Subversive Transformations

This film is inspired by the life, aspirations and works of Brazilian installation artist, Cildo Meireles. It primarily focuses on his pieces "Insertions into Ideological Circuits", "Volatile" and "Fontes", but includes other works as well.

The film is roughly divided into 3 sections.

The first part of the film is inspired by Fontes, an installation with clocks on the wall, measuring sticks hanging from the ceiling and numbers scattered on the floor. The times on clock faces and calibrations on measuring sticks were different and they were constructed in the shape of the Milky Way. It was disorienting and it emphasized uncertainty. The tools of measurement had transformed the space into an un-navigable mass.

The second part of the film is inspired by Insertions into Ideological Circuits. This was a project where bank notes were stamped with Who Killed Herzog? the name of a journalist who died in Brazilian military police custody. The bank notes were then returned into circulation. This project transformed a symbol of government authority into an object that was subversive and undermined their authority.

The third part of the film was inspired by Volatile, an installation in which the viewer entered a J-shaped room and saw a lighted candle at the end, inducing tranquility. However, towards the rear, the smell of natural gas and a hissing sound created fear in the audience member by having them worry that the room would explode. This was done to ensure that the viewer is attentive rather than just observant from a distance.

My goal in creating this short film was to create an Art film that encapsulated the experience of walking into one of Cildo Meireles installations. His installations are a plethora of sensory stimulation and I sought to recreate this feeling of wonderment through a carefully planned visual and auditory spectacle that I believe best reflected the spirit of his work.

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