MARI MURIAL
Mariana is from Fortaleza/CE and when she was little she already wanted to be like the presenter of the Art Attack program, who made drawings and had fun with it. This thought stayed with her for the rest of her life, when she choose to pursue a career in the area of graphic design and, for now, look to the opportunity to show this fun way of looking at art as a teacher. It was in the university that she discovered herself as an artist with dyslexia and she takes advantage of this space to bring more information to other students and to the public.
2022
IS DYSLEXIA FOR DYSLEXICS?
The visual research developed by the artist goes through a reflection on how the brain of a person with dyslexia works. It is also about an essential way of thinking about a question that many times isn't even discussed: how the word "dyslexia", that represents an identity quality towards a group, has a very difficult spelling for those who should connect to it with ease.
It has a very important point, because it distinguishes neurodiverse individuals but, as it becomes difficult for them to access, it happens to be way more used by neurotypical people to have a vocable in which they can mark the ones that think and see the world in a different way.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
2023
QUINCA'S ADVENTURES
The narrative brings elements that integrate the ancestry of a large part of the Brazilian population. The migratory movement from the countryside of Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro and Brasília constitutes a journey with which identification is immediate. This concept of no longer belonging anywhere and, at the same time, having been through several places, preserving roots and acquiring new references, is essential in the individual journey of knowing one's own past and that of the family. Furthermore, the way of presenting the story, with visual elements that evoke cordel literature, values Northeastern culture and its importance for the construction of a mixed national identity.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
2024
US WRITE AS
The animation explores the word "Nós" (Us), the theme of the 2024 project. It delves into orthographic questions, from the number of letters to accents. Various typographies, colors, and backgrounds explore how a word can be generated, read, and interpreted. It becomes a lesson in diversity, often neglected, about how three letters can represent both a collective group and a challenge to overcome.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
MARI
by herself
Sometimes, it's not a motivation, but an impulse which I develop something in my mind and I have to put it out there, then I work on it until I get the results I expect, other moments it's curiosity about how I'm going to solve some aesthetic issue, then It's more of a trial and error methodology. But sometimes words are not enough to express what I feel, so I need to produce images to externalize my thoughts.
