Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia and once capital of Brazil, is famous for its various cultural traditions, including in particular the annual celebration of carnival in February, the four days that precede the beginning of the Lenten fast, that is Ash Wednesday. All kinds of groups of people in fancy dress from home and abroad come to the city to take part in the colourful procession through the streets and over the beaches and to dance to the rhythm of axé music. During the parades in 1995, Dourado made (close-up) recordings of the dancing African-Brazilian crowd in the homo district of the city. The viewer gets an impression of the extravagance and the feeling of ecstasy which engulf the party-goers when celebrating carnival. Ogodō Ano 2000 distinguishes itself from the usual imagery of the exuberant show festival by concentrating on details of physical sensuality. The effects of the slow motion (the images follow each other in much reduced tempo) are expertly combined with a sensation of trance which is conveyed, created by the infectious music. Shots made of television screens are characterized by a black bar which keeps scrolling in the slowed down image; 'record' and 'play back' alternate in different frequencies. The magic of the carnival feast is given a dramatic (and ironic) impact by the out of focus, not entirely unsensual electronic images which keep disappearing and appearing.
– Marieke van Hal
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