Pedro Paiva
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing43
movieA Moeda-Viva
2024
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movieSleeping Flamingo
2018
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moviePipe
2014
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movieGlossolalia
2014
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movieOnça Geométrica
2013
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movieProboscis
2013
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movieTriangles and Squares
2013
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moviePlacing the Fisheye
2012
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movieWater mill
2012
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movieWheels
2011
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movieTurtle
2011
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movieDonkey
2011
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movieUnder a car
2011
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movieWave
2011
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movieDream of a Ray Fish
2011
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movieBread, Tea and Bao Game
2011
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movieGetting into bed
2011
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movieCowfish
2011
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movieSpaghetti Tornado
2010
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movieCassowary
2010
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moviePot Smaller than Pot
2010
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movieThe Soup
2009
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movieHand Smaller than Hand
2009
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movie3 Sóis
2009
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movieA Coluna de Colombo
2009
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movieVentriloquismo
2009
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movieTarciso’s Analogy
2009
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movieHairy Stone
2009
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movieFruit Polyhedron
2009
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movieMeteoritica
2008
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movieThe Initiate
2008
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movieFried Egg
2008
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movieThe Human Torch
2007
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movieEye Eclipse
2007
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Lighting2
movieO Último Voo do Flamingo
2010
Electrician
Crew1
movieSalto no Vazio
2017
Cinematography
Editing1
movieA Moeda-Viva
2024
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