NO SELF [2022]
CABANAMAD [Lisbon, Portugal]
Curated by Antonio Lettieri
Ana Velez | Joana Gomes | Maria Sassetti
Photos courtesy CABANAmad and the artist
In No Self, Atelier Contencioso curated by Antonio Lettieri, proposes an investigation into the Ego, consciousness and the absence of the Self. In a society centered on image explotation, where constant comparison with what is projected on social networks inhibits and conditions the construction of identity, we suggest a visit to the ancestral home. In this mirror-place populated by shadows or projections of the self, a place of imitation and vestigial space, we discover a garden of daffodils which, flagrantly, is contemplated in a reflection. In contrast, we are faced with the house that burns or is dismantled, once a labyrinth of life, now with life on hold.
Atelier Contencioso & Antonio Lettieri