Longing:
Beach, Cars
& Dresses
Beach, Cars
& Dresses
Workshop Artistic Expression
University Aveiro
2017
Concept
Longing: Beach, Cars and Dresses. The instant that was and never will be. The presence of absence. The flame of memories. In it is deposited the imaginary by discovering lost moments. The drawing is the instrument that recalls and touches on the details of those moments, kept in the instant of their fixation. Reliving the longing that sleeps in each of us: the longing for ourselves.
Base
8 Colored pencil drawings as reproduction of photographs taken during my childhood when I lived in Portugal until my emigration to Germany at the age of 8.
Content
Paper and colored pencils, usually used in children's drawings, represents the childhood memories.
The selection of photographs followed the criteria of having cars (or parts of it) in the image. Once I noticed the immense photos my mom took from me out in front of cars, which reminded me of our family-roadtrips: the sound of the engine, landscapes passing by, the smell of bombs gasoline, the sound of rain and of the motor that lulled me to sleep.
DRM: Concept; Illustration
Conducted by Prof. Graça Magalhães
Exhibited 08–18.07.2017, Aveiro Museum (Museu de Aveiro)
Base
Drawings 1-8
Exhibition
