As part of the Tunnel Vision project, which accompanies an artist through the process of research, creation and production, Jonas Van presents an audiovisual installation in collaboration with the artist Juno B.
Kebranto – in Brazilian Portuguese – is a spell. Cast from the eyes, the spell breaks the spirit in pieces, preventing it from moving. Kebranto is a gesture that is filled with magical power, reminding us that our bodies, and the energy within them, are powerful. Kebranto is a decristallization of cisgenerity, operating through other pacts.
The decomposition of organic matter, whether it be dead plants or animals, releases gases that spontaneously ignite upon contact with the air. These flames, carried by air currents, create the will-o’-the-wisp. According to the Tupi Guarani cosmoperception, in the north and northeast of Brazil, this fire is the Boitatá entity: a fire serpent that feasts on eyes.
The artists present a documentary fiction based on the idea that the Boitatá serpent is the ancestor of trans and gender disobedient bodies. A possibility of bodily and temporal transmutation from the encounter with the serpent, which, by looking at other beings, changes them irreversibly.