Efigênia Rashidi will be on Sundays at the fair of the poet

Efigênia Rashidi will be on Sundays at the fair of the poet

In the next few Sundays of September (days 13, 20 and 27), The Poet, in the Largo da Ordem, receives the multimedia artist Philomena Ramos Rashidi, that presents an installation with poetry and performance of the work "the great journey of Biopaz, Patricians and Naifs toward planet Mars ". The artist is completing this month 84 years and created the work especially for this occasion.

"The journey of Biopaz, Patricians and Naifs toward planet Mars "consists of a tree with aluminum base that supports other 150 small works made with recycled material. The installation tells the story of three groups that resolve to escape the hubbub of the Olympics and move to another planet. Imaginary beings Efigênia Rolim have animal format, but think, dream and think like humans.

"My imagination has no limits. The ideas bubble in my head without stopping ", says Iphigenia, that is one of the most representative artists of the popular art of Paraná. Born in Minas Gerais, but there are several decades living in Curitiba, Efigênia won admirers of a work simple and full of creativity.

The artist explains the nature of the characters of your new installation: the Biopaz take their loads on the back, but the Cubs follow alone. His parents believe that they need to learn to live with their own legs and discover the mysteries of life and death with your own experience; the patricians, Group a little more tolerant, think differently. They usually say "if we don't get our children they will never reach the destination. We are in favour of patience and insight. The example is worth more than the words "; the Naifs, women warriors, but full of love, have special assignment in the saga in search of new horizon. They take warm clothes and food to all. One of them, in particular, take care of the children tired, offering water and home.

"If you ask me why I chose the planet Mars answer that in my dreams it is a beautiful place, cool, the rivers and the seas are clean, There are many flowers, Trees, birds and berries, the animals live without fear, free in nature, and people live in peace ", says Iphigenia. The artist will be at the fair of the poet on the four Sundays of September, from 10 am to 14h.