Pertinho de Alphaville

Pertinho de Alphaville, 2010 | | Forms of collectiveness in the western industrialized countries were deeply affected by the recent changes in the economic order. In various moments in the recent history of Brazil, the importance of the labour movements has been reflected in artistic production – notably in theatre and cinema. | In this work by Wendelien van Oldenborgh the massive strikes in the São Paulo industries of the late 70’s form a background for reflecting today’s changing conditions of labour and the effect this has on the contemporary “self”. As its point of departure, it takes the circular relationships between women, labour, public voice and cultural production. | Pertinho de Alphaville is made in collaboration with a group of women with various roles within a jeans factory near Alphaville SP. Their stories, readings and performance are shared and filmed on location in Teatro Oficina and in the Wearplay Factory. Video material from this active encounter has been transferred to slides and edited into a montage of interrelating dialogues and scenes.