RESEARCH | INSTALLATION

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TITLE: “LAPSOS”

YEAR: 2023 

MATERIAL USED: GLASS, OAK  GALL

TECHNIQUES: GLASS FUSION AND RECREATION OF MEDIEVAL RECIPES

DIMENSIONS: 30 x 30 x 0,4 cm

EXHIBITION:  "PRAXIS / DEIXIS" E "MEMÓRIAS DE PÓ" - MUSEU FBAUP, PORTO E MUSEU MUNICIPAL E ARQUIVO HISTÓRICO DE VALONGO

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“LAPSOS” BELONG TO A SERIES OF FAILED ATTEMPTS AT MIMETIC OBJECTS OF ORGANIC PROCESSES, RESULTING FROM THE RESEARCH PROJECT 'DO IT YOURSELF: TECHNOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF RECIPES,' CONDUCTED BY FBAUP AND VICARTE. IN IT, EMPIRICAL EXPERIMENTS WITH OBSOLETE RECIPES ARE COMPACTED, WHERE THE RANDOMNESS OF NATURE INTERSECTS WITH A PREDISPOSITION TO UNDERSTAND THE UNPREDICTABILITIES THAT COMPOSE IT. IT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL PIGMENTS, SUCH AS MATERIALS COLLECTED IN SITU, GROUNDED IN A THEORY OF MATERIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY, IN A PICTORIAL APPLICATION. THE PARADIGM IS BASED ON GATHERING AND COLLECTING AS PART OF A CONTINUOUS EXERCISE IN CONSOLIDATING A MATERIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, PRELIMINARY TO PLASTICITY AS A SOCIAL AGENT. TECHNOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL OBSOLESCENCE IS A PREMISE FOR READING THE ENVIRONMENT PRODUCED ON THE SHADOWS AND TRANSPARENCIES OF PRESENT FORMS, THROUGH WHICH RESIDUES OF ANTHROPOCENE INTENTIONS ARE EXPELLED, AND A SCENARIO IS CONSTRUCTED THAT GOES BEYOND THE ACT OR EFFECT OF SEEING FROM HUMAN PERCEPTION OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD. IT SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF NATURAL PROCESSES."