Title: The Melancholic Forest
Year: 2024
Technique: Installation with large format image and framed photographs
Size: 100 x 100
Brazil, 1984. As a photographer, he has participated in the Photography Biennial at Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay. He has exhibited his work in countries such as Spain, Brazil, China and Russia, among others. His work has been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Nitéroi, Brazil; Museo del Barro in Paraguay; and he participated in the Curitiba Biennial. In addition, his work is in the collections of the Ministry of Culture of China; the Museum of Solidarity Salvador Allende, Chile; and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, USA, among others.
The Melancholic Forest is a short story depicting the relentless frenzy for precious metals, greed and the devastating force of mining practices that oppressed forests, several biomes, and their inhabitants.
“It is not about inciting controversy or further polarizing already controversial and contentious issues, but about exploring ways to foster less rigid and hierarchical relationships, and raise questions of a deeper nature and with enhanced understanding,” Petrella explains.
