
The scene evokes that inheritance.
- The wig and crown rest together. Perhaps waiting. Perhaps left behind.
- The radio plays static.
- The catalog remains open, unread.
- The light illuminates everything, gently — but only just.
Everything is on: the static, the light, the relics. This stillness is what remains when a body is never allowed to…
Technical information
- Title: Entre os Vossos Dentes
- Year: 2025
- Medium: Still video with ambient sound
- Duration: 1 min
- Sound: Original radio static recording
- Exhibition format: HD video file/installation with monitor and audio loop
- Status: Available for screening or installation
Closing thought
Memory isn’t only what we remember.
Sometimes, it’s what our bodies keep repeating, without knowing why.