A follow-up to 1999's "The Boys from Belo Horizonte," this collection illustrates once again the uncanny visual inventiveness that in this city seems as common-though not in the sense of ordinary-as the ringed mountains of Minas Gerais. In fact, it is the ability of these artists to take the familiar object, the everyday landscape, and make it somehow astonishing, alienated, or strangely renewed that makes their well-tendered works so striking. Eder Santos's Framed by Curtains (1999, 11:10 mins), a roving glimpse of Hong Kong, ponders the dilemma of perceiving a culture, framing reference itself as colonial artifact. Lucas Bontijo's Under Construction: The history of the void in Belo Horizonte (2000, 4:05 mins) turns urban development into the expansion of gray indifference, while Pedro and Paulo Vilela's Chatroom (1999, 4:40 mins) coyly advances the drivel of W3 chatter, complete with kitschy avatars. Marcus Nascimento sets the word on its ear in Writing With (a) Parker (2000, 5:43 mins), a textured poem that dislodges meaning and sound. In El Buteco (2000, 4:35 mins), Conrado Almada and Leandro transform a local watering hole into a tableau of hyper-intoxication, much like the city itself.-Steve SeidAlso on the program:Semelhantes, Indiferentes (Pedro Vilela, 2000, 15 sec.). Five (Francisco de Paula, André Amparo, Rodrigo Minelli, Marcelo Braga, Cláudio Santos, Marilia Rocha, 2000, 12:04 mins). Em Nome Do Pai E Do Filho (Francisco de Paula, 2001, 7 mins). AméricA/Ctrl + S (Carlos Magno, Wilson Dellani, 2000, 4:54 mins). Projeto Apollo (Eder Santos, 2000, 9:36 mins).Pedro Vilela is a video artist and editor known for his typographical skills.