“Echos” – RODRIGO ARRUDA

Exhibition view of “Ecos”, solo show at Fundação Clóvis Salgado, 2019

untitled, clay, 950 x 0.04 x 0.04 in (2400 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm), 2014/2019

untitled, glass nail, 2 x 2 x 0.2 in (5 x 5 x 0.5 cm), 2013/2017

Exhibition view

dm, cm, mm, paper, 3.94 x 3.94 x 0.34 in (10 x 10 x 0.1 cm), 2017

1g de ar [1g of air], acrylic, 3.75 x 3.75 x 3.75 in (9.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm), 2013/2019

untitled, canvas strings, 63 x 1.18 x 0.04 in (160 x 3 x 0.1 cm), 2015/2019

on the left: untitled [red light]; on the right: Minuto and 66 pregos, 78 segundos

untitled, red bulb and electronic device, 1 x 1 x 1.18 in (2.5 x 2.5 x 3.0 cm), 2015/2019

on the left: Minuto; on the right: 66 pregos, 78 segundos

Minuto [Minute], photogram, 20 x 1.8 in (50 x 4.6 cm), 2013/2019

“Echos

The word echo suggests a relation between an empty space and a given sound or noise, as a reaction to an element that did not belong to this space in the first place. However, does this apply to images as well, instead of solely sound vibrations? And what about almost nonexistent bodies? Could they resonate in an empty space as do sound, noise and the human voice? The word echo does not end at the idea of a sound presence, for it can mean the resonance of something which, despite its apparent meaninglessness, becomes nothing only after it ceases reverberating.”

Photos and text of “Ecos”, solo show at Fundação Clóvis Salgado (Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte), 2019.