Playlist #57 – Sara Graça Posted in: Playlist
Nuvens de Chão, 2021
Nuvens de chão junta imagens de 2020, em momentos de isolamento no verão, a imagens captadas na semana passada, numa montagem a estrear nesta edição da Playlist.
Duas plantas que partilham a mesma cor, mas que de resto são diferentes, acidentalmente plantadas frente a frente. Ou que partilham a mesma silhueta em escalas variadas, ambas finas e bicudas. Sara vê-se incapaz de escolher entre umas ou outras e pede ajuda a Mary-the-Super-Scientist. Mesmo quando esta sua amiga tenta encontrar a função lógica das coisas, Sara e o seu problema difícil de resolver acabam por dar agência a uma bolha que navega entre estados da água, e por desespero, a uma gata de estimação. O problema persiste.
BIO
Sara Graça (1993, Lisboa) é artista interdisciplinar e desenvolve a sua prática de forma tanto individual como colaborativa. Licenciou-se na Faculdade de Belas Artes do Porto e passou pelo mestrado na Goldsmiths College, em Londres. Tem vindo a expor em espaços como o Sismógrafo, Madragoa, Galeria Quadrado Azul ou Culturgest e a trabalhar frequentemente com músicxs. Recentemente, trabalhou em colaboração com Maria Reis em espectáculos no Teatro do Bairro Alto ou na Fundação Gulbenkian, e com outros projectos como Gala Drop, Jejuno, Luar Domatrix e Toda Matéria (grupo perfomativo do qual faz parte). Neste momento, vive e trabalha em Lisboa onde mantém uma prática fluida em contextos principalmente auto organizados.
Q&A
O mundo vai acabar e só podes salvar uma obra de arte. Qual seria?
Pensei logo nas plantas comestíveis que a Carla Filipe instalou em São Paulo, respondendo numa perspectiva mais prática, tipo survival kit.
No entanto, esta pergunta é ZERO PRÁTICA..
Também me ocorreu responder “Esses lindos olhos, claro”, hehe.
Mais.. Sei que não conta porque não é uma obra de arte, mas.. também pensei naquela frase da Agnes Martin “When a beautiful rose dies, beauty does not die”. Essa frase vem-me muito à cabeça, principalmente em momentos de separação ou frustração, de certeza que no fim do mundo também viria à minha mais-não-existente-cabeça (??).
Depois lembrei-me das pinturas da Florine Stettheimer, são lindas. Há aquela chamada “The Cathedrals of Art” que representa uma visão do mundo artístico seu contemporâneo (1942), naquele caso Nova Iorque, Modern Art. A visão da Stettheimer dessa construção, “o mundo das obras de arte”, é muito circense, silly, fictícia ao mesmo tempo. Na verdade, a expressão “obra de arte” faz-me sempre confusão, e sinto que essa pintura partilha um pouco dessa confusão.
Antes do mundo acabar, podem ouvir esta música que estou agora a ouvir: Keep on Doing What You Do / Jerks on the Loose, das The Roches. E salvem-se!
Keep on Doing What You Do / Jerks on the Loose
The Roches
[Verse 1]
Nobody ‘round here knows what happened to you
No one will ask you to explain
You have your arm around a drastic measure
All of your efforts down the drain
[Verse 2]
There might be something here you could get into
Or just be quiet by yourself
Ooh
Stare at the stuff up on the shelf
[Chorus]
You work too hard
To take this abuse
Be on your guard
Jerks on the loose
[Bridge]
Look who did it to you
Joker over there with nothing to do
Don’t let ‘em get through
Hey, who did it to you?
Joker over there with nothing to do
Don’t let ‘em get through
Keep on doing what you do
[Verse 3]
Why don’t you listen to my little pep talk
Instead of what that person said?
And now I’m gonna open up the window
And you will come in off that ledge
[Chorus]
You work too hard
To take this abuse
Be on your guard
Jerks on the loose
Jerks on the loose
Jerks on the loose
Qual foi o último site/página sobre arte que visitaste?
O que é que achas que as pessoas tendem a perceber mal, relativamente ao teu trabalho?
Em relação aos vídeos, particularmente, que os fiz no After Effects!
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Nuvens de Chão, 2021
Nuvens de Chão (Ground Clouds) joins together images from 2020, documenting moments of isolation in the summer, with images captured last week, in a montage set to debut in this edition of Playlist.
Two plants that share the same color but are otherwise different, accidentally planted face to face. Or that they share the same silhouette at different scales, both thin and pointed. Sara finds herself unable to choose between one or the other and asks Mary-the-Super-Scientist for help. Even when this friend of hers tries to find the logical function of things, Sara and her difficult problem to solve end up giving agency to a bubble that navigates between states of water, and out of desperation, to a pet cat. The problem persists.
BIO
Sara Graça (1993, Lisbon) is an interdisciplinary artist and develops her practice both individually and collaboratively. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto and attended an MFA program at Goldsmiths College, London. She has been exhibiting in spaces such as Sismógrafo, Madragoa, Galeria Quadrado Azul or Culturgest, and frequently works with musicians. She recently collaborated with Maria Reis in shows at Teatro do Bairro Alto or the Gulbenkian Foundation, and also with other projects such as Gala Drop, Jejuno, Luar Domatrix and Toda Matéria (perfomative group she is part of). At the moment, she lives and works in Lisbon where she maintains a fluid practice in mainly self-organized contexts.
Q&A
The world will end and you can only save one work of art. Which would it be?
I immediately thought of the edible plants that Carla Filipe installed in São Paulo, responding from a more practical perspective, like a survival kit.
However, this question is ZERO PRACTICE..
It also occurred to me to answer “These beautiful eyes, of course”, hehe.
More… I know it doesn’t count because it’s not a work of art, but… I also thought about that phrase by Agnes Martin “When a beautiful rose dies, beauty does not die”. This phrase comes to my mind a lot, especially in moments of separation or frustration, for sure that at the end of the world it would also come to my no-longer-existent-head (??).
Then I remembered the paintings by Florine Stettheimer, they are beautiful. There is one called “The Cathedrals of Art” which represents a vision of her contemporary artistic world (1942), in that case New York, Modern Art. Stettheimer’s vision of this construction, “the world of works of art”, is very circus, silly, fictional at the same time. In fact, the expression “work of art” always makes me confused, and I feel that this painting shares some of that confusion.
Before the world ends, you can listen to this song I’m listening to now: Keep on Doing What You Do / Jerks on the Loose, by The Roches. And save yourselves!
Keep on Doing What You Do / Jerks on the Loose
The Roches
[Verse 1]
Nobody ‘round here knows what happened to you
No one will ask you to explain
You have your arm around a drastic measure
All of your efforts down the drain
[Verse 2]
There might be something here you could get into
Or just be quiet by yourself
Ooh
Stare at the stuff up on the shelf
[Chorus]
You work too hard
To take this abuse
Be on your guard
Jerks on the loose
[Bridge]
Look who did it to you
Joker over there with nothing to do
Don’t let ‘em get through
Hey, who did it to you?
Joker over there with nothing to do
Don’t let ‘em get through
Keep on doing what you do
[Verse 3]
Why don’t you listen to my little pep talk
Instead of what that person said?
And now I’m gonna open up the window
And you will come in off that ledge
[Chorus]
You work too hard
To take this abuse
Be on your guard
Jerks on the loose
Jerks on the loose
Jerks on the loose
What was the last site/page about art you visited?
What do you think people tend to misunderstand about your work?
Relating to the videos, in particular, that I made them with After Effects!