of inside of
in instituto cultural de ponta delgada, açores
under the purview of Walk&Talk Festival of Arts
exhibition text, written by curator Ana Cachola. In Portuguese.
photography: Mariana Lopes

In of inside of, Joana proposes a phenomenological experience of the senses through a process permeated by empirical knowledge that is apprehended by performative action. Doing as a consequence of “being” in a space that the artist inhabits and plastically constructs, simultaneously, arises and acts through the idea of an inscribed body that reflects on an interior/exterior visual field. This inside/outside relation exists both figuratively and metaphorically and materializes in a cubic structure - a nest, in which the artist worked for several days. From this presence and living experience, a visual language is formulated that translates the intangibles of creative experience, where the inner field works as an area and matter of execution, oblivious to external factors. The cube allows access to the space “of inside”, and is assumed in the room to highlight these scales, affections and relationships.
(Jesse James, 2021)