I want to experience what it means to be conscious. I want to feel present and connected.

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My work explores a condition that repeats in every country I live in to be close to the people I love: the more connected we get, the more disconnected we become. We are reachable all the time and almost never present.

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I build objects, assemblages and installations. I am interested in the transparency of polycarbonate and resin, and in how these materials meet light and the other materials I collect: mobile phone screens, digital debris, conductive materials such as copper, and family relics.

In the videoperformances I hold a single frame for ninety seconds, using only my hand, my breath and my phone. Then I mark the images with digital drawing.

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I take the work into public spaces. In many cases, people can touch it and play.

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Paula Marcondes