QR Dress Code 002 (2023), from "Wearable 'Ludismos' Series"

  
Lúcia Vidales (Porto Alegre, 1988)

Shirt in digitally printed 100% rPET U-Circular Twill and polyester yarns; shirt pattern by Burda Style Germany

76 x 57 cm (size 50 BR/48 EU)

  
(1) QR Dress Code 002

(2) detail of the fabric

(3) QR Dress Code 002 in use, at Summer Special Show @thestagegallery ; in the background: "Joykexo" (2023) @luciavidalesart , "8 x1-3x8 - 20230511" (2023) @artusartist ; "Popping Flowers" (2023) @art\_by\_elisae ; "Blue Mood 1" (2023) @fritzoehlers ; "Black Sea Odessa" (2023) @anuhka23 ; "Salamander" (2023) by Jolanda 

QR Dress Code 002

QR Dress Code 001 (2023), from "Wearable 'Ludismos' Series" 

  
Dress in digitally printed 100% rPET Crepe de Chine and polyester yarns; dress pattern by Burda Style Germany

105 x 86 cm (size 40 BR/42 EU)

  
(1) QR Dress Code 001

(2) detail of the fabric

(3) QR Dress Code 001 in use, at Art Basel 2023; in the background: Jean-Marie Appriou (Brest, 1986). Horizons (2023). Aluminium. 510 x 457 x 300 cm

QR  Dress Code 001

Triptych ("very beautiful for that", "boys will be boys", "exotic beauty")

Celebrating March 8th: What's Your Piece?

Video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Crlm1OGIfTn/

Series "Souvenirs from Brazil": Brumadinho,  Northeast,  Rio dos Sinos, and  Amazon

Triptych

Resin frame and printing on Hahnemühle Cézanne 400g canvas; various resins, metal, and acrylic on medium-density fiberboard (MDF) panels

Total dimensions: 58.5x73x11cm

The Might of The Pen

Acrylic, polymer clay, plaster, expanded polystyrene, wood, fabric, canine hair, acrylic blanket, and wool on cotton canvas in knitting (100x80cm), plaster hand

Stockinette Stitch

Inflection Point

By expanding the traditional secular tangram square, it is possible to compose other figures, among which some stereotypically feminine ones. And each individual, by definition, is composed of their own genetic, historical, cultural and social pieces.

  
In addition, it is known that, in the social game, some individuals start on the board with an advantage over others. This advantage often tends to be determined by factors such as gender and race. And advancement on the board is not infrequently hampered (or sabotaged) by the cat's cradle game set by the generally male and white hands (visible or not) that hold power structures.

Pieces

A white man, between 50 and 60 years old, fat, who believes in God, from a poor background, with a university degree, with political experience, who has many political allies but is not investigated for corruption": this would be the profile of the ideal President for Brazilians. This is the result of an opinion poll conducted in 2018 by the Real Time Big Data Institute and commissioned by Brazilian media companies RecordTV and R7.

  
In this context, in order to observe the public's reaction to a candidate with this profile, an urban artistic intervention was launched in Porto Alegre, RS. _Sorouzo for President_ (2018) consisted of the fictitious electoral campaign of an equally fictitious candidate, which included the distribution of posters in the north and central zones of the city.

  
The records of resulting interactions (or lack thereof) originated, in turn, _The "Ideal" One: Sorouzo for President_ (2018). It is a photomontage that distributes these records on quadrants associated with the geographical coordinates where the posters were originally posted. It can be seen that, in areas that are considered more linked to political causes, the posters were damaged, while in other areas, the content of surrounding posters was sometimes similar to the one affixed by the artistic intervention.

  
Aside from the infamous editorial policy of the companies that promoted the above-mentioned survey, it is important to note that 2018 was the year of one of the most troubled elections since Brazil's redemocratization in the late 80s, which culminated in the far right rising to the presidency. And indeed, a candidate was elected who matched all but two of the listed features -- age and body mass diverged from popular preference. However, he is currently facing a series of criminal charges and was made ineligible until 2030.

  
And why "Sorouzo"? That's just how the imaginary father of the artist's childhood imaginary friend was called.

Reference: Saringer, G., & Moraes, J. (2018, June 14). Pesquisa exclusiva: conheça o perfil do presidente que o brasileiro quer. _R7_. Retrieved July 25, 2023, from https://noticias.r7.com/brasil/pesquisa-exclusiva-conheca-o-perfil-do-presidente-que-o-brasileiro-quer-14062018 (Original work published 2018)

The "Ideal": Sorouzo for President

Sorouzo for President

Joykexo is a womanly figure that represents fertility in Guarani culture. It is also the Guarani name for the constellation formed by Mintaka, Alnilam and Alnitak, namely the Belt of Orion or, in the Christian tradition, the Three Marys. As it is the most visible and easily recognisable constellation, it is probably the first one that children learn about.

  
Speaking of Marys: Mary is also the name of the mutant character with three breasts who is part of the revolutionary and subversive class in the film _Total Recall_ (1990) - a production that, despite its age rating, became part of the cultural repertoire of teenagers in the 1990s thanks to repeated TV broadcasts in Brazil.

  
_Joykexo_ (2023), a representation of the celestial map (Alt 34°-40°, Az 172.5°-180°, on 13 February 2023, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), celebrates not only the imagination of children and teenagers, but also the diversity of bodies, as each breast has its own shape, size, colour, texture, and shine, just like the stars. In fact, the three-dimensionality and textures explored in this artwork contrast with traditional two-dimensional representations of the sky, analogous to breasts protruding from the surface of the body.

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