Diving
videoperformance, 2´19´´. Sound, color. Full HD. 

When we thought about creating a work during the quarantine, the direction was on how to bring the dialogue of the domestic universe to the recorded performance, which became almost a scenic element. As if disorder became a confrontation before the profusion of shapes and colors of objects. What is there about poetry and disturbance in domestic work?
What issues do commonplace point out? The attempt is to refer to an abyss that we cannot deal with, like an infinite hole.
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Diving

Irresolute suspensions 


Confronting the images of Apt 22, we have the feeling we are in the midst of an unfolding narrative. The characters are absorbed in shadowy behavior that for us, the viewers, are charged with tension. Explanation is not forthcoming: firstly, do we have only one or several narratives? Is it the same protagonist in each image? Is this a victim of a crime or the perpetrator? 

Adriana Granado produced self-portraits during the two years she lived in different apartments and rented rooms in the city of São Paulo. The series boldly follows the tradition of staged photography, cultivated by the likes of Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall and Juno Calypso. 

Similarly, Granado's images tack heavily towards cinema, especially the suspense and thriller genres. However, while acknowledging cinema as reference, the peculiarity of Apto 22 must be reiterated and the pictures beg to be explored further. We cannot forget the fact that these are photographs and not film stills from a moving image. Such a condition translates into an inescapable difference in relation to the cinematic narrative - the murky character of the images does provide the possible closure of a solved mystery - there is no resolution. We remain immersed, suspended in a triad of inquiry: “What happened?” (Past), “What is happening?” (Present) and “What will happen next?” (Future). In addition to this static fluctuation in the suspense, there is the powerful plastic construction of the scenes. Intensity is heightened by the composition of strong colors, the lighting, the scenery and the staging. Their calculated weight carry the story, amplify the mystery and strengthen the images’ charge. 

Text by Pedro Bonfim Leal/ Translation by John O´Donnell




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