| In November/2004, together with other artists, I was invited by APAP - Association of the Plastic Artists of São Paulo, to create a work using as support a package of Polaroid film. Each artist could use the support at his will. The outcome of all of the works created by the artists resulted in an artistic exhibition called "Small Great Works" that is circulating for several cities of São Paulo and it is achieving great success among the critic and public. Thinking of the protective function of the packing, I thought I could recycle not only the material itself, but also its functionality creating an artistic object that could continue transmitting the original safeguard characteristics, even if just conceptually. Following my modus faciendi, I decided to use computer boards, as the ones that I usually use in my paintings, and to incorporate them into the work to criticize the form how we have been using the technology to explore the planet Earth, thinking we are totally integrated with the nature and disregarding the consequences of our actions. Following my modus operandi of provoking reflections in the spectator of my works, I believe to have created an object that, involving the image of the planet Earth, transmit a sense of protection and domain, opposed to a sense of adoration and respect (suggested by the title of the work - Oratory). The interpretation belongs to the spectator. Although it is up to the planet Earth the final verdict! September/2005 Walter Miranda Back to Philosophical Issues |
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