It's Not Sun That Shadows

Inspired by the work "Critique of Black Reason" by Achile Mbembe, in which the Cameroonian philosopher focuses on the creation of the race as a ghost in the 21st century, reflecting from the concepts attributed to the term "black" as his own "personified shadow".

In the video, the artist moves in the space between the rocks and the sea of ​​Salvador, Brazil some of his doubles; impressions of his body previously made in the performance Dermogravuras de Um Corpo Presente.

"Dermogravura" is the term used by the artist as an approximation of the engraving technique using any and all extensions of the body's skin. The body prints. The dermis (dermo) suffix, which refers to the skin, is related to a body that is always in the process of perceiving itself in relation to the world, chaos and order. Based on some Kemetic Yoga movements and the energetic pulse of the breath, Shu, the artist press his body in a heap of cinnamon candies, from orí (head) to the feets in an effort against gravity that hits each candy under his skin, transferring the image that forms on a bed sheet.