Film stills YWY, The Android, 2017
Installation view, "Learning to Live with the Enemy"
solo show at Berardo Museum Collection, Lisbon,, 2017
solo show at Berardo Museum Collection, Lisbon,, 2017
YWY, a androide [YWY, the Android]
2017. 7'40'', video, color, sound. Spoken in portuguese.
Set in a present-future, YWY, an indigenous android, talks with a GMO corn crop in the agricultural interior of Brazil. In a moment of intimacy, the woman, whom we come to understand is a field worker, and the plants talk about bodily rights, infertility, labor, and monocrops. As a human, the spectator is unable to hear the voice of the corn plants, perceiving the dialogue as a weird monologue. The film’s script is inspired by the writing of Brazilian author João Guimarães Rosa, in which dialogues are often expressed through the voice of a single person rather than two or more.
Written and directed by Pedro Neves Marques
Cast: Zahy Guajajara
Edited by: Pedro Neves Marques
Cinematography: Carolina Marsiaj Costa
Sound: Nuno da Luz
Field Producer: Catarina de Sousa
Assistant Directors: Catarina de Sousa, Mariana Silva.
Assistant Producer: Nathalia Guinet.
Produced by Pedro Neves Marques and Capivara Filmes (Brazil)
With the support of Fundación Botín (Spain), Museu Coleção Berardo (Portugal) and Oregaard Museum (Denmark)
2017. 7'40'', video, color, sound. Spoken in portuguese.
Set in a present-future, YWY, an indigenous android, talks with a GMO corn crop in the agricultural interior of Brazil. In a moment of intimacy, the woman, whom we come to understand is a field worker, and the plants talk about bodily rights, infertility, labor, and monocrops. As a human, the spectator is unable to hear the voice of the corn plants, perceiving the dialogue as a weird monologue. The film’s script is inspired by the writing of Brazilian author João Guimarães Rosa, in which dialogues are often expressed through the voice of a single person rather than two or more.
Written and directed by Pedro Neves Marques
Cast: Zahy Guajajara
Edited by: Pedro Neves Marques
Cinematography: Carolina Marsiaj Costa
Sound: Nuno da Luz
Field Producer: Catarina de Sousa
Assistant Directors: Catarina de Sousa, Mariana Silva.
Assistant Producer: Nathalia Guinet.
Produced by Pedro Neves Marques and Capivara Filmes (Brazil)
With the support of Fundación Botín (Spain), Museu Coleção Berardo (Portugal) and Oregaard Museum (Denmark)