Santos has made videos, an installation and a performance on grand themes (lack of communication and 'prophetism', contemplation and the flood of information, the seven deadly sins). However with 'Tumitinhas' he takes a different path. It is a short video that does not try to carry a moral message, but rather is 'only' poetry. Poetry about the memory of the break-up between two people who loved each other. Santos bases this work on a poem by Sandra Penna which itself was inspired by a children's song. It is recorded on Stephen's answerphone:
Stephen, this is Sandra.
I was a little girl and couldn't understand
what might be TUMITINHAS.
The love you had for me.
YOUHADME.
And yet, what may it be?
YOUHADME?
YOUGAVEME?
Now a dog howls on the street.
A ring isn't enough.
Love breaks.
Kisses for you and the cats. Bye.
The vague flickering images go hand and hand with an innocent, restful ting-a-ling ditty. But behind it, the fast scraping of a violin resounds softly as a memory of this lost love.
– Lies Holtrop
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Images: Éder Santos, Stephen Vitiello, Evandro Rogers, Music: Stephen Vitiello, Josefina Cerqueira, Editing: Ider Santos, André Amparo, Anselmo Lafetá, With: Tracy Leipold, Sandra Penna, Stephen Vitiello, Thor, Lua, Violetta, Thanks to: Paul, Ju, Stephen, Tracy, Sandra Penna, all the dogs
Éder Santos ° 1960, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
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