with the future behind us — Maíra das Neves

Maíra das Neves

selected works

With the Future Behind Us
2017
33 watercolors and risograph prints on paper (cellulose and cotton mix)
42 x 30 cm each
displayed on a flying carpet made with airplane blankets
430 cm diameter

below:
installation for the talk
within Estação de Trabalho Lastro, 2017
at Oficinas Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil

On the flying carpet, a series of 11 images repeats three times. I stand at the first image, and ask the audience to also find the same image to stand in front of it. The talk begins, and it unfolds as I move to following image, the whole group moves as well. In a circle, where the images repeat but are never the same, we discuss going round and round, how the concept of time is a construction, how it varies in other cultures, with a special focus on Amerindian languages.

Illustrations developed as visual cues for the talk "With the Future Behind Us: locating tools for a decolonized city", presented within the International Summer School: Explore – Share – Perform: Arts & Science in Urban Context at the garden of RUB University, Bochum, Germany

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