“A Pause of a Thousand Measures - from the SAMBA EXALTAÇÃO series”
A Pause of a Thousand Measures - from the SAMBA EXALTAÇÃO series
(SKU. 11658)
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Date
2022 -
Technique
backlight -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 33 x 42 x 7.5 cm -
Edition
10 + 3PA -
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Felippe Moraes' backlights are records of the SAMBA EXALTAÇÃO project carried out in 2021, during the second wave of the pandemic, between Carnival Friday and Easter Sunday. Every 13 days, a neon sign was installed in the window of his apartment, in the Mirante do Vale building, São Paulo. Each of these neon signs contains the verse of a song and establishes a connection with pedestrians on the Santa Efigênia Viaduct and Vale do Anhangabaú.
At a time when exhibitions could not be held, Moraes found a gap in the social and urban fabric of the city to communicate with other citizens. By using his own home/studio as a support for the work, it became a poetic beacon to illuminate the paths in dark times, further embroiling the relationships between art and life.
The series of interventions followed the liturgical calendar, beginning with the phrase “Agoniza mas não morrer” (It agonizes but it doesn’t die) from the samba of the same name (1978) by Nelson Sargento, marking the absence of the carnival festivities. It then continued through Lent with the philosophical note “Uma parou de mil compassos” (A pause of a thousand bars) from the song “Para ver as meninas” (1968) by Paulinho da Viola, followed by “E viver será só festejar” (And living will be just partying) from “Baianidade Nagô” (1992) composed by Evandro Rodrigues. In the last stage, already during the Easter period, the work evoked the notion of rebirth and a desire for redemption with “Quero viver no Carnaval” (I want to live in Carnival), a poetic alteration of the song “Quero morrer no Carnaval” (1969) by Luiz Antônio and Eurico Campos, immortalized in the voice of Elza Soares.
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
