Lucas Gervilla
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luta”, or “God fights”, in English, created by the
Brazilian artist Lucas Gervilla in 2015. The work
depicts images recorded on war monuments,
memorials, and other belligerent contexts
combined with an original soundtrack. The video
proposes a critique of the presence of violence in
contemporary society. This writing presents the
origin, main characteristics, and developments
of the artwork.
to space, ruins, and different temporalities. Calling upon the authors Georg Simmel and Milton Santos, the text proposes an
approach to ruins and abandoned places that go further than dualist concepts such as abandoned/not abandoned or modern/
outdated. It also discusses the role of Nature in this scenario. In light of this situation, space and time are under mutable reorganisation,
as pointed out by David Harvey. Different arrangements between them shall produce diverse modernities. Considering
images as objects resulting from this spatiotemporal modification, this article comments on their accumulation. The text ends
by discussing the presentation of the author’s artwork in a collective exhibition and its creative process, combining some topics
previously discussed and his personal experience as an artist.
Keywords: Accumulation; Images; Modernity; Post-dualism; Ruin; Space
luta”, or “God fights”, in English, created by the
Brazilian artist Lucas Gervilla in 2015. The work
depicts images recorded on war monuments,
memorials, and other belligerent contexts
combined with an original soundtrack. The video
proposes a critique of the presence of violence in
contemporary society. This writing presents the
origin, main characteristics, and developments
of the artwork.
to space, ruins, and different temporalities. Calling upon the authors Georg Simmel and Milton Santos, the text proposes an
approach to ruins and abandoned places that go further than dualist concepts such as abandoned/not abandoned or modern/
outdated. It also discusses the role of Nature in this scenario. In light of this situation, space and time are under mutable reorganisation,
as pointed out by David Harvey. Different arrangements between them shall produce diverse modernities. Considering
images as objects resulting from this spatiotemporal modification, this article comments on their accumulation. The text ends
by discussing the presentation of the author’s artwork in a collective exhibition and its creative process, combining some topics
previously discussed and his personal experience as an artist.
Keywords: Accumulation; Images; Modernity; Post-dualism; Ruin; Space