O Radiador (2023)
In this film essay I investigate the origins and survivals of modernity and imperialism from the central heating system of a Victorian house in the East of England. In The Radiator, the juxtaposition of appropriated images with shots that dissect the architecture and landscape of Norfolk form shapes a reflection on the history of economics and of the images.
England's space-time crosses the world, and it takes its economic and political models with it, as Maria Conceição Tavares teaches us. In the film, recordings of her ‘Political Economy Course’, taught in 1992 at the University of Campinas (Brazil), displaced into a dialogue between the teacher and the narrator addressing the foreign, the familiar, the empire and the global circulation of heat.
The Radiator is currently being evaluated by festivals, which require it not to be publically available while it is being considered. If you are considering presenting the film at public screenings or exhibitions, please contact me through the details available on this page.
