Painting is where the formal language of my moving image work emerges from, full of colour and a compulsion towards sensuous detail. It is a medium that offers my practice materiality and a different time code to that of digital video. I approach the movement of imagery across both media as a form of translation, curious about what details are lost or gain visibility and the different cultural connotations underlined by each medium.
Painting is where the formal language of my moving image work emerges from, full of colour and a compulsion towards sensuous detail. It is a medium that offers my practice materiality and a different time code to that of digital video. I approach the movement of imagery across both media as a form of translation, curious about what details are lost or gain visibility and the different cultural connotations underlined by each medium.
Painting is where the formal language of my moving image work emerges from, full of colour and a compulsion towards sensuous detail. It is a medium that offers my practice materiality and a different time code to that of digital video. I approach the movement of imagery across both media as a form of translation, curious about what details are lost or gain visibility and the different cultural connotations underlined by each medium.
Painting is where the formal language of my moving image work emerges from, full of colour and a compulsion towards sensuous detail. It is a medium that offers my practice materiality and a different time code to that of digital video. I approach the movement of imagery across both media as a form of translation, curious about what details are lost or gain visibility and the different cultural connotations underlined by each medium.
INGEST / digest / excrete
In collaboration with
Nicole Morris
[SPACE], 2018
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With support from:
Arts Council England
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
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‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
‘F.L.A.G.’ is a single channel video structured as a three part digestive act, placing the body in direct relationship to architecture through moments of ingestion, digestion and excretion. Using a bilingual script to weave in photos from my personal archive documenting family in Mozambique with architectural scale models in the studio. House and body are portrayed as sites of containment inflected by histories of European colonialism. Through surreal acts in ingestion/expulsion the video attempts to address how this history might be digested.
The video was originally exhibited at ‘Cleave’, part of the GI 2018 across the city programme, alongside two sculptures, ‘Shelter (hot blue scream) I & II’.
Additional screenings at:
Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich (2019)
Click on images to enlarge and view details including title, medium and date.
Maria de Lima (b. Recife, Brazil) currently lives and works in Glasgow, UK. Her work uses a visual aesthetic driven by colour within film, installation and painting, engaging with language as a colonising tool through a feminist lens. She explores how the imposition of language can extend territory and create complex overlays where identities and cultures intersect, and conflicting ideas inhabit our bodies.
To get in touch email: mariadelima@hotmail.co.uk
Education
2012 - 2015 MA Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools
2005 - 2008 BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell College of Arts
Current
2022 Talbot Rice Resident 2022-2024, Edinburgh
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Diaries, Chalton Gallery, London
2018 INGEST | digest | excrete, with Nicole Morris, [SPACE], London
2016 An exit soft to the touch, ANDOR, London
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Ex Roma V, APT Gallery, London
2021 Desde el Salón (From the Living Room) curated by Sol Calero, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2021 RA Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2020 Toys for Survival, Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow
2019 The Rough Cut with Elinor Morgan, film screening Tyneside Cinema, New Castle
2019 Outpost Members' Show selected by Jessica Warboys, Outpost, Norwich
2019 Outpost Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps, Outpost, Norwich
2018 Cleave, Laurieston Arches: Glasgow International 2018, Glasgow
2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
2016 Modest Villa Immense Versailles, Kinman Gallery, London
2016 Rose, Tower, The Kennington Residency, London
2015 Outpost Members’ Show Selected by Nik Void, Outpost, Norwich
2015 Royal Academy Schools Show, Royal Academy Schools, London
2014 A Union of Voices, Horatio Jr, London
2014 Macy Dott: Publication Launch, Scawfell Street, London
2014 Conscientia: Latin American Consciousness, Lloyds Club, London
2014 IVI Art Party, IVI, London
2014 Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2013 Art (After), ANDOR, London
2010 By Means of Matter, Generator Projects, Dundee
2009 Field of Sets - Pt I Conjunction, Peckham Rye Multistory Car Park, London
2008 Witness/N14, L’Avant Rue, Paris, France
Residencies and Awards
2020 A-N Artist Bursary
2019 Guildengate House Residency, Outpost, Norwich
2018 Arts Council England Project Grant
2018 Elephant Trust Grant
2016 Abbey Fellowship, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
2015 Agnes Ethel Mackay Travel Award
2014 Peter Rippon Travel Scholarship
2010 Generator Projects Residency, Dundee
Curatorial Projects
2021 Living with..., publication co-curated with Nicole Morris. Featuring Kira Freije, Onyeka Igwe, Alicia Reyes McNamara and Katie Schawb.
2019 |DIGEST|, radio broadcast co-curated with Nicole Morris, RTM.fm part of Artlicks Weekend Radio 2019. With contributions from Hana Janeckova; Hannah Leighton-Boyce; Holly Graham; Maria Farrar and Sofie Alsbo
2018 REGURGITATE, podcast c0-curated with Nicole Morris, broadcast on Resonance FM. With contributions from Alberta Whittle; Alice Martin; Jasleen Kaur; Josie Cockram; Katriona Beales; Rebecca Ackroyd; Rebecca Bellantoni and Susan Conte