BRITTLE FAMILY
Installation 2023. Paris College of Art Gallery, Paris, France.
Installation, red thread, photographs in Epson Luster paper 270gr framed on wood (21x29 cm)
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Inspired by the infrastructure of submarine fiber optic cables that traverse the oceans to link our electronic devices, this installation uses the symbolism of the red thread to depict how contemporary families are increasingly separating each day, migrating in search of a better life or different experiences.
Although we live in an era of unprecedented connection, this installation reflects on the paradox that, despite being more interconnected than ever, our relationships become more fragile, requiring specific care to maintain their strength and significance in the modern social fabric.
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- Maria Vasconcelos reflects on her father’s premature death, which triggers a search through a family swing between global shores and migrating identities. Her installation speaks of a subtle web of relationships increasingly mediated by technology, fascinating and easy as precarious—an existential network hanging from faceless hands. All this offers the illusion of control, of “supervision,” yet what is missing is precisely the one who questions the gaze. The viewer is invited to recognize the thin thread of connections and the vanishing fabric of unrooted sentiments. -
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- Steve Bisson, 2023
Curator and Publisher
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https://urbanautica.com/review/jeux-de-mains-broken-supremacy/3908
The journey of a family that migrated in 1974 in search of a better life.
“This is the saddest photo in history, that was hours before we got on the plane that would bring us to Mexico, Christmas 1974, but I keep it to always remember that in just a moment your life can take a 180-degree turn and change forever”
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- One member of the family, 2023
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A family separated by migration, children who stay in their country of origin. Children who are born in the new country of residence, siblings who do not know each other's faces due to distance. Cousins who will never meet...
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The journey does not end here. The beginning of a migration facilitates the migration of subsequent generations
(Project carried out at Paris College of Art under the direction of Steve Bisson.)