Bianca Dacosta
Born in Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Bianca Dacosta explores the notions of "memory of places" and "natural resources" from a political, post-colonial, and anti-extractivist perspective. In her installations, paintings, films, or photographs based on the memory of landscapes and the humans who inhabit them, Bianca Dacosta seeks out confluences, meeting points, and ruptures.
Ceramic, beeswax, rope
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As we all know, the earth and its roots don't give fruit. And yet, we sometimes see a few growing, suspended in the air. With Frutos de Mandioca and Frutos da Terra, we discover a sort of life-size agroforestry garden, where hand-made objects have germinated and matured like fruit, combining natural ingredients and materials according to secret recipes handed down for generations. Through a play of translucent transparencies and burnished color gradations, these "fruits" question our knowledge of materials, our abilit.
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dimensions variable
Cassava, bioplastic, rope
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As we all know, the earth and its roots don't give fruit. And yet, we sometimes see a few growing, suspended in the air. With Frutos de Mandioca and Frutos da Terra, we discover a sort of life-size agroforestry garden, where hand-made objects have germinated and matured like fruit, combining natural ingredients and materials according to secret recipes handed down for generations. Through a play of translucent transparencies and burnished color gradations, these "fruits" question our knowledge of materials, our ability to shape, and the imaginaries we can still cultivate in our contra-colonial mental garden.
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dimensions variable
Her work, fueled by historical, scientific, and experimental research, invites navigation between images of threatened nature in the Anthropocene era, fanciful representations of colonized Brazilian lands, and organic forms that create new spaces for projecting a world that is still possible to dream of, opposing all forms of domination and sketching a reconciliation of humanity with its environment.