“Will dry lakes still be lakes?”

This phrase by Paulo Ramalho provides the starting point for the research behind “A branda respiração de um tempo mais verde”*, a project by Margarida Andrade. Through a short film and a series of oil paintings, the project constructs a visual narrative around the contrast between the abundance of water in some territories and its scarcity in others.

The short film opens up a discussion on water scarcity through an action that symbolises the effort to replenish and regenerate local flora. Laden with irony, this gesture draws attention to the neglect of territories affected by drought and water scarcity.

The oil painting series “paisagem morta” (“dead landscape”), in turn, challenges the notion of “natural wealth” commonly associated with the Azorean landscape. By depicting a landscape dominated by invasive species, the artist highlights the prevalence of certain species at the expense of others, as well as the increasing impoverishment of regional ecosystems as a result of human activity.

*the exhibition title itself is an appropriation, with a slight reformulation, of another phrase by the poet Paulo Ramalho.

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