Project “2112” presents three video works created in the form of visual palindromes. The languages used were video, choreography and the concept of inversion. The limitation was: how to create a choreography that could be seen backwards and forwards, in a symmetrical shape as a palindrome and in a way that the inversion could not be noticed.

JUSTIFICATION
We are facing times of uncertainties and contradictions. Conflicts of values are more and more often, it seems that we are moving backwards instead of moving forwards as a society. The emergence of the current crisis only seems to accelerate our walk in reverse. While limitations have the potential to paralyze us, they can also be a catalyst for changes. We must be open to turn adverse conditions into tools. Let’s move backwards and find ways we want to move forward.

WORK DETAILS
The visual composition for works 01’16” and 02’52” shows the same video reversed and non-reversed side by side, as a reference to J.S.Bach who used inversion in its compositions; and with high/low-angle shots to create an ambiguous plan from an uncommon point of view. Work 03’03” starts with the choreography backwards until 03min 03s, when the same choreography is reproduced forwards.

TITTLE: 03'03"
Video HD 16:9, no audio, 2019, 06'06"
DANCER: Felipe Faria

TITTLE: 02'52"
Video HD two screens 16:9, no audio, 2019, 05'44"
DANCER: Renata Barcellos

TITTLE: 01'16"
Video HD two screens 3:4, no audio, 2020, 02’33”
ACROBAT: Ciro Ítalo