Momentum is excited to debut in the US the Brazilian artist Lucas Lenci and his Utopia series:
The concepts of speed and distance have been distorted by my generation. Inebriated by the internet, we have passionately embraced the dematerialization of practically everything: products, services, information, even photography. Now a photograph travels instantly, transformed into data and pixels, and crossing distances we could not have imagined in the past.
Exploring this premise and taking a deep dive into an affective geography, these are my reflections on the emotions that the places and spaces we live in awaken within us. The photographs presented on these pages depict locations that are intangible while they are simultaneously anchored in precise georeferencing coordinates, in an attempt to capture both physical and virtual distances. In this sense, they are images that seek to go beyond representations of real or fictional cities. I am especially interested in symbolic spaces, which highlight the importance of personal experiences, memories, history, and the mechanisms that reveal emotional ties between individuals and their environment.
Hopefully this series will not just witness this era of dematerialization, but also serve as a catalyst for new journeys.
