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APRIL 2ND 2022: FINAL PRESENTATION AT RAMA

One day exhibition of the projects developed by me and David Correia Gonçalves as guest artists during March art residency at RAMA.
 
Venue:
RAMA Residências Artísticas
Rua de Quinta de Cima, 12
Maceira, Dois Portos
Torres Vedras
Portugal
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MARCH 2022: GUEST ARTIST AT RAMA RESIDÊNCIAS ARTÍSTICAS

RAMA proposed to guest artists HElena Valsecchi and David Gonçalves to move their artistic practice to the rural context where RAMA is located, to carry out an individual project that will be presented on display at RAMA Studios at the end of the Residency.
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Walking. Liquid space. Between the inside and the outside.
Walking as contemplation, discovery, meditation.
Understanding the world through the trails that run through it.
“Placeless place”, where personal and universal merge. (HElena Valsecchi)
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Circles and Spirals / Back to that place / To the place / The place 
The wind wipes away any trace, any print to make way for the new.
Drawing, yes.
Continuous
(David Gonçalves)
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NOV 2021: STUDIO VISIT BY ARTECAPITAL

Interview by Inês Ferreira-Norman in my temporary studio in Peniche area, Portugal.
A talk about my most recent work.
 
Link:
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JUNE 2021: SELECTED FOR #365DAYAFTER INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT

Art project created by M O K O N S H U conjointly with Art gallery Garaža KAMBA, International artist residency DE LICEIRAS 18, Independent Institute of Contemporary Arts Snarte Space.
The project will be implemented in a mixed format:
• online exhibition and curated events in a virtual gallery created by “KAMSOMOL” creative agency;
• offline exhibition in Kyiv (Art organization “Mokonshu”) and China (independent Institute of Contemporary Arts “Snarte Space”);
• presentation of the project research results in Zagreb (Art gallery “Garage Kamba”) and Porto (Artist residency “De Liceiras 18”).
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MAY 2021: “I DENTI DELLA TERRA” IS ON AIR

Some of the results of the on-site collaborative project developed with artist Davide Canali can now be viewed on:

https://identidellaterra.com/

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APRIL-MAY 2021: ON-SITE COLLABORATIVE CREATION RESIDENCY

On-site collaborative project with italian artist Davide Canali, developed through a 3-weeks creation residency in Portugal’s West Coast.

An art project on the origins of the sacred, in an anthropological vision.

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ONLINE EXHIBITION

“ART CREATION FROM A PLACE” workshop with artist Carla Rebelo

Showed work: “La Nostalgie du Paradis“, March 2021.

 

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION TO “SYNECDOCHE”

“Synecdoche” is centered on the feeling of sacred, intended from a universal perspective – not necessarily linked to religion.

This project aims at being a collective artwork.

If interested in participating, please e-mail me at valsecchi.helena@gmail.com, I’ll send you all the information.

Participation is free, of course.

 

INTERVIEW ABOUT “SYNECDOCHE” AND RAMA ART RESIDENCY

A talk about my work and experience at RAMA – Art Residency in Maceira and Alfeiria, Portugal.

Filmed by artist and RAMA’s coordinator Paulo Brighenti.

October-November 2020: Art Residency at RAMA.

"Through a reflection on painting in a broader perspective, including pictorial installation and, in it, physical phenomena such as shadows and reflections, I’m investigating the dimensions of life / death / sacred / memory through the rhetoric of the double, and their experience in the contemporary context. During my residency at RAMA, I intend to deepen these aspects in the local dimension, through a specific research on the region’s museology and history. "

Advisory and Projects at RAMA Art Residencies

Sept 2020: Joned RAMA Art Residencies Staff

RAMA – Artistic Residency, located in the small villages of Maceira and Alfeiria, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, west part of Portugal, was founded in 2020 and is aimed at national and international artists, researchers and curators who want to develop their research and experimentation work in multidisciplinary areas, crossing contemporary art with science, education and territory. RAMA organizes artistic residencies, workshops, exhibitions, lectures and outdoor activities, promoting interaction between artists and audiences interested in learning, experimenting and sharing, fostering the relationship with the local community, culture, crafts and traditional knowledge, history and the rural landscape, deepening the knowledge of the region.
https://www.ramastudios.pt/en/rama