Looking for Matilde

Looking for Matilde

62 mins | Documentary | Nov. 23, 2013

After learning kinetic art in France, Matilde Pérez (1916-2014) returned to Chile in 1961 to practice this trend but found herself ahead of her time. The testimonies of specialists and friends to Matilde generate a provocative speech about a culturally deficient country, narrated through the rescue of the work and the life story of an artist who questioned the established and was condemned to isolation.

Looking for Matilde

62 mins | Documentary | Nov. 23, 2013

Looking for Matilde
After learning kinetic art in France, Matilde Pérez (1916-2014) returned to Chile in 1961 to practice this trend but found herself ahead of her time. The testimonies of specialists and friends to Matilde generate a provocative speech about a culturally deficient country, narrated through the rescue of the work and the life story of an artist who questioned the established and was condemned to isolation.
Producers Perau
Original title Buscando a Matilde
Directors Constanza Luzoro, Pedro Lacerda
Writers Felipe Muñoz, Constanza Luzoro, Pedro Lacerda

Cast

Matilde Pérez

as Herself (archive footage)