FANTASIA DIGITAL
MACUNA, 59 x 40cm, 2016
Sometimes I work with media such as performance and digital photography. These works are records of small improvised performances composed between myself and my surroundings and documented intimately by myself. Some images acquire a symbolic meaning, to do with my personal history. In Brazil we have a strong spiritualist tradition that comes out of our mixed cultural background and heritage, traditional cultures, African heritage. This informs the work that I make and my approach to mythical stories. My subject matter explores the way in which my own identity becomes mixed with the mythical narratives and iconic figures of my past. The collective memories and spiritual aspect of my Brazilian heritage are important here.
Sometimes I work with media such as performance and digital photography. These works are records of small improvised performances composed between myself and my surroundings and documented intimately by myself. Some images acquire a symbolic meaning, to do with my personal history. In Brazil we have a strong spiritualist tradition that comes out of our mixed cultural background and heritage, traditional cultures, African heritage. This informs the work that I make and my approach to mythical stories. My subject matter explores the way in which my own identity becomes mixed with the mythical narratives and iconic figures of my past. The collective memories and spiritual aspect of my Brazilian heritage are important here.
'In my photos I explore myth, fantasy, if not only from my own identity as well as other stories that at some point were part of my life. I am an explorer of my mind; I visit spaces in which these images come alive.
Sometimes this process is bathed and immersed in mystical grounds, where my identity becomes mixed with iconic figures, symbolic ornamented figures'.
Sometimes this process is bathed and immersed in mystical grounds, where my identity becomes mixed with iconic figures, symbolic ornamented figures'.
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