The rigidity of bones, the flexibility of muscles and skin, the stable structure of the skeleton and the dynamics of movement, the concealment of organs and bones and their concealment were some of the issues that permeated Chaia’s research and that appear materialized in the format of videos, photographs, drawings, collages and the installation Fachadeira (2010) which occupies the façade of Vermelho. In the work, created on a nylon canvas similar to the one that covers buildings under construction or renovation throughout the city, Chaia prints on the 15 x 8 meter surface of the facade, the configuration of the vertebrae of a spinal column.
The rigidity of bones, the flexibility of muscles and skin, the stable structure of the skeleton and the dynamics of movement, the concealment of organs and bones and their concealment were some of the issues that permeated Chaia’s research and that appear materialized in the format of videos, photographs, drawings, collages and the installation Fachadeira (2010) which occupies the façade of Vermelho. In the work, created on a nylon canvas similar to the one that covers buildings under construction or renovation throughout the city, Chaia prints on the 15 x 8 meter surface of the facade, the configuration of the vertebrae of a spinal column.
