by Mauricio Dias e Walter Riedweg (Brazil – Switzerland, 2004)
Small video screens set up inside six cans deployed on a game board reveal the segregationist structures of the city of Johannesburg, in South Africa. The damage caused by racism, according to the work, is not only inscribed on the social fabric, but also on its relations with architecture, money and fantasy. The piece by the duo Dias & Riedweg is complemented by the video installations Night Shift and Video Wall, both from 2001.
See also Gaza Strip (Gaza Strip), a José Wagner Garcia’s work which elaborates, through bioesthetical elements, critical judgments about the conflict in the Middle East.
Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg, are Brazilian artists living in Rio de Janeiro, and their work discusses internal migrations in Brazil and the disparities that perpetuate economic colonialism both within that country and in the world as a whole. The duo took part in the Biennale in Venice, in 1999, as well as in the International Biennale in Sao Paulo, 2002.
Video-installation – complimentary pieces: Night Shift (2001) and Video Wall (2001)