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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carlos Alfonso, Bala, 2015

Carlos Alfonso

Bala, 2015
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“Bala” significa bala em espanhol, “balar” significa “balir”, como ovelhas balindo. “Balar” também pode se referir ao verbo “atirar” e ao atirar um som é ouvido. Ao rolar pelo chão,...
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“Bala” significa bala em espanhol, “balar” significa “balir”, como ovelhas balindo. “Balar” também pode se referir ao verbo “atirar” e ao atirar um som é ouvido. Ao rolar pelo chão, o movimento de uma esfera de metal dentro de uma igreja abandonada está mais do que presente, como uma bala de canhão causando um barulho que se espalha pelo espaço, balindo à sua maneira, desdobrando a situação impossível e absurda. É neste momento cinematográfico que o objeto se torna sujeito, autônomo, emancipado e separado de qualquer dependência externa, uma curta jornada para questionar sua existência, uma curta conversa com o vazio do espaço.

“Bala” means bullet in spanish, “balar” means to “bleat”, like bleating sheep. “Balar” may alsorefer to the verb “shoot” and when shooting a sound is heard. While rolling along thefoor, themovement of a metal sphere inside an abandoned church is more than present, like a cannonballcausing a noise that spreads throughout the space, bleating in its own way, unfolding theimpossible and absurd situation. It is in this cinematic moment that the object becomes subject,autonomous, emancipated and separated from any external dependence, a short journey toquestion its existence, a short talk with the emptiness of space.
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