Pedro Paiva

Directing·Portugal

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Joao Maria Gusmao b. 1979, Pedro Paiva b. 1977. Live and work in Lisbon. The Portuguese artists Joao Maria Gusmao and Pedro Paiva have collaborated since 2001 on creating objects, installations and 16mm and 35mm short films. The duo describe their overall project as a kind of “recreational metaphysics,” a genre that to a certain extent they themselves have re-invented following the Portuguese poet Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa) on his layered aesthetical modern experiment on materialism. The short films depict staged episodes and sequences of pseudo-scientific experiments with both poetical and comical consequences. In recent years Gusmao and Paiva’s production has centered on the idea of movement and duration, both within the cinematographic vocabulary, with references to early film pioneers as Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey, and through the artists’ own practical experiments and conceptual invention.

Film	Credit
A Moeda-Viva2024 · Director	Director
Sleeping Flamingo2018 · Director	Director
Chopping Fruits and Vegetables2016 · Director	Director
Sleeping in a Bullet Train2015 · Director	Director
Pipe2014 · Director	Director
Motorcycle, Bike and Human Dots2014 · Director	Director
Glossolalia2014 · Director	Director
PPapagaio (Djambi)2014 · Director	Director
Onça Geométrica2013 · Director	Director
Three Albinos Telling Jokes by the Fireplace2013 · Director	Director
Proboscis2013 · Director	Director
Triangles and Squares2013 · Director	Director
Placing the Fisheye2012 · Director	Director
Those Animals That, at a Distance, Resemble Flies2012 · Director	Director
Water mill2012 · Director	Director
Wheels2011 · Director	Director
Turtle2011 · Director	Director
Donkey2011 · Director	Director
Under a car2011 · Director	Director
Benguelino Casting a Spell on the Camera2011 · Director	Director
Wave2011 · Director	Director
Solar, the Blindman Eating a Papaya2011 · Director	Director
Dream of a Ray Fish2011 · Director	Director
Bread, Tea and Bao Game2011 · Director	Director
The Horse of the Prophet2011 · Director	Director
Getting into bed2011 · Director	Director
Cowfish2011 · Director	Director
Spaghetti Tornado2010 · Director	Director
Cassowary2010 · Director	Director
Pot Smaller than Pot2010 · Director	Director
The Soup2009 · Director	Director
Hand Smaller than Hand2009 · Director	Director
3 Sóis2009 · Director	Director
A Coluna de Colombo2009 · Director	Director
Ventriloquismo2009 · Director	Director
Tarciso’s Analogy2009 · Director	Director
Hairy Stone2009 · Director	Director
Fruit Polyhedron2009 · Director	Director
Meteoritica2008 · Director	Director
The Initiate2008 · Director	Director
Fried Egg2008 · Director	Director
The Human Torch2007 · Director	Director
Eye Eclipse2007 · Director	Director