Sumidouro (sinkhole) refers to a geological phenomenon in which craters form in the earth due to underground erosion, often intensified by human activities like mining and construction.
This animation, primarily using footage shot at the Amsterdam Zoo, transports Japanese macaques into a virtual, imagined space. Nina, one of them, encounters a sensory deprivation tank and, through the isolation therapy, gets drowned in a meditation about longing and isolation while confined within the zoo enclosure. As her senses fade, she descends into a world of memories – a fragmented collage of landscapes and hallucinations.
The concept of the sinkhole, a space that pulls everything toward it, guides the video’s editing process, turning the footage into a dynamic environment where personal archive materials blend with clips from the internet. The continuous dissolution and merging of images are enhanced by a soundtrack composed by the electronic duo Onça Monstra.
