paula damasceno
I’ve developed a methodology to create art by photographing, reprinting, and rephotographing images, transforming them into performative and static forms, immersive multimedia spaces, and multisensory experiences.
My work interconnects the iconographies, myths, and philosophies of African Diasporas, collapsing remnants of Latin and Anglo-Saxon categories to construct new sensorial worlds. I use multimodality to further affirm the inseparability of difference.
My art explores sacredness, cultural estrangement, and transcultural (mis)translation, using organic and synthetic materials to examine how cultural signifiers are perceived across transnational contexts. Rejecting control or submission to materials, I draw on borrowed and experiential references, creating spaces where individual and collective bodies are fluid, porous, and self-defining.
Guided by multiplicity—personal experiences, communal practices, and interdisciplinary training—I embrace unlearning, untraining, and undisciplining as an art practice.