Lacan's Assumption

Super 8, colour, silent, 3' 20"

Carlos is a famous journalist at the age of 55. His wife, Ada, is the opposite of her husband, a woman with a very active social life, and she is happy and seductive. One day, Carlos accidentally opens a text message on Ada’s cellular telephone. A new world reveals itself before his eyes when he discovers that his wife is seeing another man. With the help of his friend with whom he goes to live, Carlos discovers a universe of virtual lovers and electronic adultery.

A documentary on one of the most important Portuguese Plastic Artists, with greatest International projection. Shown here are his techniques, themes, and obcessions developed for over two decades, as well as its ramifications into different supports such as Video, Photography, literature, taking the rare oportunity granted by a full retrospective of his work at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, including the works dispersed through International collections.

video transferred to DVD, colour, sound, 08' 02" 00Fr (edition of 3 + 3 AP)

video U-Matic, colour, sound, 12' (destroyed)

video transferred to DVD, b&w, sound, 13' 51" 19Fr (edition of 6 + 1 AP)

video installation, dual DVD projection, colour, sound, 16' 41" 15Fr (edition of 3 + 1 AP)

video installation, dual projection; Super 8 transferred to DVD, b&w, sound, 17’ 39’’ 21 Fr; Super 8 transferred to DVD, colour, sound, 17’ 09’’ 09 Fr (edition of 3 + 1 AP)

Dual channel HD video; PAL (1080p); 16:9; Color; Stereo sound; 7' 43" 03Fr (loop) (Edition 2 + 1AP)

National version of a series of short films made by American and European artists about the relationship between art and pornography, Destricted.br brings, in addition to videos, photographs, sculptures and paintings. Miguel Rio Branco, Adriana Varejão, Tunga and Julião Sarmento are some of the participants.