Arthur Tuoto

A sensory journey that over the course of hours, passes through crises. The constant non-communicability, even so, conceals carnal desire by the two human beings.

Experimental video shot on Mini DV

Experimental film by Arthur Tuoto.

Audiovisual notes on the individual and the state. The film utilizes various forms of found material to create an association between verbal and audiovisual quotes which explores historical concepts of cinema, art and politics.

Experimental video shot on Mini DV.

A collection of instagram stories featuring the director's son, Francisco, and a reflection on salvation.

A sensory journey that over the course of hours, passes through crises. The constant non-communicability, even so, conceals carnal desire by the two human beings.

Experimental video shot on Mini DV

Experimental film by Arthur Tuoto.

Audiovisual notes on the individual and the state. The film utilizes various forms of found material to create an association between verbal and audiovisual quotes which explores historical concepts of cinema, art and politics.

Audiovisual notes on the individual and the state. The film utilizes various forms of found material to create an association between verbal and audiovisual quotes which explores historical concepts of cinema, art and politics.

Experimental video shot on Mini DV.

A collection of instagram stories featuring the director's son, Francisco, and a reflection on salvation.

A TV signal reveals an experience of shock and delight.

Ingrid Savoy, a Brazilian celebrity set to take part in a reality show, spends her days confined to a hotel room. Amid premonitory visions, a paparazzi invasion, and anarchist terrorist attacks bursting across the city, the artist lives the constant imminence of a scandal.

Ingrid Savoy, a Brazilian celebrity set to take part in a reality show, spends her days confined to a hotel room. Amid premonitory visions, a paparazzi invasion, and anarchist terrorist attacks bursting across the city, the artist lives the constant imminence of a scandal.

Three shots from the movie "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" (1975), by Chantal Akerman, are placed side by side through a cyclic re-editing, revealing a trapped character in a panel of absent spaces.

Experimental film shot on 8mm.

A bus crosses a border.

A shadow questions itself about its shapes.

A shadow questions itself about its shapes.

Two shots from the movie "Le diable probablement" (1977), by Robert Bresson, are repeated in a loop, creating a cyclic and endless raccord.

By placing side by side four sequences from the movie Elephant (2003), by Gus Van Sant, the work explores the simultaneous actions in the film, revealing elliptical nuances in its filmic dispositif.

A dialogue from the movie "J'entends plus la guitare" (1991), by Philippe Garrel, is the starting point for a reflection on the immateriality of cinema and its mimetic dimension.

A dialogue from the movie "J'entends plus la guitare" (1991), by Philippe Garrel, is the starting point for a reflection on the immateriality of cinema and its mimetic dimension.

Experimental film shot on a cellphone.

After being found by extraterrestrial beings, a survivor of a mysterious incident that decimated part of the human race tries to make sense of the events that led Earth to its tragic fate. Composed entirely of public domain found footage material, the film is an adaptation of the science fiction short story “The Carnivore”, by Katherine MacLean.

After being found by extraterrestrial beings, a survivor of a mysterious incident that decimated part of the human race tries to make sense of the events that led Earth to its tragic fate. Composed entirely of public domain found footage material, the film is an adaptation of the science fiction short story “The Carnivore”, by Katherine MacLean.

Experimental film shot by cellphone.

From a selection of films excerpts, the video features isolated characters seeking comfort in an always unattainable ideal.

Composed of images of the actress Lindsay Lohan being photographed by paparazzi, the work builds a visual experience of flashes, lights and pixels.

Images appropriated from an amateur porn video are reworked through reframing, distortion and other processes.

Using a dialogue from the film Stalker (1979), by Andrei Tarkovski, as a starting point, the work is a free reflection on music and its primal potentiality.

Experimental film by Arthur Tuoto.

The image of an unconscious body, recorded through the fimmaker's apartment window, is the starting point for a reflection on the traumatic nature of the image.

The film shows images captured through a window at the same time that, in the background, the filmmaker talks to a friend who was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital.

Pedro is gone and Amanda must deal with his absence.

Pedro is gone and Amanda must deal with his absence.

Pedro is gone and Amanda must deal with his absence.

Experimental video shot on a cellphone.

From a found footage material, the film tells the fable of the Monsters, describing the human condition from a tragic and desolate point of view.

From a found footage material, the film tells the fable of the Monsters, describing the human condition from a tragic and desolate point of view.