On Same Old Tune (2005)

Single Channel
Duration: 1'49''

Operating once again within a self-referential universe, this piece is a metaphor for disenchantment in relationships. Set to the sound of an old dusty record and a lyric "another spring, another love and yet it is always the same" from a Marlene Dietrich song, this work shows myself walking on a rotating circular platform. The artist's position does not change, however, the constant activity required to maintain this stasis creates a fatigue that over time becomes disenchantment. As in relationships, one walks but the view never changes.

The last circular shots framing the trees involving the sensation of losing one´s balance is reinforced with the repeated sentence “and yet it's always the same” till the image fades into black.


Rui Calçada Bastos
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