MERGULHO
Mergulho feat Maurizio Mancioli
2023 - sÃO pAULO, bRASIL
vIDEO-pERFORMANCEThe artwork invites the viewer to reflect on the correlation between diving in water and diving into the unconscious, exploring the hidden layers of the human psyche and confronting one's own inner abysses.
In this video installation in the format of a long vertical strip, a woman and a man, dressed in the water element, slowly sink into the ocean waters until they disappear at the bottom.
The work invites the viewer to reflect on the correlation between diving in water and diving into the unconscious, exploring the hidden layers of the human psyche and confronting one's own inner abysses.
Water, a fundamental element for life, evokes the idea of returning to our primordial roots. The oceanic depths suggest a solitary journey of introspection, a desire to escape the chaotic and warlike contemporary world. The act of sinking into the water can be interpreted as a search for a world free from tension. The ocean, like a silent refuge, becomes a place where it seems possible to suspend time and calm the mind.
Asphyxiation or freedom? Peace or passivity? Deep or narrow? Fae or phobic? Ocean or unconscious? Water or sorrows? Lightness or hardness? The work is an invitation to confront the “monsters of the deep” themselves and to reflect on the correlation between diving in the waters - the origin of life - and the hidden layers of the human psyche.
This work was developed together with the visual artist and performer Maurizio Mancioli. Maurizio Mancioli is an Italo-Swiss visual artist based in São Paulo, Brazil. His works include photography, painting, drawing, video and performance. As a reflection of his own nature, his works examine states of isolation, memory, as well as reality and fiction.
This work was developed at Acquabox. Acquabox is both a design masterpiece and a therapeutic device by Maurizio Mancioli.
This work was commissioned for the First Brazilian Crypto Art Exhibition, initially held at CCBB RJ (Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro) and later at CCBB SP (Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil in São Paulo).
