PAULA GOTELIP
Paula is from Minas Gerais and lives in Florianópolis/SC. Her childhood was spent among coffee plants and literature, and it was her difficulty with writing that led her to abandon her studies and not write academic papers. At age 33, with the discovery of her dyslexia, came an understanding of many aspects of her life, and today she is a doctoral candidate in Theater at UDESC.
As an artist, I seek to bring the experience, the scenic experience, to the public, sensitizing the gaze, entertaining, and building new possibilities.
@PGOTELIP
2020
Between Dreams and Words
Between Dreams and Words (2020) is a video art piece created from a profusion of images from the artist's daily life, her private world, and her imagination, resembling a children's story.
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Luisa Venturelli
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PERFORMING ARTS
2021
DANCING WITH WORDS
In her book "Dancing with Words," Paula Gotelip tells the story of a girl with dyslexia who interacts with the world. The narrative recounts the difficulties of reading and recognizing letters, numbers, and the correspondences between sounds and words, as well as the understanding and acceptance of the disorder. The illustrations blend two techniques: embroidery was created, photographed, and then, on the computer, colors were applied and new digital illustrations were added. This synesthetic process evokes a fusion of senses in the reader. Due to her difficulty with letters, Paula did not finish a civil engineering degree and was unable to write her postgraduate thesis. She received a dyslexia diagnosis at age 33 and began to see life differently. Holding a master's degree and currently pursuing a doctorate in Theatre, she investigates art as a resource for sensitizing dyslexic individuals to reading and for raising awareness among non-dyslexic individuals, encouraging them to participate in a subtle dance.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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LITERATURE
2022
PARLENDA
The play "Parlenda" is a theatrical experience with and for children. It is an invitation for them to share with the actress their childhood memories, feelings, and frustrations of living with dyslexia.
The experience is based on theatrical games that address the theme in a playful, non-didactic way. There is a collective construction within the overall proposal of a scenic script that goes from the pre-literacy phase to adulthood, when the protagonist discovers she is dyslexic and begins to play with the multiple possibilities and potentialities of this condition.
The work features text and performance by Paula Gotelip and is directed by Liliana Perez Recio.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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PERFORMING ARTS
2023
NO ONE BELIEVES THAT A BLUE ELEPHANT FELL INTO THE YARD
A theater researcher, Paula Gotelip treats childhood with respect and transforms her stage performances into pedagogical and artistic activities filled with playfulness. Her work constitutes an affective manifesto for all types of intelligence, that is, for the most diverse relationships with the world. The body and the five senses are seen as ways of dialoguing with existence interactively, allowing for the loving development of possibilities.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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PERFORMING ARTS
2025
QUICK LISTING
The best place to record a to-do list might be your own arm. Writing things down on your body prevents your mind from forgetting them, because there's no point in having detailed records of what needs to be done if you don't know where they've been placed. "Tattooing" yourself with your own activities is a way of thinking like a living diary, where you don't postpone what can be done in the present. This strategy also prevents you from delegating the act of remembering to others. Therefore, it is in the act of looking that memory acts.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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PAULA
I was diagnosed at thirty-three, and until then I carried the label of being slow, forgetful, and having poor writing skills. The diagnosis was liberating because from then on I was able to find my place in the world while respecting my limitations. Am I forgetful? Sometimes! Everything is stored here, it's just that sometimes it's harder to access. Slow? It depends, does a day pass with me? The way I read can't be a parameter for everyday actions. I perceive the world in a unique way; the fact that I forget a lot allows me to live the same experience more than once. Another thing that catches my attention is how often I hear "wow, how creative you are," and I think: how can a person not be creative? I realize that I build hyperlinks, that I associate a lot of information. That's great, but the problem is getting back to the starting point.
As an artist, I seek to build possibilities and strategies so that the audience can experience and live the theatrical experience. Sensitizing the gaze, entertaining, and creating new possibilities for the spectator motivates me as an artist, as a researcher, and as a producer.
