Gustavo Vinagre and Vinicius Couto, chempassion, 2025
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In the magical realist film, chempassion, a gay man reminisces about his orgy days and chem sex, contemplating what the future holds for himself and his close relationships.
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About the artists
Gustavo Vinagre (he/him) is a filmmaker and documentarian who has written and directed over 14 short and six feature-length films. Having studied literature at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and film at the EICTV school in Cuba, Vinagre holds a prolific career spanning over 10 years, with films that are known for their vibrant queerness and their intimate approach to image and sound. The award-winning Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter was his first fiction feature film and premiered at Berlinale Forum in 2022. His films have won more than 100 awards and have been featured twice in Cahiers du Cinéma.
Vinicius Couto (he/him) is a Brazilian artist and creative director based in Portugal, whose work explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ identity from a post-structuralist perspective. He has participated in residencies and exhibitions at institutions such as the Cairo Biennale 2018/2023, MAM-SP, and CMA Hélio Oiticica. In 2021, he held his first solo exhibition at EtopiaZgz (Spain) and was invited to perform at André Breton's house in France. In 2022, he presented the installation "Pro_cu.rar.se" in Lisbon. He is currently the curator of the Palácio do Grilo in Lisbon, continuing to investigate contemporary sociocultural and political dynamics.