going through the panorama dos panoramas exhibition at mam (museu de arte moderna - são paulo), as suggested on the "art shows in são paulo this month" on the right, here on the blog, i came across one of the most beautiful words. the artist is cao guimarães and the video is called "histórias do não ver" (translated by the artist to "stories of not-seeing"). cao asks his friends to please kidnap him. people would pick him up at home and take him somewhere. he would photograph everything, without seeing due to a blindfold, and then write about it and develop the pictures. the text and pictures became a book (by the same title) and then, a video. at some point, he talks about memories and mirrors and other things... its very sensitive to other senses other than vision. its a beautiful video. i love this:
a memória é um lugar onde as coisas acontecem por uma segunda vez.
(translates to: memory is a place where things happen for a second time.)
i feel like just this one line can take me places. i definitely want to keep it in mind and think more of it. see where it leads to. very breathtaking, to me.
CURRENTLY READING:
~ the book of lost things by john connolly
~ persepolis by marjane satrapi
(ps: picture on the right is of another video by cao guimarães)
