Pedro Motta's works highlight human intervention in nature.
In his solo exhibition, Pedro Motta proposes new developments in his research on the tenuous line between natural elements and human behavior, their friction, convergences and relationships.
The exhibition is curated by Cauê Alves and presents around 45 works in three major series:
Naufrágio Calado, 2016/2018, in which boats and trailers appear to be dredged by the surface of a ruined and lifeless terrain. These images can be interpreted as experiences of a state of decadence, in which nature and society are stripped of their values. The photographs are the result of several strategies: direct representation, material presentation and fictional construction.
Falência # 2, 2016, are images of various types of erosion resulting from rainwater. Their forms come from a hidden time in which nature demonstrates its strength and beauty through destruction. Small amounts of land are inserted into the frame, as if the surface space of the photo were disappearing into a place in the infinite, a kind of hourglass.
Sumidouro, 2016, is a metaphor for the space in which it was conceived, the Rio das Mortes, in São João del-Rei. An important river in the Campo das Vertentes region, it is famous for stories of mining and territorial battles. In this scenario, the photographer inserted digitally created holes.
