BRAVO POLAR
Bravo is a Brazilian multi-talented artist who currently lives in Leipzig, Germany. His relationship with dyslexia is one of love and hate; on one hand, he sees all the difficulties that current society imposes on those with dyslexia, and on the other, his immense creative capacity and ability to find solutions.
It is through art that one communicates with the public, expresses oneself, and develops as a person.
@BRAVOPOLAR
2021
BETWEEN WORLDS
One of the main principles of Erick Amarante's ENTREMUNDOS project is to provide personal development through art. This includes the concept of inspiring everyone to see the world in multiple ways, so that each person can communicate their own reality. In this context, the artist understands dyslexia as a different way of being in a world that is diverse by nature. Thus, it becomes a superpower to face the adversities of the world; and the images created by the artist lead the public to develop anxieties and provocations about everything that exists. As art is the channel through which Erick Amarante relates to what surrounds him, dyslexia ceases to be seen as an obstacle to be overcome. The discussion shifts to overcoming the mentality, the education system, and the structures of various kinds that create barriers for dyslexics, hindering their inclusion and participation in society.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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PHOTOGRAPHY
2022
MISTER Z
Present in various media, such as photo shoots, videos, and public performances, Mister Z is a mysterious being with an ambiguity of transitions. With a human body and a zebra's head, he wears gloves,
He wears a tie and leans on a kind of cane/stick, which gives him authority and connects him to the profane/earthly and divine/celestial worlds.
Her seated, static pose evokes an archetypal memory of authority and control. Its hybrid nature points to the human capacity for leadership and control, but her posture suggests a certain violence and, perhaps, an inner lack of control.
Looking at him brings to mind the famous Minotaur, with a human body and a bull's head. The offspring of a forbidden relationship, he fed on the blood of young men in the labyrinth where he was imprisoned. Perhaps we are, in part, like him.
This journey, this human zebra/human zebra, threatens others and ourselves. Getting rid of Mister Z, metamorphosing the brain's selfish id into something gentle, devoid of vanity, is a lifelong process.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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PERFORMANCE
2024
WEB / BETWEEN LINES / ABOUT SOCIAL CAMOUFLAGE
The poetics proposed by Bravo Polar are based on the symbolic meanings of networks/webs from various points of view, whether through the metaphor of a spider, a landscape, or an animal. The proposed visual journey reflects on a universe of solitude and agglomeration, seeking less perfection and much more the expressiveness of thinking about a world in which people often seem to walk in different directions, seeing themselves as individuals and not as part of a connected collective, instigating internal metamorphoses in each one.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
2025
I HEARD AN ANGEL
The proposed audiovisual work promotes reflection across various artistic mediums, such as image, music, and word. There is a dialogue between the female figure, which evokes the possibility of leaping into the Freedom suggested by the space, as well as texts that convey a message seemingly believing in a better future, or at least a cyclical one, within the ebb and flow of existence in a permanent search for the meaning of life and for art as a way to find answers to all of this. After all, hearing angels may only be possible for those who believe in it. Analogously, art, to flourish and develop, needs to create an audience, that is, to engage in actions that open eyes and ears to what, at first glance, may seem strange, peculiar, or different.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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AUDIO-VISUAL
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BRAVO
My relationship with dyslexia is one of love and hate.
I say that there are times when I have dyslexia and times when it has me, and then I'm a prisoner of it and I go through all the difficulties that a person with dyslexia goes through in society.
And when I have dyslexia, that's when it gives me superpowers, a different way of seeing the world, a different way of processing information, of finding patterns, of perceiving the world in a different, unique way.
She has immense creative capacity, an ability to find solutions, and I'm not just talking about artistic creativity in terms of concepts and aesthetics, but also in making my work viable.
Dyslexia also influences my work in the sense that it's multimedia.