Metathesiophobia, 2011
Digital HD file, 16:9, 100 minutes and 54 seconds, sound
A cropped, long single-shot of three figures seated at a table, packing a white powdery substance into sachets, accompanied by an off-screen voiceover. The voiceover was made by cutting an audio extract of René Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) into sentences and reassembling them aleatorily; with time, the voice-over reveals itself to be incoherent, while the characters labour throughout.
Performers: Elisabete Gonçalves, Zenaida Alfama Medina, and Irineu Destourelles. Camera: Luís Carlos Fontes de Alencar Filho and Mamadou Diop. Direct sound: David Medina.
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