Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Silence Awareness Existence program / JANUARY 2020
Julia Anadam
Brazil
www.instagram.com/julia.anadam
About
I’m a journalist that wanted to go further with words, so I
started to dance. But the words never left — and I still find
myself writing through gestures and movement. My work
is deeply connected to silence, presence, embodiment.
And also to the mystic ways of the Tarot and other Oracles.
Through this mix, somehow, I aim to walk the way to develop
a language of the invisible through symbolic gestures —
knowing that is the process that matters most.
Between sun and moon
Arteles is a magical place. After a few days (specially without
internet), you go to the forrest and you start to hear the words
of the wind, the wings of the faeries and the silent presence
of the life around. One of my projects involved this presence:
two sheets with words attached to a rock on the ground,
crossed by a red wool string. On the right side I wrote words
related to the feeling of being in a cocoon - nest, feathers,
comfort, bedlinen. On the left side, words that would reflect
the loss of innocence, of not being a kid anymore, or losing
contact with the magical world - small, tears, closed. As the
days went by it snowed, rained, and then it snowed again
to the point that the work couldn’t be seen. The sheets face
the forrest — and they are faced back, by everything and
the sun and the moon. I realized that the forrest is watching
what we do and they witness our healing, laughing, crying
and loving. I love the idea that I won’t be around to see how
the work will be doing in other seasons — or or if it will leave
some memories or words. It is a great metaphor for what we
do in life…
This presence involved all other themes I researched -
shadow-light, flowers, the sun and the moon. As a final gift
to myself I could make music in a small blue piano found in
the corridor.