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TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME

Casted glass, wood and nickel chain.
Variable dimensions.
2024
     

FUTURE FOSSILS OF THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE

Glazed stoneware, casted glass, metal, rope and grass. 
Variable dimensions.
2023




When working consumes most of our lives and even our free time isn’t free from the pressure of being rationalised and directed towards some goal, play can act as a step against this need to always be productive and efficient. A reaction against the instrumentalised, deterministic thinking championed by postmodern culture.

Either a reminiscence of human traces and anatomy or ruins of a world yet to come, these objects await in anticipation of being touched, stacked up or laid down. With their symmetry, they contain this almost Rorschach test-like quality of being able to project innumerous layers of meaning. Perfectly poised between our world and another, these totemic figures have arrived to help us confront ourselves and the junk of our past and present.




Photos by Sanna Lindberg.


INSTANCES AMONG FRIENDS

  1. INSTANCES AMONG FRIENDS I & III 
  •     Glazed stoneware
  •     45x30x15cm
  •     40x30x15cm
  •     2021
  1. INSTANCES AMONG FRIENDS IV: 
  •     Glazed stoneware
  •     45x30x30cm
  •     2022
  1. INSTANCES AMONG FRIENDS V: 
  •     Glazed stoneware 
  •     50x45x15cm
  •     2022



By questioning the role of the object as body and to explore the handleability and corporeal integration in the public space, we are seeing the spaces that are normally inhabited by people replaced by ceramic objects, which puts our presence in perspective but also our ability to easily attribute anthropomorphic qualities to inanimate things. With playfulness, there is an intention on setting to research how we relate to the space around us, both physical and social space. 

These ceramic creatures await in this antecipation to be stacked up or laid down, to be touched.

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HOW TO BE A STORYTELLER IN PEACE TIME


Glazed stoneware
45x30x30cm
2021



	
		
		
	
	
		
			
				
					





This stoneware “chess” table stands above 40cm from the ground,
directing people to kneel or sit next to it. It is maybe not really a
chess game since its playing pieces are not representative of the ones
actually used in chess.



Instead, they have abstract shapes that can provoke some sense of
resemblance with anything the player has experienced, providing a chance
for people to tell stories to each other using these tools while at the
same time overcoming the feeling of uneasiness that the sound of
clanking ceramics provokes.


				
			
		
	


        
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ABOUT




	
		
		
	
	
		
			
				
					Marta Veiga (b. 1997 in Lisbon, PT) explores how we can relate play and
the public space. In a world tending towards optimization and
seriousness, play can be a way to take a step against the need to always
be productive and efficient.


				
			
		
	


Having recently graduated from a Masters in Craft at Konstfack, Veiga
uses ceramic and glass objects to question our physical presence but
also to shift our gaze from anthropocentric views.









	
		
		
	
	
		
			
				
					
						EDUCATION



SEP 2021-JUN 2023   Konstfack - University of Arts, Crafts and
Design, Stockholm
                    MFA in Craft - Specialization in Ceramics and Glass

JUN 2022-AUG 2022  KKH - Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
                    Individual Artistic Project


						SEP 2015-JUL 2022  FMVUL - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the
University of Lisbon
                    Master in Veterinary Medicine


						SEP 2017-JUl 2021  FBAUL - Faculty of Fine Arts of the University
of Lisbon
                    Bachelor in Drawing



EXPERIENCE



AGO 2024      MOTHER - Underverket Festival, Stockholm

              Collective Exhibition

JUN 2024      Limerence - Nord Books, Stockholm


						              Solo Exhibition

APR-JUN 2024  Vi Arbetar Här - Konsthall C, Stockholm


						              Collective Exhibition

JAN-APR 2024  Dream (is my) Reality - Crum Heaven, Stockholm


						              Collective Exhibition

OCT 2023      Fresh Brew - Kulturhuset Stadsteatern,
Stockholm
              Collective Exhibition

MAY 2023      Spring Exhibition - Konstfack, Stockholm


						              Graduation Show

MAR 2023      Exam Show CRAFT!M2 - Konstfack, Stockholm
         
     Collective Exhibition

SEP 2022      tell me how you really feel - StudioPANK,
Stockholm
              Solo Exhibition

JAN 2022      CRAFT BREW - Konstfack, Stockholm


						              Collective Exhibition


						DEC 2018      12x12 - Galeria Arte Graça, Lisbon


						              Collective Exhibition


						





				
			
		
	

CONTACT




email:

martaddveiga@gmail.com



instagram:

@martaduartedaveiga