Distraction and protection
Full HD video, 6min22sec. 2017
A magician performs tricks with symbolic objects while we hear the testimony of the helicopter pilot who evacuated Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa during the 2001 crisis.
The work intertwines illusion with political narrative, revealing how economic structures rely on distraction, manipulation, and disappearance. Money appears not as a value system but as a political instrument shaping what is visible and what is concealed.
Video presented at Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil. Performance directed by the artist and performed by José Adler, professional magician.