Silent Stories Of Interaction Hallwylska Museet, 2019
The Hallwyl collection holds fiftyone Chinese and Korean bronze mirrors on the second floor of the museum. In the catalogue “East Asian Small Bronzes” (“Östasiatiska Småbronser”), archived as group XLIX, one can find the description of these mirrors including a picture, dimension, thickness, reliefs, symbols, color, the place they were found, time they belonged to, where they were bought and the purchasing price. Yet, when it comes to meaning, one has to look for the evidence that the objects alone hold - for these mirrors are charged with spiritual connotations, hierarchy, history, and especially, the indication of a pioneer craftsmanship.
My work questions the way history is being preserved, and which information is captured for the future. I seek to acknowledge the powerful presence of what is hidden to the human eye, or in some cases, overlooked. If one were to admit that there is any tangible information inherent to these mirrors, it would be the evidence of its maker’s skills, the techniques used to elaborate them, and the material in itself that speaks about the territory they originally belonged to.
Eight of the collection’s mirrors (E1; E2; E3; E4; E5; E6; E7; E8) are accompanied in the catalogue by a cross-section drawing: a profile. Through this project consisting of three artworks, I embarked myself in a quest for meaning, diving into the negative space of these samplings, and exploring the Immaterial through a process of making. I worked with several techniques making reference to some of those used in ancient times in order to produce bronze mirrors. A few of them were new to me and others are part of my own practice.
My material exploration first focused on three main conceptual actions that would allow me to investigate the void surrounding these mirrors:
Revolution
The Billiards Room
Catalogues, a print, blown glass
Dimensions variable
Spin
The Porcelain Room
Meissen porcelain tea set box, bronze castings, opaline glass casting, velvet
520 x 550 x 460 mm
Extrusion
The Washing Room
Slumped and silver mirrored float glass
880 x 520 x 6mm
Photo: Ida Halling
Parallel Realities, 2018 - 2019
Ongoing project.
“When we focus on perceiving reality, we are automatically cancelling a part of it.”
Nordic Pulse (March), 2017
Video
Solo Exhibition "Space Morphology", Embassy of Guatemala in Sweden, Stockholm, 2017
Camera: Robel Temesgen
The Shape of Gravity, 2016
30cm in diameter x 10cm
Slumped and mirrored float glass, metal reel
Duo Exhibition "Peso", Belo Galsterer Gallery, Lisbon, 2017
Group Exhibition "Barrio das Artes", Museum of Science and Natural History, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
Photo: María Renée Morales Lam
Void, 2016
Dimensions Variable
Slumped float glass, hand-blown glass funnel, overhead projectors, sheer fabric, wire, borosilicate glass tubes
Duo Exhibition "Peso", Belo Galsterer Gallery, Lisbon, 2017
Solo Exhibition "Evidência Intangível de uma Ação Recíproca", Espaço Santa Catarina, Lisbon, Portugal
Photo: David Pereira
In-Visible Spectrum, 2016
225cm x 102cm x 95cm
Hand-blown glass funnel, steel tube, strap, sound system
Solo Exhibition "Space Morphology", Embassy of Guatemala in Sweden, Stockholm, 2017
Solo Exhibition "Evidência Intangível de uma Ação Recíproca", Espaço Santa Catarina, Lisbon, Portugal
European Glass Context, 2016, Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm, Denmark
Photo: David Pereira
Last photo: Pedro Palma (European Glass Context 2016)
Video: María Renée Morales Lam
Recording: Kristin Von Jarmersted
Seven, Visible Spectrum, 2016
95cm x 111cm x 35cm
Flame-worked borosilicate glass, limestone slab, metal frame
Solo Exhibition "Evidência Intangível de uma Ação Recíproca"
Espaço Santa Catarina
Lisbon, Portugal
Photo: David Pereira
Touch me, gentle, 2016
5cm in diameter x 100cm
Flame-worked borosilicate glass, water, wire, light
Solo Exhibition "Space Morphology", Embassy of Guatemala in Sweden, Stockholm, 2017
Solo Exhibition "Evidência Intangível de uma Ação Recíproca", Espaço Santa Catarina, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
Photo: David Pereira
Gravity Mirror, 2016
62cm in diameter
Slumped and mirror float glass, metal frame
Solo Exhibition "Evidência Intangível de uma Ação Recíproca", 2016, Espaço Santa Catarina, Lisbon, Portugal
European Glass Context, 2016, Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm, Denmark
Photo: David Pereira
8 Minutes, 2016
Video, 08:00 min.
Solo Exhibition "Transmuted Spectra", 2016, Glasbolaget i Bro, Bro, Sweden, 2016
“Photons travel for 8 minutes through space just to die in your eyes.” Professor Fernando Pina
Camera: Alejandro Bernal
Synesthetic Spectrum, 2015
Dimensions Variable
Flame-worked borosilicate glass, plaster, sound
Group Exhibition "1180º"
Camões Library
Lisbon, Portugal
Photo: Márcio Vilela
Frecuencia Etérea, 2014
600cm x 300cm x 150cm
Slumped float glass, wire, light
Solo Exhibition "Frecuencia Etérea", Library of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Permanent collection of the Library of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Photo: David Pereira
Diferencias Subversivas, 2014
Dimensions Variable
Hand-blown and sand-casted glass, concrete
Group Exhibition "Imargem", 2014, Imargem Gallery, Almada, Portugal
Group Exhibition "Jardim das Artes", 2015, Jardim das Amoreiras, Lisbon, Portugal
Photo: Renato Japi
Study of gravity - 2016
Glass, light
Heterotopia - Inicio, 2017
Text
Solo Exhibition "Space Morphology", Embassy of Guatemala in Sweden. Stockholm, 2017
Untitled, 2017
Dimensions Variable
Fabric, plaster, balloon, yarn
Solo Exhibition "Space Morphology", Embassy of Guatemala in Sweden, Stockholm, 2017
Missing A Couple Of... - 2014
Dimensions variable
Glass, wax, plaster, clay, plastic egg container
