Traverse beneath a falling sky 2 – Edition 1/4
Mini installation. The assembly constitutes a performance.
Traverse beneath a falling sky 5
Assemblage
Artist Statement
The nature does not belong to us; we are part of it.”
“Traverse under a falling sky” is a visual manifesto that echoes the alert of Yanomami chief Davi Kopenawa, leader and representative of an indigenous people from Brazil, about the crisis humanity faces. Inspired by the work “The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman”, transcribed by French anthropologist Bruce Albert, this artwork establishes a powerful dialogue between two cultures. Together we strengthen each other. Just like the friendship and collaboration between Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert resulted in the work that inspires “Traverse under a falling sky”, as artists from M.A.L.A, we were invited to present our work in France alongside local artists, we establish a collaboration pact between both countries, contributing to the strengthening of the alliance between them.
Instructions for Set Up
Traverse beneath a falling sky 2 Instructions
Traverse beneath a falling sky 5 Instructions
H2O
Cover: laser print-on-paper photograph collages of embroidered text on cotton canvas painted with acrylic paint, glued on wood panels and attached to the body of the book by a polyester ribbon and embroidered beads.
Contents: laser print-on-paper photograph collages of embroidered text on cotton canvas painted with acrylic paint.
Materials: wood panel, cotton canvas, acrylic industrial paint, Hammermill Copy Plus paper, neutral pH adhesive (Lineco), acrylic gel, beads, 100% polyester ribbon.
Technique: mixed media, collage, embroidery, accordion bookbinding.
Make your own installation
- Collect a stone near your home with an approximate diameter of 3 inches.
- Wash it thoroughly. Dry and then paint it with industrial red acrylic paint. Let it dry.
- Take a clean transparent plastic bottle (volume approx. 33.8 FL OZ / 1L) and fill it with mineral water up to 75% of its capacity.
- Attach the red-painted stone to the bottle cap with double-sided adhesive tape. Cap the bottle.
- Place the artist book H2O in front of the bottle. There is no right position. Choose the one you like the most.
Artist Statement
The artist book H2O, built in an accordion bookbinding format, contains 8 pages of cotton canvas primed and painted white with acrylic paint. Laser print-on-paper
photographs of the embroidered text below are glued onto the canvas pages of the book:
“Water pollution is responsible for over a million deaths annually. About 1 to 4 people globally lacks access to safe drinking water. Approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers. Water is the blood of Earth. The human body can be up to 75% water. We are water.”
The book is tied down with a ribbon.