ARTIST’S TEXT
O Mergulho… Camaleões
A dive of energy in this continuous transformation… with the sun entering, sifted through the forest of my chameleons… echoing transmutation of the being and matter, renewing and being reborn every moment… the sky and the earth are connected through the trees, in the lightness of the leaves and in the strength of their roots…Like stalactites of a stagnant life ready to be recycled…ready to be given a new meaning.
Nature interests me much more for its movements and transformations than for its form… It is a point of alert, a string of manifestations of ideas that are within me. It takes us a lifetime to be the best of ourselves, always trying to change ourselves. So, we need peace of mind to follow our path, which is sometimes long and sometimes shorter, but we shall not drown. It is not the most intelligent or the richest, but rather the one who adapts and transforms, who will be the most complete in this life. A new phase… an environmental discourse… no… I take ownership of random materials and within this technique, I enter my works, with my chameleons… like parasites stuck in a body… my creative process comes very strongly and at the same time peacefully, feeding the soul. The inspiration for chameleons came from being in constant movement of color… everything for survival.
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
Socrates
May the law of transformation be challenged so that we can have a better world and move forward… with energy flowing like the waters of a river…
I always think about Lavoisier, a French chemist, considered one of the fathers of modern Chemistry, author of the sentence: “In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed.”
In addition to that, this transformation is a subject I’ve spent years of my life focused on… always wanting to change myself and transform myself into a better version.
That’s why I’m involved in working with living materials that are in constant movement, with log wood renewing life… olive wood, Freijó, Cajá Mirim, avocado tree, Jabutica tree, Phoenix, urucum, palm seed. I use recycled everyday objects, like masks, cat’s eye (traffic signs), electrical conduit, expired medicines, micro plastics, plastics, toothbrushes, cotton swabs, hoses, toys, catalogue/book, glass bottles, nautical cables, scrap copper from air conditioning and lighting, mirror trim, steel and acrylic.
Transformation is necessary…
I only ask nature and the universe for wisdom… and for being able to be grateful everyday. If I can leave something out of this Transformation of mine, that would be that we may always be aware of the signs and not be afraid of connecting with ourselves in depth. If fear shows up, face it head-on! Living our purpose is truly liberating.
The system displays this relationship with the need to feel… to belong all the time… what you are… what you have. What you have is the only thing that is worth, and what you have is what you deserve… isn’t it real? In fact, it is not an unbridled search for money, it is not a moralistic discourse… that we do not need it… does it corrupt?
It is a manifesto of an appeal… a contemporary demand.
It is a warning point, a rope of manifestation of ideas that are within me.
It takes us a lifetime to be the best of ourselves, so we must optimize our time because we only have this chance to win!
I am interested in inviting the public to reflect on this constant transformation that my chameleons represent beyond the connection between earth and sky… in a continuous energy of transmutation. Seeing the world as it is: my world and the fusion of the two transforming the being!
I want us to be part of this transformation, and I invite everyone to dive into this installation. I am very grateful for the water, for the trees… And in this forest of “chameleons”, we can feel this power!
I am interested in working with wood because of its versatility, and with hard metals, such as steel, iron, and copper, turning them into my chameleons. I make use of recycled materials that I integrate into my works These thin columns with rings that I paint with colors that I identify with! I am interested in inviting the public to reflect on this constant transformation that my chameleons represent…connection of Earth and sky… in a continuous energy of transmutation. Seeing the world as it is. My world and the fusion of both, transforming the being!
This is the DNA of my work… always searching for the transmutation of the being and matter!
This continuous transformation that I always feel in myself and in the Earth is part of my work and the movement of my lathe spinning and materializing in my chubby chameleons in their constant and infinite movement…
A glimpse of this transformation… and what is the deepest within the being!
I want to pass on to the world through my chameleons that is the deepest within each of us!
I am interested in talking about the transformation of the being and matter, which is why I talk about my chameleons in constant movement. The installation talks about this: a forest of chameleons with their reflections and the reuse of matter! In that way, everything is connected with the power of transformation!
I want you to be part of this transformation and I invite you to dive into this installation. In the African tradition, Heaven and Earth are connected through trees, in the lightness of the leaves and the strength of the trees’ roots. I am very grateful for the trees! My process is entirely focused on the transformation of the being and matter, always in constant movement.
I am interested in inviting the public to reflect on this constant transformation that my chameleons represent. The connection of Earth and cosmos, in this constant energy of transformation.
Our inner chameleon in complete transmutation.
Sometimes we think how difficult and scary it is to know that, little by little, we are dying because we know well that we end up where we came from. We are light. So, we need peace of mind to follow our path, which is sometimes long and sometimes shorter, each in our own way.
We shall not drown in shallow waters. We should create strength, perseverance, as well as great serenity, to travel the road of life.
A new phase… an environmental discourse… no… I take ownership of random materials, such as steel, copper, and wood, which are already in the world. Within this technique, I enter my works, with my chameleons…
The installation would be a route among the chameleons as in a forest (which are sculptures that I personally make with wood, shaped with acrylic on wood, metals, steel, copper…).
The inspiration for the chameleons came from being in constant movement of color… all in name of survival…
I want us to be part of this transformation and I invite everyone to dive into this installation.
Biophilia, love of life; instinct of preservation, of conservation… together with the water… the trees and in this forest of “chameleons”, we can feel this power. Everything is a matter of energy.
—Renata Adler
EXHIBITION
A Continuous Transformation
Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim, Rio de Janeiro
Exhibition: February 8th to March 31st, 2019
I am very grateful… we are eternally indebted to our trees: for the water, for the wood, for the air. Our power of transmutation is amazing, like chameleons changing colour, all for survival! In our reflections we can even look at the past, but we must focus on light, on the future. The past can guide us but cannot define us; we will find the light is not at the end of the tunnel, we are the light!
I see nature and love in all elements of my work. Creativity calmly pervades me and this way I hear my inner voice: we create what we think, and we attract what we feel! I respect the DNA of the material, changing is part of the performance, like the chameleon, colour in a permanent motion. There is no knowledge of tomorrow; our present is a full asphyxia of the here and now: a dive into a new life!
I have always thought of changing, and today I say yes, I have transformed myself. I have been reborn for the best, I have grown, I have focused on what is really valuable. Meaning transforms us, it makes us see in a different way, and that is revolutionary. That is the power of transformation.
—Renata Adler
