Cristiano Lenhardt

Bawdy and bizarre, Brazilian artist Cristiano Lenhardt’s newest video draws both from his country’s indigenous history and modernist tradition. Underneath the Utopian philosophy and organization of his home city of Recife, there lurks the mischievous Sací, a mythical character famous for pranks and disorder. The fantastic collision between reality and myth belies a deeper consideration of origin, identity, and memory. (9:40 mins., super 8mm film transferred to video)