| Original Title: | Casa de Máquinas | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | |
| English Title: | Power House | ||
| Director(s): | Maria Leite & Daniel Herthel | ||
| Year of Production: | 2007 | ||
| Nationality: | Brazil | ||
| Screening Format: | BETACAM SP NTSC | ||
| Running Time: | 5:00 | ||
| Category: | Narrative Short | ||
Techniques:
Animated Objects & Puppets
Animated Objects & Puppets
Synopsis:
A key starts up the engine of a complex mechanical structure where chain reactions, be they planned or random, are combined to cooperate. The movement represents pure energy, which may evolve towards synchronicity, chaos, or something in between.
A key starts up the engine of a complex mechanical structure where chain reactions, be they planned or random, are combined to cooperate. The movement represents pure energy, which may evolve towards synchronicity, chaos, or something in between.
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| Maria Leite was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in the year of 1981 where she graduated in industrial design and worked at Giramundo Puppet Theatre. There she was trained to be a professional puppeteer in a global perspective. Her experience on video began by constructing and manipulating puppets for the Emmy nominee “Hoje é Dia de Maria” (Today is Maria’s Day) by Rede Globo - Brazil; the video “The Botanical Garden” at Giramundo; the television series “Dango Balango” (Rede Minas - Brazil) and the participation on the making of two of eight video-animations for Giramundo, showing the Millenium Development Goals for the “We Can” project, in a partnership with Canal Futura for UNESCO. The partnership with Daniel Herthel guided their researches on kinetic sculptures, associating their mechanical references, puppets knowledge and scenic experience to develop, produce and animate the video-project "Casa de Máquinas", supported by British Council and Arts Council England. |
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| Daniel Herthel is a sculptor, designer and animator. In his work, he explores movement and interaction between objects, his drawings and the connection they might represent. |