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Ordered by the Inhotim Contemporary Art Center, these videos directed by Murilo Salles between 2012 and 2013 register performances and installations by Tunga, one of Brazil’s most important contemporary artists. Tunga was born in 1952 and lives in Rio de Janeiro, where his studio is located. He began his career in the early 70s and has investigated literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis and dramatic arts, aside from mathematical and biological science, ever since. The world’s most prestigious galleries exhibit his work. In Inhotim, he permanently exposes Tunga`s Psychoactive Gallery. XIFÓPAGAS CAPILARES - 8 min. A piece performed for the first time in 1985, during the 2nd Congress of the Rio de Janeiro Freudian College: Psychoanalysis in Brazil. TEREZA - 7 min. A piece performed for the first time in 1998, at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. EXPERIÊNCIA FÍSICA SUTIL & INSIDE OUT, UPSIDE DOWN - 9 min. Posh Physical Subtle Experience was performed for the first time in 1996, at Walk on the SoHo Side in New York. Inside Out, Upside Down was performed for the first time in 1995, at A Walk in Venice. MAKE UP COINCIDENCE - 6 min. Make-up Coincidence was performed for the first time in 2002, at the Luhring Augustine Gallery in New York.