“I tried to exploit such freedom to create those drawings like if I was a boy. I tried to draw with that freedom and that love that I remember from being a child and spending a day drawing without worrying about whether what I'm drawing is real or strange.” IfsChildrenRealRememberBoysWorryStrangeDrawsSpendingDrawingExploits Author:Alex Abreu
“We thought that using rap would draw a parallel with the protest music from the 60s and 70s that we found through the research for animadoc. When we thought about rap, Emicida immediately came to mind and we decided to call him to create this song bring the audience back to earth and put their feet on the ground. Emicida's song is the only one that has lyrics in actual understandable Portuguese.” MindEarthSongFoundAudienceFeetDrawsResearchDecidedRapProtestParallelsPortugueseFeet On The Ground Author:Alex Abreu
“If I have a blank piece of paper and I draw a red figure, immediately this brings sounds and shapes to my mind. I tried to make a film in which every component supports the others while giving each other space and stimulating the creation of what's yet to come.” IfsGivingMindFilmSoundSpaceSupportPiecesFiguresCreationShapesPaperDrawsRedBlankComponents Author:Alex Abreu
“I draw things on the paper very freely but believing there is meaning to them already. There is already meaning in the colors, I don't need to be guided by words. I draw them and the meaning comes after. Every time we would start a new sequence we would change everything.” NeedsBelieveColorPaperDrawsSequence Author:Alex Abreu
