The artist was inspired to produce this tape after an extended visit to Montreal. It is a schizophrenic journey into the limitations of language and into the crossing of the borders of communication, culture, and the mind, through trilingualism.
Sylvana Afram lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been a video artist since 1983, is very involved in AIDS prevention campaigns aimed at women, is a researcher and editor for magazines and community groups, has given video workshops in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, and works on relations between different signifiers - verbal and non-verbal. Awards: 3e Festival Latino Américain de vidéo à Quito; Festival international du nouveau cinéma et de la vidéo de Montéal; Video Mulher de Brasili; Festival da Terra de Sao Paulo. (www.givideo.org)