SARA RAMO
Madrid, España, 1975
Received the Fundación Botín Art Grant in 2014

Os Ajudantes (the helpers), 2015
Vídeo HD, color, audio 5.1 / HD video, color, audio 5.1
19’26”
Adquired in 2017

Core to Sara Ramo’s artistic research is grounded in her interest in how conventions and rituals vary from one culture to another and how this affects perception and understanding. Having split her life between Spain and Brazil, from very early on, Ramo experienced these differences personally.

Os Ajudantes is the second in a trilogy of short films that focuses on music performances. Indeed, rituals for experiencing music vary drastically from a concert hall to a ritual dance or other spiritual undertakings in primal cultures. Blending various cultural references, Ramo stages rituals of her own invention. She confronts the viewer with the way s/he creates meaning, consciously or not.