25/07/2023
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Hi guys, Samantha here ❤️
This post refers to my weaving work that is currently in exhibition at the back of the shop.
I am a weaver, visual artist and poet and I have some of my recent work available available here. For those who don’t know, weaving is an ancient craft. It is one of the primary methods of textile production and it involves interlinking a set of vertical threads with a set of horizontal threads.
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This exhibition shows a set of drawings and weavings produced in the years 2022 and 2023 in my studio in São Paulo, Brazil.
It is called
“ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴄᴏꜱᴍɪᴄ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴜʀʙ”
The main expression in these pieces is the silent process, which permeates my relationship with life.
Here are a few thoughts on my work:
“ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ:
ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴛᴏ ᴇᴍʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴄᴏʀᴘᴏʀᴀᴛᴇ
ᴀ ᴠᴀꜱᴇ, ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇʀ, ᴀ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇʀ
ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ, ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ
Qᴜɪᴇᴛᴜᴅᴇ
ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀʙʀɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ
ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱɪɴɢꜱ
ᴍᴀʀᴋꜱ
ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ʙᴏᴅʏ
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ᴍʏ ᴡᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴄ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ꜱᴋɪɴ ᴄᴇʟʟꜱ ɪɴ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴋɪɴ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪ ʟɪᴠᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ᴏɴ ɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴀʏ (ɪɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ). ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴀ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ. ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɪɴʜᴀʙɪᴛ ᴡᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ, ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ɪɴʜᴀʙɪᴛꜱ ᴍᴇ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴛɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ꜱɪɢʜᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴛʜ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴛɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ. ᴍʏ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴜʀᴀ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪɴʜᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴍ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪᴅᴇʀ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴀɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴇʙ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ. ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴠɪꜱɪʙʟᴇ, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴜꜱ.”
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