Path of Power

2022

The exhibition brings together photographs, paintings, and a video from a 2016 trip by Vaz along the historic Caminho do Ouro in Brazil, undertaken as part of the project Caminho do Ouro. This project combined research and artistic production, with the experience of the so-called Caminho Velho or Estrada Real as its central focus. At the core of the reconnaissance of the terrain was the aim of documenting landscapes that remain largely untouched, and thus still resemble those seen by bandeirantes, slaves, muleteers, and others throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. At the same time, the research revealed a recurring pattern along the route: the interplay between the strength and scale of the natural landscape and human power and influence — observing how nature shifts from being inevitably sovereign to becoming subjugated under human agility.

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Project exhibitions: Path of Power, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, MX., Trilha do Facão (Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT, 2017), Imaginação da Pedra (Consulate of Portugal in São Paulo, São Paulo, 2017), Cabana (Secs Itaquera, São Paulo, BR, 2018), Depois do choque, os trópicos, (Luísa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, BR, 2018), A natureza do deslumbre, [Para] Sites, (Espuma dos dias, Lisboa, PT, 2021).
Expedition: Historic Gold Trail between Paraty and Ouro Preto, Br. 2016.