Cemitério Verde Green Cemetery
2023, Jardim agroflorestal, curta-metragem experimental, 25 min, vídeo digital Agroforestry garden, short film, experimental, 25min, digital video
Cemitério Verde foi gestado nos primeiros meses da pandemia de COVID-19, entre o solo do quintal e ambientes virtuais – a residência Alterando Paisagens e tutorias na SAIC.
Na intimidade e restrições do confinamento, o filme foi co-criado em ambiente doméstico compartilhado com minha mãe Lavina, meu namorado Ricardo, meus gatos Ubu e Bume, todo tipo de seres, fantasmas e meu parceiro sonoro Ramiro Galas.
Green Cemetery is a syntropic garden and a short film that originated when my mother and I relocated to Alto Paraíso de Goiás, situated in the heart of the biodiverse Cerrado biome, known for its rich savannas. Despite its ecological significance, the Cerrado faces severe challenges due to the impact of agribusiness. Aware of the vast expanse of soybean fields surrounding us, my mother and I embarked on the transformation of our small degraded plot into a thriving agroforestry system. Concurrently, we collaborated on the creation of a film inspired by our experiences of living in this environment. The garden we cultivated attracts birds and pollinators, serving as both a refuge and a source of food for a diverse range of beings. At its center stands a multi-story vertical monument, which serves as both a fountain and a memorial. This memorial is adorned with portraits of relatives, which gradually decompose over time with the growth of mycelia. The film tells the story of Lavina, who retires and fulfills her dream of purchasing her own home. In the face of weathered soil where not even grass could grow, Lavina embarks on the planting of an agroforestry garden, offering each seedling and seed as a tribute to a loved one.
Green Cemetery was conceived during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, blending the physicality of backyard soil with the virtual realms of the Changing Landscapes residency and SAIC advisors.
This film emerged within the intimate and restricted confines of our domestic environment, shared with my mother, Lavina, my boyfriend, Ricardo, my cats, Ubu and Bume, specters, an array of other beings, and my sound collaborator Ramiro Galas.
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Maurício Chades (Gilbués-PI, 1991) é artista visual e cineasta, com uma prática que transita entre cinema, instalação, escultura e performance. Seu trabalho se desenvolve a partir de relações situadas com diferentes territórios no Brasil, particularmente no Cerrado e na Mata Atlântica, e, mais recentemente, estende-se aos Estados Unidos e ao Canadá. Por meio de ecologias queer, imaginários anticoloniais e formas multiespécies de parentesco, Chades investiga a decomposição, a regeneração e as fronteiras permeáveis entre o humano e o mais-que-humano. Seus projetos frequentemente partem de imersões territoriais prolongadas, colocando em diálogo conhecimentos situados, fabulação crítica e pesquisa ecológica.
Chades é mestre em Arte e Tecnologia pela Universidade de Brasília e possui MFA pela School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Sua produção tem sido exibida internacionalmente em instituições, mostras e festivais como a Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil, o Queer Lisboa e o FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica). Sua exposição individual Pirâmide, Urubu (2019) recebeu o Frankenthaler Climate Art Award em 2022, enquanto seus filmes foram reconhecidos pelo e-flux Film Award, pelo Olhar de Cinema e pelo Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro. Indicado ao Prêmio PIPA em 2024, Chades está atualmente em pós-produção de seu primeiro longa-metragem, COGUM, um eco-horror que explora a decomposição e o luto interrompido como estruturas para repensar o trabalho, a ancestralidade e as relações humanas com a terra.
Maurício Chades (b. 1991, Gilbués, Piauí, Brazil) is a visual artist and filmmaker working across cinema, installation, sculpture, and performance. His work develops through situated engagements with territories in Brazil, particularly in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, and extends into the United States and Canada. Through queer ecologies, anticolonial imaginaries, and multispecies forms of kinship, Chades explores decomposition, regeneration, and the permeable boundaries between human and more-than-human life. His projects often emerge from prolonged territorial immersions, bringing situated knowledge, critical fabulation, and ecological research into dialogue.
Chades holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in Art and Technology from the University of Brasília. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues and festivals including the Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial, Queer Lisboa, and FILE (Electronic Language International Festival). His solo exhibition Pirâmide, Urubu (2019) received the Frankenthaler Climate Art Award in 2022, while his films have received recognition from the e-flux Film Award, Curitiba International Film Festival, and Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival. A 2024 Pipa Prize nominee, he is currently in post-production on his debut feature film, COGUM, an eco-horror exploring decomposition and interrupted grief as frameworks for reimagining labor, ancestry, and human relationships with the land.