Desejo

Laura Lima presents Desejo, a work in which the artist offers the observation of her drawings to the space. The task is made by an astronaut on a space base orbiting the earth. The public, who is on earth, can witness the work intermediated by technology, the piece takes the form of an experimental articulation intercrossed with expanded times and spaces, since the images are transposed beyond the planet earth and come into contact with other galaxies, on an interplanetary artistic mission.

It is common in space stations to have cameras transmiting, in real time, the routine of these space travelers to websites of big companies that explore space, such as the north american Nasa, through the NASA ISS Live Stream - Earth From Space page:

Those cameras, therefore, would be our eyes, from the earth, and could witness and transmit the event remotely, where the sharing of 37 drawings, created in black ink on A4 paper, sent via web to the spacecraft, printed (or showed on a screen) by the astronauts and with my instructions are displayed for the void of the space stratosphere, which would observe such symbols, unknown untill then, without the presence of an audience.

below I leave some references of other works that dialogue with the proposal:

Brazilian artist, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Living beings and architecture are some of the integral elements of Laura Lima's work, which includes in her craft as an artist the vital praxis of the time of experience and philosophical making, ranging means - from hand embroidery to activist organizations and open calls - , and using technical tools that expose a powerful contrast to your visual references. Transforming the space into a wide kinetic installation, in which the experience of the viewer within the built environment is central to the meaning of the work, is an example of a presentation created by Laura. From moving beings and daily signs, the work developed by the artist can be apprehended when in relation to a sui generis glossary created by the author. The use of living matters provokes tensions and changes, her installations often check and question the juxtaposition of solid or empty bodies that deliberate disturbances and dystopias. Games of scale and balance between the behavior of the landscape, objects, people, animals and other living things are significant exercises in the artist's repertoire, which deals with sculpture as an apparatus of care for the volumes of life in its multiple layers. In Laura´s works, body is not performance, it is equivalent to architecture, landscape, experience and becomes an image. Man = flesh / Woman = flesh is a crossed territory. Going deeper into the whole of Laura Lima's works is to notice the hybrid body and the weaving of rope, thread, coal and life. Work is desire and fear of seeing the obscure side of life.

In 2020, she participated in the exhibition “Brasil! Focus on Contemporary Brazilian Art”, at the Museo Ettore Fico, in Turin, Italy, and at the Sorocaba Triennial, São Paulo, Brazil. In 2019, she made the solo show “Balé Literal” at A Gentil Carioca, chosen as the 3rd Best Solo Exhibition in a gallery by the SeLecT Magazine, was present at the 14th Sharjah Biennial and in the Residency Program at Art Dubai Fair, both in the United Arab Emirates. She also performed the solo show "I hope this finds you well" at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York, and participated of the collective show "O que não é floresta é prisão política", at the Ocupação 9 de julho do Movimento dos Sem Teto do Centro (Occupation 9 de Julho Avenue - Movement of the Homeless), in São Paulo. She participated in numerous solo and collective exhibitions throughout her professional trajectory, among which, in 2018, she held the solo “Wrong Drawings”, at the Goodman Gallery, in South Africa, “Alfaiataria” at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and “Cavalo Come Rei” at Fondazione Prada, Milan. In the same year, she joined the collectives “Divided We Stand” at the Busan Biennale, South Korea, “Lugares do Delírio” at SESC Pompéia, São Paulo and “Forecast/Living Matter” in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.

Laura Lima`s works are part of the collection of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte; Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho; Itaú Cultural, São Paulo; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland; Bonniers Konsthall, Sweden.