“Milagro”

Flávia Vieira

“Milagro” stretches the thread which unspools from this question, which is as legitimate to formulate as it is difficult to answer. Flávia Vieira is well aware of its historical dimension, especially in terms of dialogues between pre-Columbian cultures and the artistic practices that, over time, have drawn inspiration from these symbolic and material universes. She also realises that in the present day, beyond the revolutionary project of the

avant-garde – which projected a new humanity based on a new sensorial and technical arrangement of the world – the weft that tries to interweave reality is now unravelling and becoming frayed.

For all these reasons, Flávia Vieira is keen to present Miracle as an exploration – forging an open and contingent dialogue with the museum collection’s pre-Columbian artefacts. The thirty-three objects derive from the Inca, Chimú, Chancay, Moche, Aztec, Nicoya, Misteca, Talamameque, and Nayarit cultures, which occupied part of the territory of Central and

South America, and pertain to the chronological period approximately between 500 BC and 1532 AD. Flávia Vieira views natural materials and traditional handicrafts as both a substitute for a vanished experience, and also a means of reestablishing it, notwithstanding the loss and in the face of the ongoing joy of making things for no reason in particular.

Location
Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (CIAJG)
https://www.ciajg.pt