Animal Farm

Animal Farm entices the observer on a visual odyssey exalted by pastoral solace, animist minstrelsy and metaphysical riddles offering fleeting glimpses of an alterity existing between techne and poiesis, the human and the non-human, the nocturnal and the diurnal. Through over fifteen new 16 mm film projections we are invited to explore the latest toils in a long-lasting inquiry into analogue means and analogue concepts. A journey towards an eco-friendly estrangement from the extractivist rural landscape.

For this endeavour, the Portuguese artist João Maria Gusmão is proposing a distinctive approach to his craft, shaping the instances of aesthetic contemplation and anchoring them to the tipsy revelry of Lisbon’s Bairro Alto.

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