Destiny Brazil – Between Reality and the Imaginary. Reflections on Power, Identity & Spiritualism. Videos by Aline Motta, Camila Freitas, Janaina Wagner (BR)
After FUSO 2024, the video art platform VIDEO WINDOW presents at the festival in Lisbon another programme dedicated to Brazilian video art, ambiguously entitled Destiny Brazil, with one film each by Aline Motta, Camila Freitas and Janaina Wagner. The programme provides through the three works a fragmentary insight into life realities in Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro deep into the Amazon which are related to the country's colonial past. At the same time, it offers a comparison of different positions of mid-career female artists, distinguished by their unique voices and recognised both nationally and internationally.
- Date: Wed 26 August 2026, 22:00
- Location: Museu da Marioneta, Lisbon
- FUSO 2026, Video Art Festival, 18th Edition, Lisbon; 25–29 August 2026 (link)
- Programme introduction, synopses and artists' short biographies (link)
SCREENING PROGRAMME (duration: 60 min.)
Aline Motta, (Outros) Fundamentos / (Other) Foundations, 2019 (16 min.)
The artist embarks on a journey to Lagos in Nigeria and initiates a self-reflection about her roots and belonging, which oscillates between Africa and Brazil.
Camila Freitas, Aparição / Apparition, 2024 (20 min.)
Camila Freitas offers an intimate insight into the spiritual practices of Umbanda experienced by her grandmother.
Janaina Wagner, Curupira e a Máquina do Destino / Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny, 2021 (24 min.)
The work takes the viewers to the middle of the Amazon on the legendary Trans-Amazonian Highway and leads them on the road to an imaginary encounter with Curupira, a mythological figure who protects the forest against external power.