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Monument stages the violent death and ceremonial burial of a symbolic object. Three pallbearers are the ghosts in a cruel machine. Mangy parrots, they mourn the death of a man they never knew.
Technical information
Color
Color
Shooting format
DVCAM
Documentation
Further information
Commissioned for a project developed within the scope of the Gulbenkian Distance and Proximity Programme, Monument is part of a DVD collection entitled Tão Perto / Tão Longe = So Close / So Far = Si Proche / Si Loin, produced by Luís Correia and Lx | Filmes for Fundaçào Calouste Gulbenkian.
Keywords
Death, mourning, burial
