Comer o coração de Rui Chafres e Vera Mantero
Director Inês Oliveira
Countries Portugal
Duration 30 min
Synopsis
This film follows the process of creating Eating Your Heart Out. This work of art presented at São Paulo Biennal of Arts in 2004, was the first collaboration between the Portuguese artists Rui Chafes (sculptor) and Vera Mantero (choreographer and dancer). The result is a huge iron sculpture in which the dancer puts on a mysterious performance, suspended in the air, with paintings all over her naked body. How did these artists work together, how did the idea develop, how did the installation come together at the Oscar Niemeyer pavillion in Brazil, what is it like to be backstage at such an event?
This film follows the process of creating Eating Your Heart Out. This work of art presented at São Paulo Biennal of Arts in 2004, was the first collaboration between the Portuguese artists Rui Chafes (sculptor) and Vera Mantero (choreographer and dancer). The result is a huge iron sculpture in which the dancer puts on a mysterious performance, suspended in the air, with paintings all over her naked body. How did these artists work together, how did the idea develop, how did the installation come together at the Oscar Niemeyer pavillion in Brazil, what is it like to be backstage at such an event?