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Drift is a concept developed by French philosopher and political activist Guy Debord, which gained prominence in the 1950s as a revolutionary strategy in the situationist movement. Drift has also found application in the visual arts, particularly in contemporary art, where artists seek to break with established norms and create new forms of interaction with the public. A notable example of the application of drift in the visual arts is the Fluxus movement, which emerged in the 1960s.

From observing the city and its visual configuration regarding urban public lighting furniture, I detected something that always bothers me aesthetically in more urbanized cities: the complete disorder in this type of equipment, especially with regard to the wires that make up the electrical network, telephony, data, TV cabling, etc. In any case, this chaos made me reflect on it aesthetically and sublimate it, giving me the foundations I needed to purge my anger at the poorly finished appearance of the city's electrical poles and installations.

So, using engraving from linoleum, I produced this series called “Descaminhos”, where I made a black and white version, and another version in colors. In them, the silhouette of the posts and wires are transformed into visual elements that, through the cutting of the gouge in the rubber, become information about a static moment of chaos that, captured by color and printing, manage to change into an aesthetic opportunity. which transforms them into something inviting to look at. Hope you like it.

I made them both in Black & White and using the three basic colors. Each engraving is 42x30cm, on 90g rice paper, printed with oil-based ink on a vertical press, signed and numbered.

And they are available for purchase ;)

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