ARTIST'S BOOK
"Who doesn't have a friend, but has a book, has a road"
Carolina Maria de Jesus
WHEN YOU PLANT THE LANDSCAPE
"When you plant the landscape"
Artist's Book
Mixed media
14x50 cm 5 pp
Single object
In the book “When you plant the landscape”, the guiding principle is the search for the backyard of my house, for my roots, but always remembering that the trips we take leave traces. This book is made in handmade binding, ink drawing, gouache, graffiti and collage of photograms made with objects from Vale Vêneto in Rio Grande do Sul. In its pages are poetry:
"I tried to plant Vale Veneto in the backyard of my house
I tried to take shelter in your mountains,
From there he brought stones, hydrangeas,
even a hummingbird nest
I swear I didn't see the eggs."
FROM THE BACKGROUND FROM THE DRAWER
“From the background from the drawer”
Artist's Book
mixed media
21x15 cm
40 pp
Single object.
The book “From the background from the drawer” talks about my relationship with my son and with motherhood itself. This book is made with intervention in publishing, ink drawing, gouache, ecoline, collage and graffiti. These overlays that develop into a poetry publication with parts covered by paint and collage, and parts that are highlighted.
The words that escape trace a narrative throughout the book. And they show the relationships with motherhood and the anguish that comes from this confrontation.
BOOKS IN PROCESS
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
"I don't even remember the flowers you gave me
they withered
Now part of a remote past
Turning the page the story continues."
The time of solitude
I invent a landscape to soothe my memories
But it will always be those landscapes
with mountains and valleys that never belonged to me
I'm back in my house's backyard
and from here I can't leave
“Whoever makes a book invents a place”.
Walter Caldas
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