CAPTURED SEQUENCES M03 > info Captured Sequences m03 Video, 17’26”, 2008 In a series of four videos presented in the form of an installation, in different monitors, the artist displays clusters of lines that change, multiply, disappear, and emanate light at different intensities from various angles. > video (6.1MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 PRIMORDIAL HUNTERS > info Primordial Hunters Video, 12’07”, 2007 Dogs bark inside a garden in Cape Town. Insects crawl on a lighting fixture and imprison victims in their webs. An airplane flies over the African coast as the pilot describes the countries below. > video (14.4MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 SYNTHETIC GENOMIC READINGS ON BREATHING WORMS I > info Synthetic Genomic Readings on Breathing Worms 1 Video, 17’26”, 2007 Inspired on a piece presented at the Documenta in Kassel, 2007, the artist creates an installation using radio frequencies, water larvae, and the DNA of poppies. The video portrays the early stages of the work’s conception. > video (13.6MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 FFFF FFFS FFSS SSSS – The Pluripotent and the Eleven HESCs Lines > info FFFF FFFS FFSS SSSS – The Pluripotent and the Eleven HESCs Lines Video, 86’, 2006 In this three-act drama, human cells play the parts of singers and instruments, as mathematical problems, science concepts, and images of embryos cross the screen. > video (4.5MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 SERIES OF PERIODICAL BILINEAR SURFACES > info Series of Periodical Bilinear Surfaces Video, 6’31”, 2006 Chopped images are superimposed as coded writings in computer language flash across the screen, alongside fast-paced insertions of commonplace expressions and references to scientific, corporate, and military material and jargon. > video (12.8MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PERCEPTION IN THE EYE OF THE CAT, IN THE MOMENT OF THE CUT > info The Chemical and Physical Perception in the Eye of the Cat, in the Moment of the Cut Video, 12’58”, 2005 In this video, awarded at the 16th Videobrasil, the artist uses animation in order to capture the process of transmission of pain, as he leads viewers to sink deep into a labyrinth of constantly changing colors, shapes, volumes, and textures. > video (9MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 SELF-PORTRAIT AS A SPIDER > info Self-Portrait as a Spider Video, 3’19”, 2005 Naked, outdoors, bathed by the sun, and sitting on a chair, Mercado looks at the camera, which focuses on parts of his body and on a spider. Using his feet, the artist accesses his “web,” the computer. > video (10MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 DAS KAPITAL.07 > info Das Kapital.07 Video, 17’, 2004 Alphanumeric sequences create charts on dotted lines, as Mercado speaks of surplus value, intelligence services, and the relation between suicide and insecticides, with messages in English, French, and German. > video (11.6MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 POLITIK > info Politik Video, 4’, 2001 Presented at the 13th Videobrasil (2001), the performance places the artist’s body at the center of a discussion about manipulation, surveillance, and violence. In the background, monitors display shocking images of people tortured by the Argentine dictatorship, necropsy scenes, and portraits of missing persons > video (5.8MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 THE WARM PLACE > info The Warm Place Video, 38’, 1998 Awarded in the 12th Videobrasil, the piece combines biblical passages and images of surgical procedures, and the language of electronic games is used for promoting the subversion of the power of the United States. > video (10.6MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 REMAINS OF MY MOTHER > info Remains of My Mother Video, 20’, 1995 Graphism weaves a plot of lines and colors. A baby is born amidst this visceral heap, only to call for its mother once again, after it has grown up. > video (15.6MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 THE TORMENT ZONE > info The Torment Zone Video, 9’, 1992 Drawings, animation, X-ray images, moans, currency bills, and headstones comprise visual commentaries on corruption, bureaucracy, and religiousness. > video (19.9MB) > photos 01 02 03 04 05 06