Lived experience and art

“I found that life has to be edited to continue” Tracey Emin

 a) A short film that uses footage from a documentary about Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho’s life in the street. It is about a man who was homeless in São Paulo, Brazil, for nearly 35 years. In April 2011, he was befriended by Shalla Monteiro, who was moved by his poetry and created a facebook page to feature his writing, which led to his reconnecting to family and publishing his poems at: https://vimeo.com/217764756

b)  Figures portraying the female experience, loss, the agonies of heartbreak, bereavement and reproductive trauma…. by Tracey Emin at: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/05/tracey-emin-a-fortnight-of-tears-review-london-white-cube-bermondsey

c) “Ο αληθινός καλλιτέχνης είναι αυτό το παιδί που υπάρχει μέσα μας” – Λίνα Νικολακοπούλου ΤED talk at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l—fqBWdlDE

‘Η σωτηρία της ψυχής / είναι πολύ μεγάλο πράγμα
σαν ταξιδάκι αναψυχής / μ’ ένα κρυμμένο τραύμα’