AMANDA MACIEL ANTUNES
I’m interested in the myth that language is an adequate system to describe the nuance of our experience of the world. I use painting, writing, film, assemblage, sound and performance to represent conversations between the extremes of selfhood: such as life and death, light and shadow, seen and unseen, known and unknown.
I create for/in non-traditional spaces and focus on responsive performances in dialogue to both the history of the site and the immediate landscape, incorporating a broad range of media, and often engaging all the senses.
Sites have included a former WWII military shelter in East LA, Sæborg historical theatre in a northern fjord, Iceland, The Crowley Theatre in Marfa, TX; a Dessana Tribe territory in Rio Negro, during residency in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil; and most recently a former dairy farm’s cottage in the high desert of California destroyed by a tornado..
ARTIST WEBSITE: art.amandamacielantunes.com/
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/amandamacielantunes/