Unité d’habition, 2006

“This relation to death is more direct in the video Unité d’Habitation. With Shivers (David Cronenberg, 1975) as inspiration, which can be seen in the relation with architecture and the modern world, Cera tells a story within another story. Having as background the iconic disused Berlin building complex from 1959 by the architect Le Corbusier, the plot evolves from a documentary tone to a horror fiction punctuated by a soundtrack that empathizes the horror characteristic of the video. The initial voice-off informs on the technical characteristics of the building and, suddenly, with the visual emphasis on the corridor and the change in the sound, the documented story turns into a case of murder.”

— Luisa Santos