Deus luta

"Deus luta ao lado de quem tem a melhor artilharia." - Napoleão Bonaparte
Deus luta comenta a presença da violência armada na sociedade. As imagens foram gravadas na Alemanha, Finlândia e Brasil. No trabalho, os fragmentos se fundem uns aos outros, como se os soldados de um monumento lutassem contra os de outro.
A trilha sonora do vídeo é formada por uma base musical densa e trechos de canções militares e discursos de líderes políticos de diferentes épocas, como Stalin, Churchill, Hitler, George W. Bush e Vladimir Putin.
"Deus luta" faz parte do acervo do Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP).
Jundiaí, SP - 2015.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery" - Napoleon Bonaparte
"Deus luta" (God fights, in english) is a video about the presence of armed violence in society. Images recorded on monuments and barracks in Germany, Finland and Brazil are fused to each other, as if the soldiers of one monument fight against other monument. The work also shows images of children having fun in military vehicles and a toy store which sells fake guns, suggesting that violence is often treated in a naive and playful way.
The soundtrack of the video consists of a dense musical base and stretches of military songs and speeches of political leaders from different times, like Stalin, Churchill, Hitler, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin all blended with a preacher talking about the military powers of God.
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