Our Film/Video Studio recently had a visit from Brazilian artist Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, an Irish-born artist working in Germany. Bárbara comes from a documentary background and Benjamin’s focused on visual art and collage in his solo practice. But together, the collaborators have built a small body of video work with a growing international following.
Film/Video Studio Program Curator Jennifer Lange became familiar with the pair's work over several visits to Brazil, starting with a research trip for the Wex exhibition Cruzamentos. She not only secured their 2017 film Terremoto santo for presentation at the Wex, she arranged a residency for them to complete their latest work, RISE, which recently debuted in Cleveland as part of Front Triennial.
For this WexCast, Bárbara and Benjamin spoke with Jennifer on July 9, 2018, as their residency here was coming to a close. The discussion covers their shared history, the presence of music in their films, the young evangelicals they collaborated with for Terremoto santo, and the Toronto suburb that’s the focus of their new film for Front.
