Project: The valley
Category: Visual arts, performance
Period: October 2008
Event: Artist Residency
From the first intentions and desires – to light the Nodar valley – two huge tasks determined the project. The first, to dig a hole on the ground. The second, to reflect the sunlight down to the valley. The digging of the hole was a daily work routine. Its dimension (in area and depth) is related with the valley and with the village inhabitants. The hole will embody the scale of the Nodar valley.
The light reflection towards the valley will be accomplished with mirrors to be placed on the top of the mountain. The reflection will occur in a specific point (the highest point as seen from the bottom) and on a particular time.
The audience will be invited to stand around the hole and/or inside it. During the performance, I will be throwing the light flashes towards the hole.
Andrea Brandão| Portugal
Andrea Brandão is a Portuguese visual artist born in Vila Nova de Gaia and living in Lisbon. Holding a B.A. in industrial design, she later studied fine arts at Ar.co (Arts and Visual Communication Center). As complementary activities she has been participating in several workshops of theatre, video, performance, dance and voice, directed by Laurent Simões, Sofia Neuparth and João Fiadeiro. It is worth mentioning her participation as performer in the dance piece “Trio Multiplicado” directed by the choreographer Tiago Guedes and in the performance/ installation “sexyMF” of Ana Borralho and João Galante.
Andrea has presented her visual / installation / performance pieces in other several collective exhibitions and screenings, both in Portugal and Austria.
Project: The valley
Category: Visual arts, performance
Period: October 2008
Event: Artist Residency
From the first intentions and desires – to light the Nodar valley – two huge tasks determined the project. The first, to dig a hole on the ground. The second, to reflect the sunlight down to the valley. The digging of the hole was a daily work routine. Its dimension (in area and depth) is related with the valley and with the village inhabitants. The hole will embody the scale of the Nodar valley.
The light reflection towards the valley will be accomplished with mirrors to be placed on the top of the mountain. The reflection will occur in a specific point (the highest point as seen from the bottom) and on a particular time.
The audience will be invited to stand around the hole and/or inside it. During the performance, I will be throwing the light flashes towards the hole.
Andrea Brandão| Portugal
Andrea Brandão is a Portuguese visual artist born in Vila Nova de Gaia and living in Lisbon. Holding a B.A. in industrial design, she later studied fine arts at Ar.co (Arts and Visual Communication Center). As complementary activities she has been participating in several workshops of theatre, video, performance, dance and voice, directed by Laurent Simões, Sofia Neuparth and João Fiadeiro. It is worth mentioning her participation as performer in the dance piece “Trio Multiplicado” directed by the choreographer Tiago Guedes and in the performance/ installation “sexyMF” of Ana Borralho and João Galante.
Andrea has presented her visual / installation / performance pieces in other several collective exhibitions and screenings, both in Portugal and Austria.
