Pororoca (2022/23)
Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisboa
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
(...) The provocation of thought can also be a pororoca, the title that groups together the various meanings that converge into Cristina Lamas' exhibition. Derived from the Tupi language, the word pororoca (poro'roka) is an onomatopoeia that means "roar" or "burst". It describes the thunder of clashing, bursting waters, the occurrence of colossal waves that run up rivers, sinking boats and widening the banks. The process takes place when the levels of oceanic waters rise, causing them to flood the river's mouth, leaving behind a trail of destruction. The pororoca combines the sublimity and beauty of violence, life and death. It is like a curse that hangs over a whole landscape. (...)
Pororoca is, consequently, a fitting title for this exhibition, which is the product of Cristina Lamas' journey. The symbolic element of "transformation" is present in that attribution of meaning. The concepts of creation, re-creation and destruction with the intent of rebirth all lend a poetic-anthropological meaning to the journey, which is thus made to engage with the mythical background of the indigenous peoples, the various primordial stories of the Amerindian becoming. (...)
Excerpt from Amazónia Partida by Marta Mestre
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
(Detail)
Untitled, 2022
Coloured pencil, graphite, gouache and digital collage on paper 76 x 56 cm
Untitled, 2022
Neon 36 x 16 x ∅ 1cm
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
(Detail)
Untitled (samambaias), 2022
Relief engraving (ltd. ed. 1/3 + A P), 59,5 x 41,5 cm
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
Untitled, 2022
Cardboard, indian ink and graphite variable size
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
(Detail)
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
Untitled (Amazon river), 2022
Neon 7,5 x 110 x ∅ 1cm
Pororoca exhibition view, 2022/23
