Amsterdam

In 2013, Carlos Amorales published the “Ideological Cubism Manifesto”, which stipulates that art must consider reality from a multitude of political perspectives. This theory led to the production of three short films, two of which are screening at the Viennale. The first, AMSTERDAM, attempts a supra-linguistic form of communication based primarily on physical gestures and animalistic sounds. Improvised by Philippe Eustachon and Elsa-Louise Manceaux from an image-based score, AMSTERDAM exemplifies the manifesto’s insistence that “humans are not a level and systematic clockwork mechanism.” Made in Chile, EL HOMBRE QUE HIZO TODAS LAS COSAS PROHIBIDAS was inspired by the Pinochet government’s embrace of neoliberal capitalism. A complex, surrealist narrative that pulls from a variety of aesthetic traditions, EL HOMBRE finds Amorales again exploring the radical potential of irrational communication. (Michael Sicinski)

In the presence of Carlos Amorales.