“Science of a Desolate Land” marks the atmosphere of immersion between archives, reports and images of an expeditionary and exploratory past, which, when updated, complexifies the relationship between the real, the fictional, the imagined and the memory. A trip through the historical time that casts a look at the presence of crystallized structures in the Brazilian individual and collective memory, challenging us to see the contemporary reality in perspective.
I found a parallel between my trip to Brazil and those Europeans in the past whose curiosity for the unknown made them imagine a utopian, chimerical and vast territory, endless possibilities. However, in 2015 Brazil presented itself as a sordid and outlandish place, in full socio-cultural and political effervescence, a devastated land, still veiled by ancient crystallizations.