3 monkeys is a philosophy from the japanese culture where the vision, hearing and speaking are glorified when not used.
Here, the objects are associated to the bottles that float through floaters. Mirrored, they reflect the viewer's image, who goes in the work, and becomes the work too.
Blown and mirrored glass, moulded glass and photography on glass. Japan, 2007.
"Housing" is an unanimous human right. To own your own space on earth gives it a sense of belonging, security and liberty.
Due to the growing world population and massive migration to the big cities, housing has become a luxury good.
Buyers go on crescent debts through loans and mortgages, with growing values.
To own a territory has become a burden. In "Housing", 21 glass blown pieces were installed from the roof. They seem to be floating, giving it the sensation of liberty and lightness. Nevertheless, the houses are chained, unable to move.
The glass was blown from inside its metal construction beam. It is over inflated, deformed, looking like it is going to explode at any moment. The Transparency transports the viewer inside the houses. He feels imprisoned.
The bubble is about to explode.
Installation produced in Fondazione Berengo, result of the art residency in Berengo Studio, May 2016, Murano, Venice, Italy.
Pearl
So small
So fragile
So beatiful
Why does it weight so much?
Because I carry
The gravity of the world
About beauty, fragility and smallness
Only illusion
Vidro moldado e pérola. Participou da Exposição Busan International Environmental Art Festival, Coréia do Sul em 2008 e Exposição Ondeandaaonda no Museu da República, Brasília, 2015.
