Lime, Straw, Brick (2021)
Cal, Palha, Tijolo
Curatorial and Investigation Project
Team
Marola Coletiva
Marola Coletiva
Florianópolis, Urussanga, Laguna and Jaguaruna, Brazil
The curatorial project consisted of a three-day architectural immersion in the landscape of the southern coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The immersion centered on the sensitive and technical exploration of lime, straw, and brick materials and their derivatives. The name Lime Straw Brick follows a logic of non-hierachical knowledge of traditional and indigenous materials used in brazilian construction, making direct refference to the work of art ‘Two wights, two measures’ (Original: Dois pesos, duas medidas) by brazilian artist Laís Myrrha.
The curatorial project comprised a series of instructions for the participants, and was developed as a travelling short-residency. It used Yona Friedman’s concepts of ‘creating museums without buildings’ as a starting point for the instructions. The assemble of short instructions varied from excercises for collecting materials and memories, confronting the surrounded landscape, and a summ of awareness-building activities. These exercises included contacting traditional materials, conversations with local agents - small producers and cooperatives, and active observation of the landscape, such as the ocean movements and archaeological remains of neolithic shell deposits - the raw material of lime in the region. The awareness-building exercise led to a final group proposal, where the group exchanged their knowledge and experimentation results with the materials collected along the way as they manipulated them.
Participants
Gloria Cabral, Architect
Katia Véras, Architect and Artist
Juliana Hoffmann, Artist
Carolina Stolf, Architect
Luiza Ferraro, Architect
Simone Bobsin, Journalist
Katia Véras, Architect and Artist
Juliana Hoffmann, Artist
Carolina Stolf, Architect
Luiza Ferraro, Architect
Simone Bobsin, Journalist
