Representing Brazil at the 2012 Venice Biennale will be StudioMK27 and Lúcio Costa‘s 1964 installation “Riposatevi”. The exhibit takes an intimate look at the lives of multi-generational households in modern Brazilian architecture. Curated by Lauro Cavalcanti, the Brazilian pavilion will investigate the intersections between traditional and contemporary artistic tendencies and will feature the movie installation, “Peep”, by Lea Van Steen and Marcio Kogan, with photography by Cleisson Vidal. The event will take place between August 29th and November 25th in the Giardini and Arsenale buildings in Venice.
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“Peep” is a five minute film that shows the life of the Monte family in fragmented views as they inhabit House V4, StudioMK27′s project in São Paulo. The moments in this family’s day-to-day routines are filmed on 18 cameras and presented in the exhibition through peepholes in the reconstructed walls of the installation. This voyeuristic exhibition gives visitors a quick view of modern, upscale life. Viewers encounter personal moments and discover the social dynamics of the household: the relationships within the family, between the family and the household staff, and the anxieties outside of the home. Inversely, “Side B” of the exhibit and the house shows the “machine” that keeps the home operational: the employees as they perform daily chores and the household appliances that work all day.
