POÇO
Igreja do Espirito Santo,Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Poço (Well) is a performance that derives from the desire to reflect upon the process of art-making. I filled up six bowls with water and placed the following objects inside of them:
- Apron
- Cloth
- Peach
- Knife
- Small Red Spool and Scissors
My two friends, Teresa and Lara, read simualtaneously passages of the notebooks I’ve been writing in for the past 4 years. They contained reflections towards my own practice, ideas that emerged, small poems and thoughts. While they read, I would perform small tasks with the objects inside the bowls such as drinking, dressing up, washing their faces and eating. These actions established a connection with the texts and were performed as a response to them.I intended to create an image of the inside of one’s own mind by separating body and mind from each other, allowing thoughts to be heard through the voices of Teresa and Lara.
- Apron
- Cloth
- Peach
- Knife
- Small Red Spool and Scissors
My two friends, Teresa and Lara, read simualtaneously passages of the notebooks I’ve been writing in for the past 4 years. They contained reflections towards my own practice, ideas that emerged, small poems and thoughts. While they read, I would perform small tasks with the objects inside the bowls such as drinking, dressing up, washing their faces and eating. These actions established a connection with the texts and were performed as a response to them.I intended to create an image of the inside of one’s own mind by separating body and mind from each other, allowing thoughts to be heard through the voices of Teresa and Lara.
PH:Teresa Navarro and Annie