Concert | Leo Cavalcanti + Paulo Mendel + Omar Salomão | 70’ | 2012
Words are a feature that song lyrics have in common with poetry. Mendel has tried to convey to these videos the pictorial potential that words carry with them, both in written and in rhythmic form. The vieos do not attempt at a meaning in themselves. Once combined with the other elements in the show, the images are mostly used to lead astray any plot suggested by them and, maybe thus, to build a narrative.
The aim was to create a space where the projections could be seen as light sculptures. Projected on transparent acetate, smoke and water, the images temporarily shed their original meanings in order to become abstract reflexes, or to overflow on the walls and ceiling around the audience.
The exchange between Mendel and Salomão resulted in a multimedia scenery with a live presentation by Cavalcanti and a band formed for the project, with Marcos Leite Till (Tigre dente de sabre), Filipe Franco (Rafael Franco e os monumentais) and Mariá Portugal (Fernanda Takai).
| 2012 | Teatro Oi Futuro – Ipanema | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
Concept + Performance | Leo Cavalcanti _ Omar Salomão _ Paulo Mendel
Images | Omar Salomão _ Paulo Mendel
Editing + Animation | Paulo Mendel
Assistant Editor | Gabriel Perin
Collaborations | Mariana Maltoni _ Mariana Abasolo [ Video “Chuva” ] | Felipe Meres [ Video “Gelo” ]
Post Production [Concert Videos] | Blanktape
Vocal | Leo Cavalcanti
Drums | Mariá Portugal
Bass | Marcos Leite Till
Guitar | Filipe Franco
Curatorship | Marcio Debellian _ Miguel Jost
Produced by Debê Produções
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
