In an interview with the Brazilian Film and Video Preservation Project | BFVPP on March 8 2019, researcher, curator and professor Arlindo Machado talks about the origins of video art in Brazil, the specific conditions of electronic art production under the military dictatorship and more. His observations and reflections contribute greatly to contextualising the work of the BFVPP’s partner artists.

Vivian Ostrovsky, Founder of the Project, Clarisse Rivera, Project Manager, and Julinha Cerione, Direct Sound Technician, also participated in this interview. Excerpts from the conversation are available here.