Hugo Fortes | Brasil

Vigía
The video “Vigia” shows a dog trying to sleeping, but also paying attention in everything that is passing around him. The video is almost a photo with subtile movements. The dog closes slowly his eyes and dreams with the eyes partially open. The video has just one take in real time, in that the action is developed very slowly. Instead of being a guard as the title of the video sugests, the dog appears very calm and asleep and the observer should pay attention at small actions that are in general not perceived in daily life.

Hugo Fortes is a brazilian visual artist, ressearcher and art teacher. He works specially with videos, installations, and photos.He has already made several solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Germany, France, Spain and Denmark. Since february of 2004 he lives in Berlin, Germany, where he writes a part of his doctorate in arts with a fellowship of the German Service of Academic Exchange (DAAD) at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) - Germany. He is graduated and master at the School of Comunication and Arts at the Universidade de São Paulo – Brazil.