bouquet, 2021wire, doll’s eye and clay 16 x 24 x 8 cm “Bouquet” is a small piece for the floor. As a kind of exagerated Santa Luzia, the work puts together a handful of flowers with a lot of eyes that can cause some panic for those who have tripophobia. The bouquet is tied with […]
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
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 […]