The balloon flies
Without precision of landing
Destiny takes it
To the tip of the needle
That the hand holds.
Cast glass hand, Glassblown balloon, needle and red string. Japan, 2008.
Untitled I and II
Fused glass with insertions of
drawn paper, metal objects
and plaster. Frame in plaster.
7˚ Contemporary Art Salon of the Yacht Club - Brasilia, 2003.
The man
Waits for his rescue
Crossed arms
Impatient
When actually
He is already
Safe.
Moulded and coloured paté de verre, stone, maquete figure and water. Japan, 2008.
Pills
Pills
Pills
1x
2x
3x
Daily
The same image
Reflected by the mirror
I brush my teeth
Excessively
Not to leave
Any trace
Of cycle.
Mirror in tile stand, steel tray, lampworked glass pills, drinking glass, moulded glass tooth brush and needles. Brasilia, 2020.
Japan is a country with a high consumption of alcoholic beverages socially. It is a way of approximation, in a country with excessively shy and reserved people. In these encounters, intimacy is exposed and sometimes even physical contact, which is something rare.
During my masters course in the country, I adhered to this to insert myself in the culture. Many of the encounter were full of sake, beer, wine and vodka. I started to collect the bottles I consumed. The result, was an installation of more than 70 glass bottles from varied beverages and moulded by heat, hung in a 50 meter clothesline, by hangers. This work won the first prize in the Grand Prix Joshibi Exhibition.
70 discarded glass bottles, moulded by heat, hung in clothing line.
Grand Prix Joshibi Style Exhibition, Bankart, Yokohama, Japan, 2009.
re-Cycle was the graduation project for my masters course in Japan. In this work, I was able to apply all the learnt techniques using my research's material, glass. Processes like glassblowing, casting, fusing, mirror and locksmith.
re-Cycle symbolises life cycle, adapted to the technologies of present time. Since birth, in captivity, to growing and the construction of cities through reused waste.
Discourses about impermanence, fragility and the personal processes .Glass, a dichotomic material , at the same time accommodates us inside and lets us go through. Our eyes dances in its materiality. It's liquidity solidifies.
Installation of iron bird cages with blown and mirrored glass, glass strings and cast glass maquetes.
Presented in Promo Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2009.
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Landscapes that come
And go
That make the eye dance
Like transparent memories
Zoom In
Zoom out
Moves
Swings
3 swings, 3 landscapes: Mountains, Tree and Castle. Cast glass and steel wire.
Caliandras are a typical cerrado
bioma's flower.
A species characterized by
its long stamen.
The production technique is lampworking,
using a high temperature burner
to fuse and mould
the borosilicate glass.
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.
