Introduction

With Disseminate and Hold, 2016, Barba investigates human-made geographies and landscapes, and how these are often deeply enmeshed with political agendas and utopian visions. The film work introduces the everyday disorder of the Minhocão (or “Big Worm”), the elevated highway that runs through the heart of São Paulo and reflects on the traces that history leaves on the landscape and urban environment.

Color Clocks: Verticals Lean Occasionally Consistently Away from Viewpoints, 2012 consists of three objects arranged in the space whose designs are reminiscent of the operation of a clock’s gear mechanism. Each with its own specific rhythm they produce a kinetic image. As a re-collection of timekeeping and the experience of time itself, Color Clocks plays with different modes of perception: a meditation on color, time, perception and language, repeated to infinity.

In Weavers, 2021, 16mm film loops through and around 35mm film warp, creating a patterned double-sided canvas. The title refers to the collaborative work of the makers of this monumental piece. The irregular weaves accentuated by a low-angled spotlight create fleeting sequences. At times reflective or see-through, Weavers is at once a cinematographic image and a rotating suspended screen.

The exhibition is supported by Vistamare, Milano/Pescara.