1974Nominee
Best Director
Passagens II
Anna Bella Geiger
Actor · Director
January 1, 1933
Biography
Since the 1950s, Anna Bella Geiger has integrated maps and elements of natural history into much of her videos, collages, paintings, sculptures, and prints. In such works, she reconsiders notions of territory and identity, particularly in her native Brazil. Geiger’s 2018 installation for Rio de Janeiro’s Solar dos Abacaxis, for example, resembled a series of museum dioramas of pyramids, Babylonian gardens, and an Israeli mikvah (a ritual bath). Geiger has made distorted maps of the globe and various countries from embroidery, wax-filled filing cabinets, and copper plate engravings. Such work questions the geographical structures and systems that we take for granted.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1974Nominee
Best Director
Passagens I
2022Nominee
Best Performance
Rubens Gerchman: O Rei do Mau Gosto
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Performance
Quem É Primavera das Neves
1976Highlight
Best Performance
Mapas Elementares I