NAKED explores the sensual relation between body and city; the tension between intimacy and public, internal and external. The city lights writing over the naked skin.

AWARDS
Best Video | Magmart International Videoart Festival, Naples, Italy
Best Video, nominated | Vivo arte.mov - Festival Internacional de Arte em Mídias Móveis, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
K3: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival | Villach, Austria
Portobello Fim Festival | London, UK
KunstFilmBiennale | Cologne, Germany
Videoholica International Video Art Festival | Varna, Bulgaria
Video Art Festival Miden | Kalamata, Greece
Festival Images Contre Nature | Marseille, France
Naoussa International Film Festival | Naoussa, Greece
Magmart International Videoart Festival | Naples, Italy
MiniVidFest | Total Kunst Gallery | Edinburgh, Scotland
Vivo arte.mov - Festival Internacional de Arte em Mídias Móveis | Belo Horizonte, Brazil

GALLERY and ART SPACE EXHIBITIONS
1st International Artist Initiatives Istanbul Meeting | Istanbul, Turkey
Kika Nicolela - selected videos and photos | 16mm, London, UK

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Manipulated Image: the Moving Still | Santa Fe, US
Berlin International Directors Lounge | Berlin, Germany
Cinema de Corredor | São Paulo, Brazil
Re:Play Kika Nicolela | Eden343, São Paulo, Brazil
Retrospectiva Kika Nicolela | Espaço Unibanco de Cinema, São Paulo, Brazil
Musarama | Klubi, Turku, Finland

CREDITS
concept, directing and editing>> KIKA NICOLELA
performer>> ALESSANDRA CESTAC
director of photography>> CHING C. WANG
soundtrack>> THIERRY GAUTHIER

INFO
Brazil, 2008, 03:22 minutes
colour, stereo, no dialogues, aspect ratio 4x3