Reporting From São Paulo, I'm from the United States
Andrea Fraser
Reporting From São Paulo, I'm from the United States, 1998
Video, color, sound, 30 min Performer, script: Andrea Fraser Photography: TV Cultura, Brazil Produced by: Andrea Fraser, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, TV Cultura, Brazil
GF0002199.00.0-2001
Artwork text
Invited to participate in the 24th Biennial of São Paulo, Andrea Fraser proposed to produce reports on the exhibition for Brazilian television. Working with a news crew from TV Cultura, she conducted interviews and delivered commentary on location, editing the material into a series of five short broadcasts. Due to national presidential elections, local floods, a global economic crisis, and other events coinciding with the opening of the Biennial, the tapes were never broadcast. These events, however, provide a dramatic context in which to examine the 24th Biennial’s theme of “cannibalism” as well as the relationship between international biennial exhibitions and economic globalization. (Andrea Fraser)