Book made with three computer boards and the inclusion of several small objects and paintings, both alluding to the evolution of the harbor of the Santos city during the 500 years of human occupation.
On the first page is represented the prehistoric local landscape, alluding to fossils, seeds and insects, as well as human occupation through rock paintings (hand), mastery of fire, chipped stones, sambaquis and observation of the sky (southern cross and moon).
The second page shows the technological evolution of man through the collage of gears and edible seeds, as well as the rationalization of land use by mapping the city and placing its symbol on the entrance door, two elements that prove the sense of mastery of the environment and an intention of rational occupation.
The third page shows the current moment of the city and its harbor. The painted landscape shows not only the mapping, but the result of the urbanization of the city. There are also gears, as well as elements that represent the containers in a direct allusion to the harbor’s functional structure with its logo painted, just as the prehistoric hand painted on the first page. Both work as a signature of human occupation on the planet. As it should be, a ball represents football, which took the name of the city to every corner of the world.
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Seaport of Santos, APAP, the Professional Association of Plastic Artists of São Paulo, was invited to hold a thematic exhibition with works by its members. The exhibition took place in 2017 at “Pinacoteca Municipal de Santos”. This is the work I presented for the exhibition “Contemporary Visualities of the Seaport of Santos”.
Complying with the proposed theme, I created a book made with three computer boards and the inclusion of several small objects and paintings alluding not only to the celebrations of Porto, but also to the evolution of the city of Santos, the city where the most important Porto in America is located.
Given the importance of the city for the formarion of Brazil, I decided to address human occupation from the dawn of humanity to the last 500 years of western human occupation.
On the first page is represented the prehistoric local landscape, alluding to fossils, seeds and insects, as well as human occupation through rock paintings (hand), mastery of fire, chipped stones, shell mounds and observation of the sky (southern cross and moon).
The second page shows the technological evolution of man through the collage of gears and edible seeds, as well as the rationalization of land use by mapping the city and placing its symbol on the entrance door, two elements that prove the sense of mastery of the environment and an intention of rational occupation.
The third page shows the current moment of the city and its harbor. The painted landscape shows not only the mapping, but the result of the urbanization of the city. There are also gears, as well as elements that represent the containers in a direct allusion to the harbor’s functional structure with its logo painted, just as the prehistoric hand painted on the first page. Both work as a signature of human occupation on the planet. As it should be, a ball represents football, which took the name of the city to every corner of the world.
