In Bruna Sirgado’s work, the negative, i.e. the inversion of the positive, is the method she uses to create this universe that seems to be from another galaxy but which has identifiable referents. According to the author, the inverted images’ work like an x-ray, showing that everything around us has life, shines, has its internal light source’. The images are exclusively records of nature (plants, landscapes, textures) in order to place the human gaze in another perspective on the natural and thereby establish new connections, most of them positive.*
Inspiration and materials for her work in the various abandoned industrial sites found in the area between Tomar and Leiria. In the series ‘Revive the Electricity’, she focuses on objects related to dam-aged and non-functional electricity, photographing them using the ‘American night’ technique. The technique, named after Truffaut’s 1973 film of the same name, not only creates darkness around the photographed subject, isolating it but also projects a harsh light that adds sculptural value.
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Polytechnic Institute of Tomar