“Don't let samba die”
Don't let samba die
(SKU. 10821)
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Date
2021 -
Technique
wood, aluminum, resin, steel and laser engraving -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 62.6 x 35.8 x 24.4 cm -
Edition
12 + 4PA -
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The work is part of the third Collector's Edition, a collaboration between collector Bia Yunes Guarita and the artist:
In the year of the absent Carnival, in which the streets could not be taken over by bodies and desire, the object “Don’t let samba die” (2021) was created as a reliquary of the memory of samba. While preserving its evocation, the sculpture demands action from the interactor so that the music becomes present. By playing the seven keys of the marimba with the red-tipped drumstick, the melody of the song of the same name by Edson Conceição and Aloísio Silva, which became known through the voice of Alcione in 1975, is emanated.
The title of the work, as well as the song it emulates, speak directly to the listener. They call us to action that brings samba into the world, whether through dance, song or memory. The chords emitted draw attention to the following verses that hover in our memory, speaking of its origins and its vocation to reinvent life in the midst of precariousness.
The work is developed based on Felippe Moraes' research on samba and Carnival. Using a design with poetic purposes, the artist promotes synesthetic, bodily and emotional experiences based on the relationship with the object. As a musical instrument built to play only a part of a specific song, it draws us to the importance and urgency of what is being stated: Don't let samba die, don't let samba end.
Biography
Felipe Moraes
Felippe Moraes is an artist, researcher, and independent curator since 2009. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Northampton in the United Kingdom, and his research investigates the epistemology of reason and its relationships with spirituality, mythology, and ancestry as possibilities for the re-enchantment of the world.
Among her most recent solo exhibitions, “Solfejo” (2025) at Caixa Cultural Curitiba stands out, a presentation that expands on her investigations into language, rhythm, and sensory experience. She also presented “Ovo Cósmico” (2023-24) at Galeria Verve and “Samba Exaltação” (2021), a series of neon signs with quotations from Brazilian songs presented as an urban intervention in Vale do Anhangabaú, São Paulo, and also exhibited at MAC-Niterói and the Museu de Arte do Rio. In 2021, she presented “Samba da Luz” at the Biblioteca Mário de Andrade and Estação da Luz.
In 2019, she exhibited “Solfejo” at the FIESP Cultural Center and “LUZIA” at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, in Portugal. Previously, she held solo exhibitions such as “Imensurável” (2018) at Caixa Cultural Fortaleza; “Proporción” (2018) at Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo (EAC) in Montevideo; “Cosmografia” (2017) and “Ordem” (2014), both at Baró Galeria in São Paulo; and “Progressão” (2016) at MAC-Niterói.
He is the author of the public works “Monumento ao Horizonte” (2016), in Niterói, and “Monumento a Euclides” (2017), in Romania. His work is part of collections such as those of the Museu de Arte do Rio, MAM-SP, MACRS, MAC-Niterói and CCSP.
Representative galleries
Verve Gallery , São Paulo
Destaques da carreira
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2019 | Centro Cultural FIESP - Solfejo (curadoria de Julia Lima)
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2019 | Centro Cultural FIESP - Solfejo (curadoria de Julia Lima)
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2021 | Estação da Luz - Samba de Luz 3
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"Ovo Cósmico" | 2023/24 | Verve Galeria, São Paulo
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2018 | Caixa Cultural de Fortaleza - Imensurável (curadoria de Alexandre Sá)
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2016 | Permanente - Caminho Niemeyer - Monumento ao Horizonte
