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order to understand my process of making
art, I have to look backwards, to my childhood.
My passion for art began early on in life.
As a child I used to transform the remains
of consumer goods and foodstuff into toys.
For example, I learned how to change corncob
and a few sticks into a cow. I watched my
grandfather transforming tomato sauce tins
and small pieces of clothes into oil lamps.
The
act of transforming one thing in another
doesn’t mean art, but it is the first
step in developing an art object.
My
intention is to make art with consideration
to my personal background, the surrounding
environment, the material that I am working
with and my capacity to transform things.
I
strongly believe that the materials (a piece
of paper, wood, or a bicycle tyre) have
their own personality and history. Usually,
when I commence a work, I try to consider
the suggestions from the material. For example,
if I am working with a piece of wood, I
will try to find out traces and suggestions
given to me through the wood. When I’m
working with a concrete object, I start
to add colour, lines, forms and other objects
to create a new one; this new object is
also going to be filled with my personal
symbols: my imaginary code, my signature.
Through this, I am sure that the collective
memories,
the human symbols, are reflected in the
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Gobira's
interactive virtual exhibition
aims to discuss the prejudices
against Black and Indigenous
People, Women and Homosexuals
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When
I am working with a functional object, for example
a suitcase, I will consider the layout, the purpose
of the suitcase up until that moment, but I am not
interested in preserving that function. From this
moment on a new object starts. For instance the
surface may be painted in another colour, forms
or pictures may be added, and then the suitcase
is displaced from its original purpose. It is possible
to recognize its origin as a suitcase, but also
its transformation: It is not a suitcase anymore.
My
goal is to work as freely as possible with the material
I have. I like to look for a result that represents
my own personality, but also at the environment
were I am located. I am a multi-media artist concerned
with the social construction of art and its hierarchies,
the differentiation between low and high culture,
folk art and gallery art, identity, audience participation,
collaboration and democratic practice as opposed
to individualist approach.
Gobira
Born
in Bahia, Brazil
Lives
and works in London
EDUCATION
2003
–2004 MA in Art And Design in Education, Institute
of Education, University of London
2002
– 2003 Oil Painting, Hampstead School of Arts,
London
2001
– 2002 Sculpture, Hampstead School of Arts,
London
2000
MA Communication, Mackenzie University, Brazil
1995
– 1999 BA Communication and Arts, Mackenzie
University, Brazil
Areas
of specialization:
Art
installation and performance
Exhibitions
and Performances
2004
CU – Cosy Universe 2004 – 142 project
- London
2004
draw_drawing London Biennale – 32 Gallery
- London
2004
May 40 degrees – Cobden Club - London
2003
Quilombo Expontâneo – Installation and
Performance in St Cyprian church, Baker Street-
London
2002
Aqua – Solo Exhibition – Granollers,
Catalunya, Spain
2002
Royal Free Hospital – Collective Exhibition
2002
Hampstead School of arts Exhibition Show
2000
Interpoetry - Visual Poetry - Mackenzie University
- Brazil
Labyrinths
- Through Jorge Luis Borges Poetry –
Installation and Performance – SESI Theatre
– São Paulo - Brazil
1998
Life and Death Poems - Installation and Performance
- Cultural festival - Tiradentes
- Minas Gerais - Brazil
SESI
Theatre – São Paulo - Brazil
Mackenzie
University Theatre - Brazil
1997
Life and Death Poems - Installation and Performance
Pouso
Alegre Cultural Centre – Minas Gerais - Brazil
1995
Sub-urban - Performance - Hall Theatre and Tendal
da Lapa – São Paulo
1988
Waiting for Godot performance – Circo Amarelo
– São Paulo - Brazil
1986
Odd jobs Poems - Performance – Cultural Centre
– São Paulo - Brazil
1985
Odd jobs Poems - Performance – SESC
POMPÉIA
– Brazil
1984
Black, white and don’t forget the blue –
Performance – Reading project – various
parks and Cultural Centres - São Paulo –
Brazil
Artist
Workshops and talks
2004
Talk – Folia de Reis, Epiphany Festival –
Brackenbury Primary School - London
2003
Workshop Coordinator - Scrap kingdom Carnival of
Haringey - Red Gables Charity for young people -
1987
- 1989 Poetry Workshops – Santo Amaro Cultural
Centre and Jabaquara Cultural centre – São
Paulo
Poetry
Books
Odd
jobs Poems
1982
The head over the moon, the poetry on the street
Other
Activities
1990
– 2000 Folha de São Paulo Newspaper
– Cultural researcher and Manager in Opinion
Poll Research
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