Mapping Territories: Spatial Interventions and Narratives for ANGST Basel at May 2026
At the end of 2025, I completed an artist residency at the Museu Bispo do Rosário de Arte Contemporânea in Rio de Janeiro, where I developed the series Palimpsesto. The body of work consists of three site-specific installations, a banner, photography, and video performance, with the installation presented here serving as the project’s starting point.
The core premise of Palimpsesto was to create interventions that referenced the past of the Colônia Juliano Moreira neighborhood, aiming to rewrite the past over the layers of the present. The work materialized in the construction of a bus stop for a line that no longer circulates in the area. The structure, featuring a minimalist aesthetic, is based on a primary system of two “X” shapes, designed to optimize resource usage.
All materials were salvaged from disposal sites and scrap yards. Due to the unpredictability of material availability and quantity, I developed a design that required fewer resources than conventional public equipment. The execution process spanned three months and was carried out entirely independently, covering everything from theoretical and logistical conception to the cutting of parts, assembly, and final on-site installation.
Traffic, bus, concentration Textile series, 2025Acrylic on plain wood 0.2×0.25 / 0.2×0.3m Traffic, bus, concentration Textile series, 2025Acrylic on plain wood 0.2×0.25 / 0.2×0.3m
Cut Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.0×0.3m Cut Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.0×0.3m
Tides Textile series, 2024 Print on kraft 2.0×0.6m Tides Textile series, 2024 Print on kraft 2.0×0.6m
Tectonic no. 6 Tectonic series, 2024Acrylic on paper 0.42×0.21m Tectonic no. 6 Tectonic series, 2024Acrylic on paper 0.42×0.21m
Fundo Tras. Central Textile series, 2023Acrylic and paper on plain wood 1.32×0.6m Fundo Tras. Central Textile series, 2023Acrylic and paper on plain wood 1.32×0.6m
Ignition Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 0.56×0.38m Ignition Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 0.56×0.38m
Recombination era Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.2×0.4m Recombination era Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.2×0.4m
Textile no. 11 Textile series, 2025Acrylic on plastic 6.0×6.2m Textile no. 11 Textile series, 2025Acrylic on plastic 6.0×6.2m
Textile no. 7 Textile series, 2024Acrylic on plain wood by Osmar and Nelson Crisóstomo 1.2×0.38m Textile no. 7 Textile series, 2024Acrylic on plain wood by Osmar and Nelson Crisóstomo 1.2×0.38m
Textile no. 6 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 0.9×0.6m Textile no. 6 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 0.9×0.6m
Textile no. 5 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 0.9×0.9m Textile no. 5 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 0.9×0.9m
Textile no. 4 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.6×0,8m Textile no. 4 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.6×0,8m
Textile no. 3 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.2×0.8m Textile no. 3 Textile series, 2023Acrylic on plain wood 1.2×0.8m
Textile no. 2 Textile no. 2 is part of the series Textile, created earlier in 2023. private collection, Switzerland 1.4×0.36m Textile no. 2 Textile no. 2 is part of the series Textile, created earlier in 2023. private collection, Switzerland 1.4×0.36m
Textile no. 1 Textile series, 2023 Acrylic on wood 1.6x1m Textile no. 1 Textile series, 2023 Acrylic on wood 1.6x1m
Housing Backyard 2022Marker, watercolor on paper 1.68×1.18m Housing Backyard 2022Marker, watercolor on paper 1.68×1.18m