Caio Reisewitz, “Boituva”, 2008

Caio Reisewitz

“Boituva”, 2008

c-print em metacrilato
c-print mounted on Diasec

232 x 180 cm
91,3 x 70,9 in

ed 1/5

Caio Reisewitz’s research takes photography as its main medium. Through technical and thematic refinement, his work evinces an interest in human action and its social and political effects, whether in the natural space or the architectural space. While his photographic technique highlights the dramaticity among shapes, colors and textures, his artistic poetics constructs a nearly dreamlike aesthetic repertoire. These aspects establish a dichotomous dialogue between the real (that which is characteristic of the photographic record) and the chimerical (our own repertoires).

in his artistic practice, Caio Reisewitz’s primary medium is photography. Through technical refinement, his compositions reveal a particular interest in human actions and their social and political effects, whether in natural or architectural spaces. His poetic vision constructs a repertoire that reveals human neglect as well as the aesthetic richness of these environments.

The work Boituva, whose name derives the Tupi term for “big snake,” is one of Reisewitz’s most emblematic pieces. A photograph taken in the interior region of São Paulo state, it is focused on the “terra roxa” [red soil], a symbol of fertility that increasingly attracted “progress” driven by large agribusiness interests. The contradiction involved in this supposed progress can also be attributed to the image itself, which unsettles the viewer with its disorienting perspective.

A pesquisa de Caio Reisewitz tem a fotografia como suporte principal. Através do refinamento técnico, suas composições mostram um particular interesse pela ação humana e seus efeitos sociais e políticos, seja no espaço natural ou no espaço arquitetônico. Sua poética constroi um repertório que pode tanto nos colocar diante do descaso humano, quanto da poesia plástica dos ambientes.

A obra “Boituva”, cujo nome vem do tupi “cobra grande”, é uma das mais emblemáticas do artista e foi realizada no contexto do interior de São Paulo, onde a “terra roxa”, símbolo de fertilidade, atraia cada vez mais o progresso liderado pelas grandes indústrias do agronegócio. A contradição que envolve esse suposto progresso pode também ser atribuída à própria imagem, que confunde o espectador sobre a perspectiva em que ela de fato foi realizada.