Memória ainda viva

Abstract

During this research I investigated, driven by the desire to create narratives linked to everyday memories, the relationship between women and plants, constant topics in my graduation. Thro the process of writing the monograph, as I read about the backyards of Bruno Calzavara Flores and the gardens of Alice Walker, I explored in sowing the concepts of cultural memory and biocultural memory and I risked thinking of a biogenerational memory. In chapter two I review and elaborate on my artistic production by establishing a dialogue between these universes and recognizing in the gardens and backyards the fertile soil for my expression. In chapter three, in collaboration with the artist Giovanna Andrade Couto, I developed the exhibition Memória Ainda Viva, whose aim was to occupy a house with the results of our research. Part of this work of completion of the course is currently on display also in the Museu Universitário de Arte. Finally, I see this research as the beginning of research that enhances the interdisciplinarities provided by Art.