O que podem as palavras_tu homem dono | What can words do?_You, the man and master

For Saskia Moro, literature and music are key sources of inspiration, channelling their rhythms and narratives into mixed media pictures. Her printing technique plays a vital role in expressing ideas about space and time, exploring polarities such as full/empty, noise/silence, joy/sadness, feminine/ masculine, light/darkness, movement/rigidity, control/chance, and life/death. This work draws on Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga’s Homo Ludens, which sees play as the fundamental aspect of human life. Using graphics to add texture and meaning, she selects passages from the banned 1972 book, The New Portuguese Letters by the Three Marias. These texts investigate the rules of love. Are gender dynamics any different today than a half a century ago? Notable exhibitions include UPDATE, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, (2024); A Oliveira e a Palavra, Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Lisbon, (2024); Á Água Viva, Galeria de Arte do Convento do Espírito Santo, Loulé, (2023); Hand Luggage, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, (2023) and Ausência, Galeria Valbom, Lisbon, (2016).