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Desvio para o vermelho

1967 – 1984

Several materials

Cildo Meireles, Desvio para o vermelho I: Impregnação, 1967-84. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim
Cildo Meireles, Desvio para o vermelho I: Impregnação, 1967-84, several materials. Photo: Eduardo Eckenfels

The caption of Desvio para o vermelho (1967-1984) presents two dates: the year the project was conceived (1967), and the year it was first assembled at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (1984); at Inhotim, it is permanently exhibited since 2006. The title of the work by Cildo Meireles makes reference to the physics phenomenon known as redshift, a particular instance of the relativistic Doppler effect that indicates the red color as the wavelength of light an observer perceives when celestial bodies grow apart.


Obra Desvio para o vermelho II: Entorno, 1967-84, de Cildo Meireles. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim
Cildo Meireles, Desvio para o vermelho II: Entorno, 1967-84, several materials. Photo: Pedro Motta
Obra Desvio para o vermelho III, 1967-84, de Cildo Meireles. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim
Cildo Meireles, Desvio para o vermelho III: Desvio, 1967-84, several materials.​ Photo: Pedro Motta

Split in three articulated spaces, the first of them (Impregnação/Impregnation) gathers an exhaustive collection of furniture, objects, and artworks in shades of red, duly organized in a room. The monochromatic saturation of the first environment contrasts with the dusk of the second (Entorno/Surroundings), where one can observe a small bottle and its spilling red liquid that produces a major stain on the space. Following the path of the liquid leads us to a totally dark room (Desvio/Deviation), where we are guided by the sound of flowing water. The darkness is only interrupted by a displaced sink, from where flows the red water that creates the soundscape. 

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