Pérolas (Pearls)
sculpture / performance, 2013 - 2014
A series of objects and actions involving pearls.
First came “Pérola Passivo-Agressiva”. In collaboration with Dylan Wahl. A pearl, an oyster shell and fishing line. Exhibited at the Kresge Art Center, Michigan, from August 26 to September 13, 2013.
Suspended by a fine line, a pearl hovers inches above its shell. Almost where it is supposed to be. But not quite.
PÉROLA NO ANZOL, pearl, fishing hook, sinkers and fishing line. Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art, 2014.
PÉROLA NO GRAMPO, pearl and wooden clothespin. Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art, 2014.
“Pearl on hook” and “Pearl on pin” followed, displayed at the Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art as part of the “KielWahl” show, 2014.
“Pérola no céu” (Pearl in the sky), with Kethlen Kohl and Marcos Alexandre, is the last in the series. A performance presented during the occupation of an abandoned cultural complex in Joinville, Brazil, in 2014. Three pearls, glued to a fine polymer thread and tied to translucent helium balloons, were released onto the sky.
Installation of documentation at Visa Gallery at Brock University, Vai e vem / Back and Forth, 2016. St.Catherines, Canada.