Bio
b.1992, São Paulo, Brazil
Carolina Aiex is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Santos, Brazil. Her intellectual background is filled with twists and turns; she has studied physics and literature but has always seen herself as an artist. She is part scientist, part poet.
Carolina began her art career as a photographer and has recently started engaging with other mediums. Her current research spans creative writing, text and video, and she is now planning on working with installations for her upcoming projects. She has had the opportunity to exhibit her work in galleries in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and New York.
Artist Statement
My body of work encompasses series in multiple mediums created to delve into themes of time, memory, and the unconscious, while also exploring the boundaries of language and the duality between what is real and what is fictional.
After being diagnosed with depression as a teenager, I turned to understanding my condition and engaging in creative practices as therapeutic outlets. Through art, I find ways to express myself and to quietly think not only about my thoughts and feelings but also about how they come to be.
In my photographic work, I question the relations between what we see and what we, either consciously or not, remember, and I propose the idea that the camera can function as a simulator of our own cognitive system. Through my series, I try to bring forth the sensation of nostalgia with images that evoke emotional memories and states. With the use of lights, movements, colors and blurs I try to capture our impressions of present and past moments.
My videos can be seen as representations of our perception of the living second and of what lies beyond it: dreams and the unconscious. Through them, I question our understanding of time and how we innerly perceive it. Also, by approaching universal symbols that exist within our daily lives and recording people in real events, I explore the idea of a collective unconscious.
Through text and image, my most recent works encapsulate deep inner moments and contemplate themes such as depression and maturing, and, in a much broader sense, the many languages within language itself.
My biggest influences come from great minds in the field of philosophy, such as René Descartes, as well as filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami and Jean-Luc Godard.