Relational Topographic Survey is a graphic representation of what I have perceived as situations in which my consent was given against my best interest, as consequence of external factors.
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In 2008 I started an image blog, attempting to a) give my folks there in Brazil a clue of what I do here and b) bring to the foreground the scattered by-products of my work – elements only I knew had a life and, as such, right to a narrative (however discontinued that may be.)
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This book has started in Florence, 1966, as the waters rose and receded. At the same time it has also started in New York City, 2002, during a class called Historical Structures. Its pages moved back and forth for years until they literally acquired a shape, something like a hump that runs slant from head to tail.
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As a bookbinder, I produce boxes to house the books I produce.
As an artist, I’ve been investigating situations
where two sides of the same perspective
can be contrasted within form.
As an immigrant, I’ve been constantly (…)
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A short story in text messages, Bare Abyss embodies an instance of the human capacity to seek company and the inability to endure it.
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