honorable mention
Daniela Balestrin brazil
title
Because the nights cross the comets
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entry description
Directing attention to the poetic and fictional aspects of childhood, the nocturnal, and the mythological, the artist aligns thoughts and seeks to establish a dialogue with Portuguese poet Herberto Helder in the face of some of his works - "Retrato em movimento" from 1967 and "Do mundo" from 1994. This essay began in 2022, is ongoing, and features collages made from the artist's own collection.about the photographer
Visual artist and photographer, in her work Daniela Balestrin [1984; São Paulo/Brazil] creates intimacy with events, approaching the mesh of movements that weave through her daily life. She sees in the immanence of the imaginary in the real the very experience of the mystery of existing. Her academic background is in Law [2007], having worked for almost fifteen years as a public servant, dedicating most of her time to defending the rights and interests of children and adolescents. During this period, she gradually approached photography in a self-taught manner. Since 2020, she has transformed photography into her profession, also creating collages from her own materials or appropriating them from family archives or elsewhere.back to gallery