0240 Flavia Mudesto

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all of them are also located at performance & video
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folder on this same USB stick. mixed media
The art projects are organised
following the categories of
“table of contents”.
long-term projects
bio

I deal in my work with the phenomenology of being in-between environments,

analysing the duality by the re-configuration of the body (self and non-self) as it
responds to its environment as a critical tool of analysis.
I use different mediums to produce and exhibit my work, including performance art,
filmmaking, sound design, and tattooing.

Curriculum Vitae
performance
&
video
 verschäfende
maßnahme
short film
4’01”
Belo Horizonte - Vienna
(2017)

Verschäfende maßnahme was released a week before

that the PEC 181/2015 (brazilian constitutional
amendment proposal that prohibits any
interruption of pregnancy) was voted on.

The film was atributed as a poetic protest against

this PEC.
vimeo.com/242618220

Released with english

subtitles at:
vimeo.com/242618220
 im Eifer des Gefechts
klingt tiefe atmen
ganz anders als
einfach seufzen

dann frag mal

stutzte du dir selber
deinen Eigenwille?

lass man deine Lesart

entkalken,
deine Mitbestimmung
halten

es gibt einfach keine Macht

stärker als deine Eigene
(“keine Macht für Niemand”)

wir bleiben multidimensionales

vimeo.com/242618220
Wesen,
die menschliche Erfahrungen haben

halt

Bewusstsein
nicht ansprechbar,
unzählbar,
aber egal, Top: Image from verschäfende maßnahme
ob Weltschmerz oder Blut lecken Left: Full text
wir sind aus dem gleichen
R o h s t o f f gebaut
Sketch 1; Light and camera positioning Sketch 2: Dynamics of shadow - glas
 Flavia Mudesto
Director & Text
Producer
Edition
Sound Design
Performer & Voice
Translation & Subtitles

Julia Bernardino
Assistent Producer
Camera Assistent
Light & Set Setup

Paul Erker
Assistant Producer
Audio Assistent
Lector & Translation
Z.U.G.E.B.E.N.
Site-specifc performance
Vienna (2017)

Inspired by concrete poetry and guided by rhythmical moves, the

artist uses the rail rests of the old Nordbahnhof in Vienna as
a platform merged with her performance. Admitting, there is no
train anymore.

Z.U.G.E.B.E.N.

E N T Z U G
E I N Z U G
E I L Z U G
E I N Z U G
E I L Z U G
E N T Z U G
E I N Z U G
E I L Z U G

Top: Performance text

Left: Flavia performing Z . U . G . E . B . E . N .
Photo: Juliana dos Santos
vimeo.com/259591432

Video: Juliana dos Santos Foto:

Juliana dos
Santos

Top: detail, Flavia performing Z . U . G . E . B . E . N .

Right top and bottom: lettering studys
Right middle: Flavia performing Z . U . G . E . B . E . N .
 ongoing projects

zugeben
Loop-film
Nordbahnhof
Vienna (2017)

zugeben was filmed after the

presentation of the performance
Z.U.G.E.B.E.N.
vimeo.com/258870212

Flavia Mudesto
Director & Text
Camera
Production & Editon

Juliana dos Santos

Camera Assitant
 Left: Angle and camera position set-up
Top: Study for angle and camera position

Photo: Juliana dos Santos

 Left: Camera support
Top: Sketch for camera support
 Photo: Juliana dos Santos

Top: Single-camera setup

Right: Photographic study
 printScr33n

Selfportrait, GIF, digital performance and website

Belo Horizonte - Lugano (2017)

Changing itself with the proprioception of its communicative

image and documentary value (a transient pleasure or an
orgonic slight memory) the images/files are being corrupted
through the questioning of its singular-validity.
The mnemonic semantics relates with the emerging artifact’s
JPEG recompaction process - every time this file is opened
and saved again as a new file.

Screen capture of printScr33n’s homepage;

“now>projecting your presence on me and myself on your screen.
“after>screen, I’m just a part of your archive

The the dialog between the repetition of sharing/compacting a memory

- in bytes on a hard disc operating as a

printscr33n.webflow.io/printscreen
body-extension - and the image per-se - which satiates the lack of the
other - determines the value each record
(observation time vs trivialisation).

Excerpt from printScr33n

http://printscr33n.webflow.io

Left: homepage detail,

question to unlock the website,
(the answers are saved on databank)

hyperlink (http://printscr33n.webflow.io/printscreen)
Right: Excerpt from printScr33n
Instalation Proposal: The room stays to simulate a
personal space that invites a private interaction with the printvScr33n
page through the use of the computer, programmed to just allow this
specific http address switching between the homepage and the workpage.

Exhibited as GIF at:

printscr33n.webflow.io
Subverta-se: Exposicao de Artes Plsticas
Belo Horizonte / Brazil

Gifformance 1 edition
Asunción / Paraguay

Gifformance 2 edition
Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
Mixed
Media
f(x)3
Musical performance

Henrique Iwao (synth - piezo)

Rafael Ferne (painting/destructing - guitar)
Gabriel Mendes (guitar)
Bahia Iabah (ableton live)
Flavia Mudesto (measuring tape)

VESPA Vibuce lo.cura - Sesi Minas

Belo Horizonte / Brazil (2017)

Photo: Zi Reis & Digo Faria

Misunderstand(ing?) the misunderstood.
Destroying what was has been made.
(as an act of Faith, in the action per-se) Bahia Iabah and Rafael Ferne
But calculating the measures.
Left: Close up on Rafael Ferne
Right: Flavia Mudesto

Photos: Zi Reis & Digo Faria

 Left: Henrique Iwao
Right: Gabriel Mendes

Photos: Zi Reis & Digo Faria

 ongoing projects

Musical Installation - Performance

with Henrique Iwao
Belo Horizonte - Brazil (2017)
vimeo.com/259590638

Motors (3V and 5V) were placed in receptacles of various products,

made mostly out of glass: jelly, honey, olives..

Effectively, through manipulating the rotational energy of the motors

and turning them on and off in combinations, we transformed them into
instruments.

Video: Henrique Iwao

Flavia Mudesto setting up the instrument
 (thermally driven)
Autonomous Quantum Clock
3D modeling
(2017)

Although quantum systems provide the most accurate measurements of time, the concept of
time in quantum theory remains elusive. […] various models of quantum systems designed to
measure time, i.e., quantum clocks, have been proposed […]. These models typically con-
sider a specific degree of freedom of a quantum system, prepared in a judiciously chosen
initial state, then subjected to a unitary evolution, and finally measured. The result is
interpreted as a time-interval measurement, whose precision can be related to the proper-
ties of the clock […]. However, the procedures of the state preparation and the measure-
ment are usually not discussed explicitly. These models thus allow one to measure a time
interval, e.g., for implementing a given unitary operation (by timing an interaction).
This functionality is analogous to a stop-watch, but it cannot be considered a complete
model of a quantum clock.
Indeed, a crucial feature of a clock (as opposed to a stopwatch) is to continuously provide
a time reference to an external observer. It is thus essential that any complete model of
a quantum clock explicitly specifies the process of information read-out. This leads us to
consider a clock as a bipartite system […].

(excerpt from Physical Review X 7, 031022; references removed)

“Our goal was to explore the fundamental limits on time measurement at the smallest possible scale. Therefore we Presented in talks by
developed the model of autonomous quantum clocks, as we want to have a complete and self-consistent model that
allows for fair bookkeeping. The clock that is illustrated here is such a autonomous quantum clock. It uses two Paul Erker at the 3rd International Conference for Young Quantum Information Scientists
thermal baths at different temperature in order to bring a system out of thermal equilibrium, a prerequisite (YQIS 2017 in Erlangen)
for any system to function as a clock. The resulting heat flow is used to produce a sequence of signals, which and
are then recorded by a register. As the flow of information between the two parts of the clock is asymmetric Ralph Silva at the 8th National Centre of Competence in Research ‘Quantum Science and Technology
the process is irreversible. Irreversibility is connected with the generation of entropy through the second law -General Meeting
of thermodynamics. This model allowed us to show that this inevitable production of entropy is related to the (NCCR QSIT 2018 in Arosa)
fundamental limits on the performance of such systems to measure the passage of time.”
Text by: Paul Erker
Long-Term
Project:
Resili4rt
 ongoing project

Resili4rt
Visual Arts - Tattoo
South America / Europe (2015-2018)

(#photography and #painting) a body site specific

Private Atelier (Belo Horizonte)
Muchancho Tattoo Studio (Tübingen)
Medusa Tattoo Studio (Tübingen)
Titanic Cultural (Belo Horizonte)
No-Mads Land (Sofia)
content was created to redesign a canvas that was
already appropriated before by social and psycho-
logical implications. cover up an epithelial scar
with a new body modification process (#tattoo) in
order to re-signify a local level memory is the
conclusion of each project.

#removal by replacement
#body image #scar cover-up
#self-esteem

Left: right view, scar removal by replacement,
after second session
Right: detail, left view, scar removal by re-
placement, after second session
cis woman, 39 years. 2 children. divorced.
1.negative body-image
2.breast implants
3.epithelial scar
4.sexual issues
5.negative with body-image
6.cover up breast implant scar
7.more positive body-image
location: Belo Horizonte - Brazil
main desing theme: #femininity #sexuality #ornamental
tattoo sessions: 3 (17h)
observation1: numbness around breast
observation2: PhD Student in Linguistics (on Metaphors)
& Portuguese Teacher at PCMG - Civil Police
Tattoo sketch, flower drawing inspired by curves of the vulva
Top: tattooing process at Titanic Cultural (2017 - Brazil)

Left: skin healed up after first session

(detail: bruise at left areola indicating damage on the breast’s
mechanoreceptor)
 cis man, 35 years. no children. divorced.

1.tattoo which marks a relationship

2.relationship ends
3.psychological issues
4.negative body-image
5.skin removal due to lack of funds for laser treatment
Top: skin healed up after the tattoo excision
6.negative with body-image
Bottom: tattoo removal by replacement, after fisrt session
7.cover up neck scar
8.more positive body-image

location: Tübingen - Germany

tattoo sessions: 2 (9h)
main desing theme: #protection #new life goals
observation: wants to cover other tattoos
 cis woman, 19 years. 1 children. single.

1.feeling uncomfortable
2.arm skin cutting
3.negative body-image
4.tattoo to cover up arm scars
5.more positive body-image

location: Tübingen - Germany

tattoo sessions: 1 (4h)
main desing theme: #motivational #religious #quotes
observation1: hasn’t paid yet
observation2: single mother due to conviction of
child’s father

Top: scar removal by replacement, after first session

Left: stencil aplication, before first session
Top: tattoo sketch
 cis man, 45 years. no children. married.

1.tattoo
(10 years later)
2.feeling embarrassed with tattoo
3.negative body-image
4.tattoo to cover up arm tattoo
5.more positive body-image

location: Tübingen - Germany

tattoo sessions: 3 (16h)
main design theme: #love my work/wife #biomechanics
observation1: FTW stands for “fuck the world”
observation2: has 2 dogs. works as a car mechanics

Left: tattoo removal by replacement, after third session

Left: skin healed up after the tattoo; before first replacement session
Middle: stencil aplication, before first session
Right: tattoo sketch
Long-Term
Project:
D3_f0rm3z
 ongoing project

D3_f0rm3z
Visual Arts- Installation - Tattoo - Performance
(2016-2018)

My proposal for this work is to investigate the possibility of

an artistic and political occupation of the body, focusing on
co-authored projects and employing radical strategies to turn
the final pieces into a continuous motivation to act critically.

This project aims to use concepts of G l i t c h effect as a

met4for to represent queer people in our society (where we are
educated for a binary conception of gender, limitated to “0 or 1”),
and counteract the beauty of the body (self and non-self) with
the brutality of gender violence.

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 partnerships & possible partnerships^:

Vienna::
“SISTER*S” (FLUC December 2017 & April 2018)
VBKÖ (not defined yet)^
Brunnenpassage (event not defined yet)^

Sofia::
Fabrika Autonomia (“Queer Care Day” April 2018)
No-Mads Land (February 2018 - October 2018)
The Fridge (not defined yet)^

Belo Horizonte::
Titanic Cultural (February 2017 - October 2017)
Alcova Libertina (April 2017 - October 2017)

London::
artLacuna Gallery (“d3_f0rm3z” † January 2017)

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 D3_f0rm3z Project invites
co-workers && models

(...)

Our idea is to counteract the beau-

»»Requirements for models:
ty of the body and self-love with the
Have a human body
brutality of gender violence. We will
& Consider yourself Trans
use personal reports and will dedicate
& To have suffered violence (open to
a section of the exhibition for stories.
your interpretation of what violence
And to adorn them we need m0dels
is) for the fact of you choosing to fol-
tr4ns.
low your inner truth
»» What we want
(...)
.People who witnessed moments of
gender violence, and are willing to
share the story and show their history.
.People who are willing to talk
through internet conferences to com-
pose the project

Top: Extraction of the invitation text, published on

social media.
Left: Poster; “Call for non-cis models and co-workers”.

D3_
f0rm3z
 Planed exhibition: d3_f0rm3z
Visual Arts - Performance

artLacuna Gallery - London

(† January 2017)

Flavia Mudesto - Coordenator/Artist

David Marchant - Member of artLacuna/Facilitator
Patricia Freire - Invited Artist/Performer/Producer
Timo Dufner - Invited Artist/Video Art

Exhibit design study for artLacuna Gallery.

The exhibition would be separated in two sessions
yellow: Glitch-Clit
pink: Body para-glitch

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 Subject proposal for artLacuna Gallery.

Glitch-Clit Body para-glitch

‘not expected’ X ‘outlier’ X ‘queer’ gender violence

|transgender body modification|
>multiple forms of violence
>play with normative cognitive patterns >bruise evolving
(conception incongruities: gender identity\expression, >testimonies
biological sex, sexual orientation) >deformed faces/bodies due to intolerance of prejudiced ones
| what is expected in a body >statistic facts contrasting pornography consumption and
| what is the real/complete image in the painting gender violence
| how your binarism influences your interpretation
>abuse of stereotypes
>trans pornography g l i t c h aesthetics;
photograpy
>RGB image overlay
g l i t c h aesthetics; (glasses will be offered in order to reveal the RBG layers)
binary canvas values led painting
>black and white >activated by sound input
canvas overlay (from model’s testimony)
>transparency
non-continued line
semi-blind drawing
Due to visa and personal issues in Germany in December 2016, I had to cancel the exhibition at artLacuna Gallery planned for January 2017.
This subject still relevant for my interests and I continue working and researching on it as a more complex project under the same name.
 how can you bleed so cold
loop - film / GIF
Tübingen - Germany
(2016)

D3_
f0rm3z Glitch-Clit

Exhibited at:

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Armcuar Electronic Soundz! - Oops

2018 Lugano / Switzerland

Terra Nomandica - No-Mads Land & Tell Me

2018 Sofia / Bulgaria

SISTER.S - Fluc
2017 Vienna / Austria
Top: Excerpt from how can you bleed so cold

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 facing out
loop - film / GIF
Tübingen - Germany
(2016)
D3_
f0rm3z Glitch-Clit

Exhibited at:

mudesto.hotglue.me/gif

Armcuar Electronic Soundz! - Oops

2018 Lugano / Switzerland

Terra Nomandica - No-Mads Land & Tell Me

2018 Sofia / Bulgaria

SISTER.S - Fluc
2017 Vienna / Austria
Pictures: Excerpt from facing out

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 ongoing project
irina gancheva,
physicist and menstrual activist,

“a person with significant issues with settling down

the tattoo symbolizes some different aspects:

the fig is from the ficus tree family and such was the
tree, under which is believed that Buddha was meditating
till he reached his state of enlightenment. For me it is a
sacred tree as I connect it with some sweet memories of my
mother and grandmother
besides the spiritual aspect, the fig has something very
sexual in it - its fruit embodies the female and the male
gentiles - as a closed fruit it looks like a testicular,
but if you open it, two juicy vaginas appear;”

text by Irina Gancheva

During the working process we decided that the logical addition to the tattoo
would be to add some menstrual blood in the fig fruit. This performance will
be recorded.

tattooing process at No-mads Land

(2018 - Bulgaria)

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placement for the upcoming session)

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 thiakov davidovich,
musician, sound designer, and music producer,

“ besides the final aesthetics, in our project was indeed

a deep exchange from the both parts. We had at least one
meeting per week, usually two, during this six months of
work in Belo Horizonte, at either Alcova Libertina or
Titanic Cultural.

This tattoo represents the care we had towards each

other, the trade between artists, lovers, and friends.
After all you’ll be forever on my skin, and I know that
I’ll keep resonating this queer noise through the world.
“

text by Thiakov Davidovich

We made an exchange of our artistic skills, tattooing, and sound design lesons.

All the tattoo was done wholly on Flavia’s free interpretation on the
Thiakov’s concept,“Here, randomness, colors, splash”.
No markers were use to guide the tattooing.

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tattooing process at Titanic Cultural
(2017 - Brazil)
(skin healed up after second session)

Top: upper view

Left: frontal view
 ongoing project

I wash my hands of it
Performance Film
Titanic Cultural Belo Horizonte - Sofia
Belo Horizonte (2017-2018)
(2017)

The friction caused by

anti-sacrificing a body piece and
black magic rituals as they
reflect through queer nightlife Photo: Eduardo Zica

and collective trauma.

Rafael Ferne (Anti-victim) and Julia Bernardino (Rope Bandit)

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Photo: Eduardo Zica Photo: Eduardo Zica

Top: Julia Teles (Lumier Severe), Flavia Mudesto (Heure du petit

Trépas), Rafael Ferne (Anti-victim) and Julia Bernardino (Rope Bandit)
Left: Flavia Mudesto (Heure du petit Trépas), Rafael Ferne (Anti-victim)
and Julia Bernardino (Rope Bandit)

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 Photo: Eduardo Zica

Julia Teles (Lumier Severe), Flavia Mudesto (Heure du petit Trépas),

Rafael Ferne (Anti-victim) and Julia Bernardino (Rope Bandit)
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 Eduardo Zica
Director & Producer
Camera 1
Light & Set

Rafael Ferne
Performer (Anti-Victim)
Sound Design

Julia Teles
Performer (Lumier severe)
Camera 2

Julia Bernardino
Performer (Rope bandit)
Assistent Producer

Flavia Mudesto
Performer (Heure du petit Trépas)
Producer & Edition
Text
Sound Design

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Thank you very much for your interest in my work.
If you have any questions I’ll be pleased to answer them.