The exhibition Ser uma mistura, um desenho, um desejo (To be a mixture, a drawing, a desire) is born from the desire for mixing, from the desire for encounters, from the ordinary natures and feelings that pass through us. What is your favorite animal? Why do we hug an object while thinking of someone? What drives our desire to build memories on this planet? Through drawing, Efe Godoy tries to establish a fantastic world where all existence is truly possible and enchanted. On this occasion, the artist will create a site-specific work in collaboration with the Drawing Lab's audiences. Efe Godoy will invite visitors to come and deposit an object of emotional value in the exhibition but that they no longer wish to keep. The proceeds of this collection will be donated to Emmaus Solidarity.
During her residency, the artist will develop a solidarity system thanks to the organization of a participatory workshop for the creation of works set up with a class from the Maurice Ripoche kindergarten (14tharrondissement of Paris) and beneficiaries of associations. This program will allow Efe to create 2 murals, inspired by children's drawings, installed in the school's refectory and on one of the school's exterior walls, in the public space.
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This new residency program by SAM Art Projects is designed as a precursor to the opening of La Collective, the future center of creation and solidarity of Thanks for Nothing. In 2028, La Collective will spread over more than 3,500m2 to become one of the major cultural facilities on the Left Bank, aiming for artistic excellence, accessibility to all audiences, and this, with an international influence. SAM Art Projects' residency program will be fully integrated into the program.
While waiting for this opening, Sandra Hegedüs, founder of SAM Art Projects, invites Efe Godoy for a residency in Paris in 2024. The Brazilian artist, who defines herself as "myopic and transvestitious", benefits from tailor-made support thanks to:
— the reception by the art and ecology residency STRATA X LES ARCHES CITOYENNES by providing a workshop within this third place and its rich ecosystem for a period of three months;
• fine art materials generously donated by Caran d'Ache to enable her to work;
— the restitution of his work in a two-month solo exhibition at the Drawing Lab in Paris.
