You Are Seeing Things

  • Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
  • Brazil
  • 2017
  • 18'
  • Estás vendo coisas

“It is all a dream”, she sings, “a hallucination. You are seeing things! Estás vendo coisas!” A documentary about two protagonists of the tecno brega (cheesy techno) scene who stage a scene in which they appear as the stars. Brega is a musical style from the north of Brazil, which produces and distributes low-cost music without any regard for copyright law. The region characterized by poverty has of late acquired a new and sexy self-confidence.

Subtitles: EN

Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca

Born in Brasilia, B. Wagner graduated from the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem. B. de Burca (Munich) studied fine art in Glasgow and was a co-director of the Catalyst Arts center in Belfast (2006–08). They have worked together since 2011 and have presented their projects at VideoBrasil, São Paulo Biennale and Skulptur Projekte Münster.

You Are Seeing Things

Director
Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
DOP
Pedro Sotero
Producer
Carol Vergolino
Production
Alumia Produção e Conteúdo

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