"Entropy," "Moving Out," "Fresh," and "Cameraless (America)"

ENTROPY

Photographic investigation of abandoned spaces hidden in the center of Lisbon and awaiting demolition. An orderly documentation of disorder balanced by any system and contained in the inherited spaces of identity. 

These spaces don't exist anymore. 

MOVING OUT

Ephemeral sculpture made of ice with trapped pieces of furniture. Based on a deambulant reality of common migration between spaces, moving out becomes the metaphorical action of gradually releasing the pieces of disintegration of the house shape. When we move out somewhere new, we often think about the new place we are heading but not so much about what was left behind. 

FRESH

Collages of time-crossing rearrangement of imagery. "New" playful scenarios developed to adequate and incite and open debate of contexts and languages. 

CAMERALESS (AMERICA)

Images developed within a mix of analogue photographic techniques. They entail objects which overlap and create barriers to the light, consequently altering the original reality. Memories of iconic spaces and situations are deliberately shifting to correspond to a degradation of their inherited identities. 

Ana Brotas is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist interested in material and aesthetic manipulation in order to tell stories, consistently embracing a playful discourse that connects art with her social and ecological context. She studied Fine Art at both Central Saint Martins and Goldsmiths University of London. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally. She was awarded at Camberwell’s and Deptford’s Contemporary Visual Arts Festivals. Recent commissions include a public interactive billboard for downtown Los Angeles and an interactive performance piece for the Sydney Opera House.