ENTRY DESCRIPTION
O POUSO (THE LANDING) is an image taken by an unexpected situation that I found when I was driving a car in a peripheral neighbourhood of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil and captured it.

The focus of my work process has been everyday creativity. What fascinates me most in life are the unexpected situations, what I can register and show them in a broader context. Surprising findings, incidents that awaken bring meanings, seducers of records that can arouse the gaze not only of mine but of whoever will eventually see.

On the periphery, life runs more spontaneously, without the visual control of the central neighbourhoods, precisely because low-income inhabitants live in limiting situations, everything is more exposed, especially the social reality that political systems hardly reach. With all due respect, I try to record ludic situations without exploring the misfortunes of these places and those who live in them. The birds on the horse show detachment, the freedom to land anywhere.
After all, in all types of life, accidents are fundamental!

AUTHOR
VERÔNICA ALKMIM FRANÇA multidisciplinar artist/photographer has lived for many years in Sweden and Brazil. Graduated in Fine Arts, Photography and Communication. In her portifolio includes sculptures, wearables, photos, scenarios, textiles, among others and reflects her cultural identity since her frequent travel between Brazil and Sweden has fostered in her a certain turning away from conventional artistic venues.
Born in Brazil she emerged during the 90,’s as one of the pioneers of wearable art in Brazil fostering interpretations that brought with them innumerable discussions between the fine line that separate design, art and fashion and inspiring emerging generations. Verônica's work was also highlighted by the precious photographic documentation of his artistic works and later her revelation as an authorial photographer.
Over the course of many decades her work evolved continuously bringing many interpretations since it communicates with all the expressions of her work, be it in the fine arts, or even social approaches, individual or collective, always with a connection with the domestic, considering everyday life. The image is a central point in her work, not only authorial but also the documentation of her three-dimensional works and also creations with and from photographic productions.
Reversing the trend of mass consumption and far from social networks, ahe always questions the culture of excess and its changing aesthetics in today's world and works with disadvantaged people, which creates visibility for these groups and cultural social actions.
She was a producer and curator of the collection of photographer “Chichico Alkmim”, her grandfather, currently in the custody of the IMS, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In recent years she has worked intensively in research and productions in which the image has been her visual narrative. Her production is being structured and cataloged in order to make more choices in the field of arts.

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