PASMO

PASMO

PASMO BEGINS WITH THE STORY OF HELENA DA PRESA, MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO DECORATING THE HOUSE WITH COUNTRY FLOWERS ON EASTER DAY, ENDS UP INNOCENTLY ALIENATING THEM FROM THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BY WORKING WITH THE RESOURCES TO WHICH SHE HAD ACCESS.
STARTING FROM THE DECONTEXTUALIZATION OF NATURAL ELEMENTS, AND APPROACHING DECONTEXTUALIZATION AS A HIGHLIGHT, I FOCUS ON SPECIFIC, MUNDANE ELEMENTS. THESE ELEMENTS APPEAR HERE ASSOCIATED WITH MANUAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS HANDMADE WEAVING, KNITTING AND CROCHET.