Others brings together a series of video portraits filmed in the town where the artist was born, in the deep south of rural Brazil. Facing the camera, the participants remain still and meet the viewer’s gaze, establishing a direct relationship with those who watch. In this interplay of seeing and being seen, portraiture ceases to function as a simple record, and becomes a space of tension, where the gaze is at once an encounter and a confrontation. Moving between personal and collective memory, Others constructs a portrait of the town through those who inhabit it, questioning the boundaries between intimacy and ethnography. The result is a constellation of silent presences that return the viewer’s gaze, inviting reflection on identity, belonging, and the ways in which a community chooses to see, or render invisible, its own inhabitants.

Set against a context shaped by conservatism, homophobia, ageism, and other forms of social surveillance, becoming visible can itself be an act of risk-taking. By appropriating and destabilizing the formal tradition of portraiture, the video shifts its focus from representation to presence, resisting a transparent documentary reading.

Director: Bruno Gularte Barreto. Cinematography: Tiago Coelho. Editing and Sound Design: Vicente Moreno. Assistants: Daniela Strack and Thiéle Elissa