Masters of Velocity [Mestres da velocidade], 2017
with Clotilde Rosa
16mm film transferred to HD, 4:3, colour, sound,
16’11’’

Music score by Clotilde Rosa performed by GMCL (Maestro: Pedro Figueiredo, Transverse flute: João Pereira Coutinho, French horn: Ângelo Caleira, Violin: José Sá Machado, Viola: Ricardo Mateus, Cello: Jorge Sá Machado, Percussion: Fátima Juvandes), recorded at Conservatório Nacional de Música (Lisbon, PT) in July 2017.

With the kind support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, PT) Walk&Talk Azores (S. Miguel, PT) Horanggasy Creative Studio (Gwangju, KR) MAAT (Lisbon, PT) Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin, DE).

Special thanks to Clotilde Rosa, José Toste, Cláudia Pestana, Jeong Heonki, Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa.

Conducted by music, words of desire intertwine with a cigar being made, aeroplane models in the ceiling of a house, and a friendly ping-pong match.

Fome animal [Animal hunger], 2016
with Gil Jorge
16mm film transferred to HD, 4:3, colour, sound,
7’46’’

Sound score by Musa paradisiaca and António Poppe, performed by Sociedade Musical de Pevidém (Maestro: Vasco Silva Faria, Tuba: Carlos Cardoso, Baritone saxophone: Pedro Melo, Clarinet: Maria João Faria / Ricardo Pinho, Bass clarinet: Carlos Almeida, Percussion: Paulo Fernandes / André Fernandes)

With the support of Walk&Talk Azores (S. Miguel, PT), National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado / SONAE (Lisbon, PT), José de Guimarães International Arts Centre (Guimarães, PT), Fórum Eugénio de Almeida (Évora, PT), Padaria do Ernesto (Alcáçovas, PT).

Special thanks to Ernesto Marujo, Filipa Oliveira, Gil Jorge, Nuno Faria, Vasco Silva Faria, Sociedade Musical de Pevidém and António Poppe.

At a dining table, rumination mobilizes humans in a reverse continuum while animality and narration are intertwined in a particular cinematic depiction of digestion.

O Êxtase e o Éden [Ecstasy and Eden ], 2014
with António Poppe
16mm film transferred to HD, 4:3, colour, sound,
8’10’’

With the support of Museu da Ciência da Universidade Coimbra (PT), Fábrica da Pólvora de Vale de Milhaços (PT) and CRAC Alsace (FR).

Special thanks to Graça Filipe and Francisco Moura, Filipa Oliveira and António Poppe.

A steam machine starts running, along with a mimicking voice. In a dream-like state, flowers appear. They only go away when the machine slows down.

Cena de caça [Hunting scene], 2013
with Caustrino Alcântara
16mm film transferred to HD, 4:3, colour, sound,
7’50’’

With the support of EDP Foundation (Lisbon, PT).
Special thanks to Caustrino Alcântara.

A man says a prayer in the forest. Another searches for an object amidst the trees. A group gathers watching while the whistling sound of a horn calls.