The Thing, 2021Mannequin hand, steel, synchronous motor28 x 18 x 21 cm A mannequin’s hand has its fingers dismembered and then grafted back into the hand. Some of the fingers take on different movements – linear or rotational movement– so that the hand moves. Three low-revving continuous motion motors that can move to either side […]
no name, 2022 voil, thread, cable tray, stepper motor, arduino, sewing bobbinvariable dimensions installation view at Pivô Arte Pesquisa, São Pauloand “Vaudeville”, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisboa
The Kardashians, 2021Steel, latex and digital print 188 x 20 x 26 cm installation view: SUPER-NATURAL, at Olhão, São Paulo
A. And A again. auroras, São Paulo 31.07 – 02.10 2021 click here to access auroras’ website Paula Alzugaray – A casa e seu duplo (Select) The curtains open, there is an attempt to enunciate something that results only in a vibration, or even this imperative to speak makes it impossible to end a discussion. […]
curtain, 2021oil on canvas and velvet 24 x 18 cm [9.5 x 7 in] installation view “A. And A again.” at auroras, São Paulo
sinal, 2020-2021LED spotlight programmed with morse code, arduino and relayvariable dimensions installation view: “A. And A again.” at auroras, São Paulo (2021)installation view: Ed. Copan as part of “Ao Ar. Livre” (2020)
little theatre, 2021wood, steel, puppets, velvet, led light, vibration motor and arduino 60 x 163 x 58 cm Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo Collection A small puppet theater features three characters lit by a limelight and framed by velvet curtains. Perhaps animated by what Alain Badiou indicates as the “imperative of saying” in Beckett; these […]
house hair, 2021steel, resin, wax and hair132 x 36 x 36 cm shaped from a dollhouse, “house hair” is made of two identical parts in pigmented resin, that holds hair inside fixed with a beeswax plate. The organic part, detached from the body, becomes a reminder of death, or the passing time, as a “memento […]
fall, 2021HD video, colour, sound12’20’’ “Fall” is a video made with a 3D animation software where a body falls and simulates the impact with the ground. This dummy emulates the physical characteristics of a latex skin, referring to works developed from 2018 onwards that explored this materiality. Accompanying this excessively artificial video, the soundtrack is […]
discussion I (variation), 2021resin, fiberglass, electronic circuits, mini speakers, servo motor and arduinovariable dimensions The heads of “discussion I (variation)” repeat the same dialogue interpreted by the mannequins in the bedroom (in “discussion I”), but in random order. They are programmed with a database made by each sentence to create an endless and always unprecedented […]