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8th Havana Biennial
1 November - 15 December 2003

Havana / 2003 / Tour / Cabaña / Artists

Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg

Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg

Mauricio Dias
* 1964 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Walter Riedweg
* 1955 Luzern, Switzerland

Work together since 1993. Live in Basel and Rio de Janeiro.

Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg

Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg

Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg


 

Devotionalia, 2003

Video compilation

Devotionalia started as a mobile studio for street children and teenagers at Lapa, downtown Rio de Janeiro (1995). Each child made a copy of his/her own foot or hand, as a kind of "ex-voto", which carried a personal wish. The objects and videos were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro and in 5 European Museums.

This new video compilation about the project, eight years after its beginning, seeks to document and reflect, through press quotes from the past years as well as through new, recent encounters with those participant kids, how many of them still live on the streets and under which conditions.

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