Collaborative Print Folio Fiona MacDonald, Maria Madeira, Narelle Jubelin, Victor De Sousa
Elastic / Borracha / Elástico (2012 Timor-Leste Mobile Residency Archive).
Offset Lithographic Set printed by the artists with Big Fag Press, Sydney in 2014.
Installed double hung two rows of five -1240cm h x 230cm h each print 62.5 x 46.5 cm, unframed.
Document of informal meetings with weavers, builders and school children.
Elastic / Borracha / Elástico at The Cross Art Projects – http://crossart.com.au/exhibition-archive/97-2014-exhibitions-projects/261-elastics-borracha-elastico-dili-darwin-sydney-dili-lisboa
Contemporary Art & Timor Leste – http://crossart.com.au/other-projects/contemporary-art-timor-leste
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Artist’s Statement:
Elastic / Borracha / Elástico witnesses Timor Leste’s reconstruction through the eyes of four artists who travelled to eleven of the thirteen districts in a mobile residency in late 2012. The artists record everyday life and the inspirational work of women weavers and traditional builders whose resilient cultural upkeep subversively aided the forty-year liberation struggle. Their innovative work gives spirit and form to the challenges of rebuilding in a new democracy and one of the world’s poorest countries.
The title is taken from the universal collaborative children’s jumping game of Elastic / Borracha / Elástico and refers in English, Tetum and Portuguese to the ground-up rebuilding from scorched earth. It also refers to the zigzagging historical records, contesting geo-political points of view and the different generational experiences of the brutal four decades following Portugal’s de-colonisation of Timor Leste. Many truths have been told; many will remain untold.
01: Markets at Liquiça and Gleno
District: Liquiça
District: Ermera
02: Market at Gleno
District: Ermera
03: Alberto De Cruz, Albertina Da Cruz, Terezinha Da Cruz, Domingas Soares
District: Bobonaro
Sub District: Marobo
Village: Atuabe
Celina Pinto (Por Timor) Carmelite Convent
Sub District: Bobonar
District: Maliana
04: Suai Loro Community
District: Covalima
Village: Holbelis
05: Emilea Orzinda Amaral, Francisco Neto Amaral, Ferninia Da Conceição, Cecilia Barros, Ana Flora
District: Covalima
Village: Suai Loro
06: Cristina Da Costa with school children
District: Ainaro
Sub District: Hatu Builico
Village: Hau Tio
Uma Lulik (Sacred House): Mau Ulo
07: Paulina Amaral, Maria Ximenes; Eugenia Lopes dancing with Rozantino Cristiano Amaral
District: Baucau
Sub District: Venilale
Village: Fatulia
08: Koperativa Girasol Alfayate I.T.N
District: Viqueque
Village: Beloi
Paulina Amaral
09: Anastacia Gama
District: Baucau
Sub District: Laga
Village: Nunira
10: Girls playing Elastics, Uma Lulik Buscaulari
District: Baucau
Sub District: Laga Village: Nunira
Open Archive No 3, No 4, No 5, No 6, 2014. Four short movies, duration 0:11:04. Video Production: Moon Cube Design
Open Archive 2, 2014. (Emilea Onzinda, Cecilia Baros) Inkjet print on archival paper, 50x300cm.
Open Archive 2, 2014. (Emilea Onzinda, Cecilia Baros) Inkjet print on archival paper, 50x300cm.
Elastic / Borracha / Elástico: Darwin <> Dili , duration 0:05:30.
Camera work by Victor De Sousa, Narelle Jubelin, Skye Raabe. Video edit by Fiona MacDonald & Moon Cube Design