There are other questions that arise about the narratives and the meaning that is read in such materials and their forms, and how they can be changed as a material is recycled, reused or with new functions, as an art object. We react to the implicit knowledge of pure material; such as iron and its use for nails or shackles, wood as material for boats, for protection or burning, rope as material to capture and tie fish or animals or to restrict people. Of course, context is always the issue, the way in which each is presented as part of an installation of objects, shapes and materials that reconstruct narratives and allusions in the public's mind. Therefore, as an artist, I write the meaning on objects, gathering elements to direct the viewer to a set of ideas. It is not a matter of convincing someone of something, but of creating constructions and suspensions that have a psychological / aesthetic / narrative 'tension' in their form, present in the materials. These elements can be orchestrated to encourage levels of awareness resulting from the experience of the viewer's work. My reference to tension, space, laws of physics is linked to the narratives of "pure" materials, such as iron, rope and wood, and seems to have a particular Portuguese sensibility. I try to look at these historical, colonial, philosophical and cultural aspects in the position of an artist. My identity as black and Brazilian offers a unique perspective to make works of art that question history, colonialism, race, gender and geography that through objects and images I have been creating and, moreover, having as a heritage in Brazilian art and culture, the I encourage a new approach.
