58th International Art Exhibition. May you live in interesting times (2019)
There are those who say that drama does not have a future in film, given that every tale has been planned out, shot, edited and completed for the sake of suspending our disbelief. However, there are those who, like Pablo Vargas Lugo, consider that it is the most adequate medium for pondering not only about the concept of faith as a religious belief, but also about the ways in which our trust and convictions are reflected—if not distorted and manipulated—by political discourse and the social imaginary.
Acts of God is based on different episodes in the four distinct perspectives offered by the Synoptic Gospels. The work speculates about possible discrepancies, differing details, and diverging moments in Christ's life in order to generate a non-linear narrative that raises a series of questions: What if the man who was chosen to redeem humanity had set out to fulfill all the predictions the prophets made about his life without certainty that he could accomplish them? How could we outline the future if the r