Microterritories
\nCl\u00e1udio Souza<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_text_block animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ simplified_controls=”yes” custom_css_percentage=”no” padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ margin_vertical=”0″ custom_css=”margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;” border_size=”0″ border_styling_global=”default” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n
Curatorship: Isabel Villalba and Alexandra Ungern<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_divider type=”standard” text=”Go to top” top_margin=”0px” bottom_margin=”30px” fullwidth=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [\/spb_row] [spb_column col_sm=”4″ padding_horizontal=”0″ width=”1\/3″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ simplified_controls=”yes” custom_css_percentage=”no” padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ margin_vertical=”0″ custom_css=”margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;” border_size=”0″ border_styling_global=”default” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n
Opening: 02\/03 from 4pm to 8pm<\/strong> … So, in reality yours is a trip down memory lane!…It’s to get rid of a load of nostalgia that you’ve gone so far! (The Great Khan to Marco Polo). Invisible Cities: \u00cdtalo Calvino<\/em><\/p>\n What is this place in the Microterritories?<\/p>\n This question raised by the works of Cl\u00e1udio Souza allows us to rehearse some possible answers when observing the exhibition at Al\u00ea Espa\u00e7o de Arte. Tracing a quick and succinct journey into humanity’s past, some discoveries prove to be powerful, creating concepts about Cl\u00e1udio’s artistic research.<\/p>\n In his childhood, the artist’s micro-territory would be the small town in the interior of Bahia, where Cl\u00e1udio was born and lived until his adolescence. In that space, marking the floor with a drawing, the child acquires an identity and experiences that many years later would come to light in the form of artistic poetry. There is a fusion between memories of children’s games and current themes in the videos and photographs that the artist presents to us.<\/p>\n \u201cMicroterritories symbolize continuous cycles of invasion, occupation and appropriation\u201d C.S.<\/em><\/p>\n In this solo exhibition Claudio exposes some important contemporary debates: the undue demarcation of territories and invasions by miners, in the lands belonging to the original peoples and with this the threat of the extinction of their villages, lands and ethnicities. Wars and conflicts between countries that result in the seizure of territories by brute force, causing involuntary immigration and displacement, loss of life and extinction of cultures.<\/p>\n Since the times of great navigation, man has discovered, invaded and determined territories with the aim of appropriating and exploring the lands of the new world. Reports from navigators about these new continents reached the ears of the conquerors of the old world, which now became a reason for domination and power. Thus, instruments capable of assisting in the navigation of large caravels through unknown seas were necessary. The science of cartography developed thanks to Ptolemy (90-186 AD) and Mercator (1512-1594) who represented the world through drawings, thus creating the first maps that became increasingly accurate.<\/p>\n Curiosity and imagination awakened the desire for knowledge of new territories and with this the exploration of the planet in search of other worlds. When we refer to territory or micro-territories, the science of geography comes to our aid, which is of interest to contemporary researchers. These developed the concept of geographic imagination: “The sensitivity to the importance of place, space and landscape in the formation and conduct of social life (..) that allows individuals to recognize the function of space and place in their own life , in relation to the spaces he sees around him” (Johnston, Gregory & Smith, 2000).<\/p>\n Imagination as a privileged territory of art, combines with the rational in the construction of knowledge, alongside poetry and literature. Real and imaginary worlds are described by writers and poets. In the same way, using simple instruments found in nature such as a stick, pen or pencil, Cl\u00e1udio makes drawings, just like the first cartographers, aestheticizing his microterritories, over and over again. The geography and elements of the space worked change and the artist moves from one place to another exploring these new spaces and appropriating part of them for a few minutes. Condenses within each video or photographic image an imaginary that intensifies and strengthens with its sensitivity to current themes of ownership, occupation and appropriation of lands and countries, which crosses and questions its time.<\/p>\n Isabel Villalba e Alexandra Ungern<\/p>\n REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n Liliana L\u00f3pez Levi Perla Zusman [spb_row element_name=”Fotos Destaque” wrap_type=”full-width-stretch” row_bg_type=”color” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”standard” bg_video_loop=”yes” parallax_video_height=”window-height” row_top_style=”none” row_bottom_style=”none” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”yes” row_col_spacing=”0″ row_col_pos=”default” row_col_equal_heights=”no” row_expanding=”no” row_animation=”none” row_animation_delay=”0″ minimize_row=”no” simplified_controls=”yes” custom_css_percentage=”no” custom_css=”margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;” border_styling_global=”default” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_image image=”21290″ image_size=”full” frame=”noframe” caption_pos=”hover” remove_rounded=”yes” fullwidth=”no” overflow_mode=”none” link_target=”_self” lightbox=”no” intro_animation=”none” animation_delay=”200″ width=”1\/3″ el_position=”first”][\/spb_image] [spb_image image=”21288″ image_size=”full” frame=”noframe” caption_pos=”hover” remove_rounded=”yes” fullwidth=”no” overflow_mode=”none” link_target=”_self” lightbox=”no” intro_animation=”none” animation_delay=”200″ width=”1\/3″][\/spb_image] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alespacodearte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nExhibition period: 02\/03 to 03\/02\/2024<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [\/spb_column] [spb_column col_sm=”8″ padding_horizontal=”0″ width=”2\/3″ el_position=”last”] [spb_image image=”21286″ image_size=”full” frame=”noframe” caption_pos=”hover” remove_rounded=”yes” fullwidth=”no” overflow_mode=”none” link_target=”_self” lightbox=”no” intro_animation=”none” animation_delay=”200″ width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”][\/spb_image] [spb_blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ simplified_controls=”yes” custom_css_percentage=”no” padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ margin_vertical=”0″ custom_css=”margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;” border_size=”0″ border_styling_global=”default” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n
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\n<\/em>\u2026 I speak, I speak – says Marco, but whoever listens to me retains only the words he wants.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nMetropolitan Autonomous University. Xochimilco, MX<\/p>\n
\nCONICET – Institute of Geography, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina).<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_gallery gallery_id=”21295″ display_type=”slider” columns=”3″ fullwidth=”no” gutters=”yes” image_size=”thumbnail” slider_transition=”slide” show_thumbs=”yes” autoplay=”no” show_captions=”no” enable_lightbox=”yes” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [\/spb_column]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"