Simultaneously embracing both the sensitive, immanent nature of this contact and the challenge posed by all that remains imperceptible, the installation weaves together organic and inorganic elements gathered in Tokyo. These materials are arranged in the space, evoking an excess that is counterbalanced by pieces painted white, camouflaging within the white cube.
These choices manifest the encounter between the Japanese urban environment and the artist’s ancestral ties to the semi-arid Sertão, a region synonymous with resilience. This convergence subverts the whiteness of the exhibition space by invoking the concept of kaatinga—“white forest” in the Tupi language—referring to the pale hues of the dried forests.
The exhibition asserts a mythological dimension of "whiteness," reinterpreting the arid landscapes of the artist’s homeland in dialogue with the urban erasure of nature reflected in the collected elements. It restores the resilience embedded in dryness, reconfiguring the unseen—not as disappearance, but as stillness.
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