Biography
Sofia Caetano was born in Ponta Delgada – in the Portuguese paradisiac Azores islands. Sofia went to schools and earned all kinds of degrees, she even taught at some institutions, maybe she still does because she likes it.
Withal, her works center around film and spectatorship. Sofia is a filmmaker who works between the flatness of the filmic screen and the spaciousness of its relationship with installation. She investigates forms and presentation modes, concentrating on the relationship these develop with those who experience the works: the spectator. Her work is, existentially, more or less comedic. Speculatively speaking, it is also provocative.
Sofia buckled up with Elliot Sheedy and co-founded in 2016
The Spectacular House, a Media Art production house that develops commercial and original content. She is currently writing her first feature film, The Happiest Man – ask her about it.
interview in English
interview in Portuguese
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
FUSO Anual de Video Arte International de Lisboa, 2019
57th Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA, 2019
56th Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA, 2018
55th Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA, 2017
Doc Sunback Film Festival, Kansas, USA, 2017
Nihon University, Tokyo, invited by Tomonari Nishikawa, 2016
Yoni Fest, Los Angeles, USA, 2016
O Dia Mais Curto, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2016
Magnolia Loft, Boston, USA, 2016
Emerson Film Festival, Boston, USA, 2016
Festival de Cannes, Short Film Corner, Paris, France, 2015
Emerson Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015
5th Walk & Talk Public Art Festival, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2015
Emerson Film Festival, Boston, USA, 2015
Gstaadfilm Festival – International Short Film Festival for Films by
Artists, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2015
South Texas Underground Film Festival, Corpus Christi, USA, 2015
Doc Sunback Film Festival, Kansas, USA, 2015
4th Walk & Talk Public Art Festival, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2014
Artfools Video Festival, Larissa, Greece, 2014
SEFF Binghamton, Binghamton, USA, 2014
Kisakes Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
Jornadas de Reapropriacíon, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014
Cinanima, Espinho, Portugal, 2005
SOLO SHOWS
Thirst Explorations, Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas, Spain
July-Semptember 2018
Speculation, Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Portugal,
May-June 2018
BLISS, Arquipélago Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Portugal,
March-April 2017
BLISS, Emerson College, USA,
April-May 2016
COLLECTIVE SHOWS
Prémio Sonae Media Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art –
Chiado Museum, Portugal, November 2017 – April 2018
Space Place Image Sound, Emerson College, Boston, USA, 2014
3rd Walk & Talk Public Art Festival, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2013
Algumas Fotografias, Inst. Port. de Fotografia, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013
IPF 14, Galeria Geraldes da Silva, Porto, Portugal, 2012
2nd Walk & Talk Public Art Festival, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2012
Finalistas Pintura 2010, Palácio Galveias Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
Exposição Colectiva dos Finalistas de Pintura, C. Cultural da Nazaré, Portugal, 2010
Centelhos de Arte – Sentido de Partilha, Galerias Chiado, Portugal, 2009
OTHER THEATRICAL SHOWINGS
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, USA 2019
McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, USA 2019
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Greensburg, USA 2019
Light Box, Detroit, USA 2019
Columbia College, Chicago, USA 2019
Wave Pool, Cincinnati, USA 2019
21c Museum Hotel, Nashville, USA 2019
Zeitgeist NOLA, New Orleans, USA 2019
University of North Texas, Denton, USA 2019
Teatro Micaelense, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2013
Centro Cultural de Almada, Portugal, 2012
RESIDENCIES
Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas, Spain, 2018
Walk & Talk Festival, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2018/19
INSTALLATION WORK
POISON GARDEN, multimedia motorhome, 14 mins, 2019
Thirst Explorations, Multimedia Installation, 7 mins, 2018
Speculation, 6-channel Multimedia Installation, 17 mins, 2018
GOD, Interactive Multimedia Installation, 4 mins, 2017
BLISS, Digital and 16mm, 30 mins, 2016
iPyramid, Digital, 3 mins, 2014
The Portrait, 16mm, 3 mins, 2014
LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS
University of North Texas, Denton, 2019
Columbia College, Chicago, 2019
Massachussets College of Art and Design, 2018
Youngstown State University, 2018
FILMOGRAPHY
Feature Films
The Happiest Man, pre-production
Fiction Short Film
SKIN, Digital, 10 mins, 2018
BLISS, Digital, 20 mins, 2016
The Kingsleys, Digital, 12 mins, 2015
Coisa Bela, Digital, 11 mins, 2015
Webs, Digital, 3 mins, 2015
Sunday, Digital, 14 mins, 2015
2.866.642 Ways to Create Space, 16mm, 5 mins, 2014
Nevermind, this film is in your head, 16mm, 7 mins, 2014
Fresh Fur, Digital, 6 mins, 2013
WOW, Digital, 2 mins, 2013
Ritual, Digital, 11 mins, 2011
Gato, Digital, 7 mins, 2010
Documentary
One artist per day keeps the doctor away, Digital, 20 mins, 2014
Aos meus avós, Digital, 12 mins, 2012
Web Series
The Spectaculars, Six webisodes, 2016
Video Art
Aurora, Digital, 4 mins, 2010
Popusiti, Digital, 3 mins, 2009
Ikissme, Digital, 2 mins, 2009
Animation
Birth of Creastor, Digital, 3 mins, 2017
Music Videos
Elliot Sheedy - Making Love Outside, Digital, 3mins, 2017
PMDS - 100 Days of May, 4mins, 2017
The Spectaculars – Rib-cage Heaven, VHS, 3 mins, 2016
Joal – Storyteller, Digital, 4 mins, 2011
Dance For Camera
Alma Penada, Digital, 6 mins, 2013
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