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Rui Filipe Cavender


Release Date: June 7, 2026



“1755” is a massive ethnographic/anthropological photographic collage of the Lisbon, Portugal area, centered around visual memory, nostalgia, and time.

It consists of (2) main video art components:

“MAZE” and “LABYRINTH”

These two videos juxtapose imperfect and selective/nostalgic visual memory, versus the strict historical order of when those visual memories actually occurred.

Each video is built from the exact same set of 1,755 unique photographs (visual memories), which are presented in a different chronological order of when they happened in time.

MAZE
Plays the images in a random/shuffled chronological order.

LABYRINTH
Plays the images in strict, chronological/historic order of when they happened in time.



By definition, a maze is a confusing network of paths, designed with twists, turns, and dead ends, where it is easy to get lost. A labyrinth is a network of winding paths, where unlike a standard puzzle maze that has dead ends and choices, a true strict labyrinth features a single, continuous path without any risk of getting lost.

Using the above definitions, we use the Maze and the Labyrinth, as symbols for memory:
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The maze of memory, represents a lifetime of nostalgic and selective re-visitation of images from your memory. Never in order, and always shuffled. Some images remembered more frequently; some only once.

The labyrinth of memory, is more of a proof or historical record of when the visual images actually happened in time. This is the timeline order of when you experienced these visual memories. These unique visual memories happened only once. You cannot backtrack to them, you can only move forward.

The project includes (3) additional video components, which are paired with the main 2 videos, in a variety of ways, depending on the venue:

MAZE x LABYRINTH
MAZE -OVERHEAD WALKTHROUGH
LABYRINTH -OVERHEAD WALKTHROUGH


Also included, are (3) wall-mounted photography components:

MAZE - MODULAR PHOTO MOSAIC
LABYRINTH- MODULAR PHOTO MOSAIC
TOTAL LIFEWORLD ETHNOGRAPHY - THEMATIC GROUPINGS



All photos were taken between 2019 and 2026, with an Apple iPhone 10 and iPhone 15 camera.





COMPONENT INVENTORY


VIDEO:



MAZE‍ ‍
1,755 photographs.
Played sequentially, in random order.

4K Video, Site-Specific Wall Projection, Ratio 1:1,
226 min.



LABYRINTH
1,755 photographs.
Played sequentially, in historical order.

4K Video, Site-Specific Wall Projection, Ratio 1:1,
151 min.



MAZE x LABYRINTH
Juxtaposition of both orders, played at the same time, side-by-side, in diptych form.

4K Video, Site-Specific Wall Projection, Ratio 16:9,
148 min.



MAZE - OVERHEAD WALKTHROUGH
Overhead circuit walk of the entire maze mosaic, via 2D path-tracking camera pan.

4K Video, Site-Specific Wall Projection, Ratio 16:9,
91 min.



LABYRINTH - OVERHEAD WALKTHROUGH
Overhead circuit walk of the entire labyrinth mosaic, via 2D path-tracking camera pan.

4K Video, Site-Specific Wall Projection, Ratio 16:9,
61 min.





PHOTOGRAPHY:



MAZE - MODULAR PHOTO MOSAIC
Wall-mounted full maze mosaic, assembled with 1,755 connected modular photographs.

Wall-Mounting, Dimensions Variable, 1,755 Photo Prints @ 13 x 13 cm each,
32.63 x 1.69 m



LABYRINTH- MODULAR PHOTO MOSAIC
Wall-mounted full labyrinth mosaic, assembled with 1,755 connected modular photographs.

Wall-Mounting, Dimensions Variable, 1,755 Photo Prints @ 13 x 13 cm each,
33.28 x 1.69 m



TOTAL LIFEWORLD ETHNOGRAPHY - THEMATIC SUITES
Wall-mounted individual photographs arranged in thematic ethnographic groups.

Wall-Mounting, Minimum 10 Groupings. Dimensions Variable, Ratio 1:1 Photo Prints