Steel, aluminum, iron, asbestos roofing screw and metallic particles generated during steel machining processes
168 × 130 × 130 cm
Mar 2026
Suspended from a central axis, this sculpture rotates slowly in space, activating time through motion rather than representation. Exposed weld seams mark the points where the metal fused under heat, revealing the structure’s construction rather than concealing it.
The plumb — traditionally a tool of vertical certainty — becomes unstable here, oscillating between gravity and propulsion. Rather than fixing direction, the work sustains a subtle spiral of shifting temporalities.
Strongly inspired by the concept of "spiral time" proposed by Leda Maria Martins in her book Performances do tempo espiralar, poéticas do corpo-tela [Spiral Time Performances, Canvas-Body Poetics] (2021), this work was installed in Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, in the favela where I grew up, the piece occupies the space behind the house where I spent much of my childhood exploring and inventing through imagination. In this context, the work connects mechanical movement with memory and place, transforming a familiar ground of childhood experimentation into a site where gravity, play, and speculation converge.