Stone Valley

Stone Valley is a project comprising photographs that have been taken between 2003 and 2010 in the area of Lower Engadine, a long valley in the eastern Swiss Alps. Surrounded by high mountains on all sides and famous for its landscape, the Lower Engadine is a place rich in cultural and natural history that is part of a carefully preserved and respected ecological system. It is a place of cultural and natural consistency that informs a sense of geo-cultural duration, cohesion and admiration which I explore in relation to my Swiss and Brazilian origins. The photographs are part of my personal archive and compose a metaphoric dialogue around social and cultural contrasts. The use of analogue photography provides a distinct relation to perceived subjects, echoing the ways in which memory is imprinted within the materiality of the photographs. By exposing one same frame many times to the light, I create a layering of light operating contrasts on out-of-date films. Each perspective is based on personal storage of scrutinized translation of light inputs condensed via neurological memory. The photographs are therefore my constructed perception of nature.

Inkjet prints, variable dimensions, 2003-2010. This work was exhibited in 2016 at The Embassy of Brazil in London ( January 26 – February 22) and Brussels (September 1-30), as curated by Sabin Bors.