In every edition of the Prize, the participating artists are invited to record exclusive video interviews, an opportunity for artists to voice their ideas, talk about their creative processes and careers. The video interviews are produced by Matrioska Filmes. This week, we released interviews with Chiara Banfi, Ícaro Lira, Julia Milward and Leticia Ramos.
Chiara Banfi
Chiara Banfi talks about her works that dialogue with music and sound. She says that many of her artworks are directly related to music, including “Sunburst” which refers to a technique used in the painting of musical instruments such as guitars, electric guitars and basses. In this work, Banfi presents a series of paintings on wood in large format, incorporating this technique.
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Ícaro Lira
Ícaro Lira talks about one of his works, in which he began to research Pereira Passos reform paralleling with urban reforms that the current mayor, Eduardo Paes, has made due to major events in Rio de Janeiro. The artist also talks about the greater freedom of action an artist has: “I think what interests me in working where I am now, the visual arts, field and file researchs, is a possibility of a wider action”.
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Julia Milward
Julia Milward tells that the images she captures are an idea, a projection of the artist in relation to a space: “I take pictures of things that I don’t really get to see. Because during that tiny little moment when I pressed the button, I decided that that would be my image, but I didn’t really see that moment”. She also talks about her working technique and the fact that each of her projects happens in a different way.
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Leticia Ramos
Leticia Ramos spent 6 months in Portugal in order to do some research on the Lisbon Earthquake that happened in 1975 and says that this event was a turning point change in the city. The artist explains that the work will be done mostly with analog photography, printing on silver paper and historical and alternative photography techniques.
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