UltraAtlantic Blue
Solo exhibition
by Patricia Pinheiro de Sousa
Open:
Artist Talk
06/12/20 -17:00 -17:40 H (online)
Exhibition
12/12/20 - 13.00 - 17.00 H
13/12/20 - 13.00 - 17.00 H
‘’The far west coast of Europe, with 800 kms of coastline facing the Atlantic, was a convenient location for extracting large amounts of this mineral for a short period of time. This mineral was meant to produce a blue pigment, the UltraAtlantic Blue.
Blue could have become the new green if the pigment wouldn’t have been called ‘Ultra Atlantic’ and if the sea urchin Cidaris cidaris wouldn’t be constantly passing in front of the cameras that monitored the drilling.
By the time the name was replaced by a more conventional name and the cameras properly camouflaged, it was just too late. ‘’
The UltraAtlantic Blue is the name of a fictional blue pigment, whose production is only possible by harvesting a particular mineral deep in the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the title of the exhibition that brings together the most recent works of Patricia Pinheiro de Sousa. The works present fictional scenarios, outlined by the exploitation of mineral resources seen from historical and economical perspectives.
photography: Lili Berger