Ana Paula Cordeiro
New York, New York
New York, New York
Bio: Originally a photographer, Ana Cordeiro eventually felt the need to develop a set of skills for translating visual experiences into multidimensional objects. Her path was work/study at The Center for Book Arts in 2002, an internship at the Women's Studio Workshop in 2003, and a residency in 2005 back at The Center for Book Arts. Since then, Cordeiro has been a full-time bookmaker, dividing her efforts between collaborations, commissions, and her own artistic practice.
Statement: Coherence and consistency are my key words for coping with a photographic memory. The analytical aspect of my personality struggles with the multifaceted stories of each encounter--the many versions of ourselves we produce as we move on. A clear recollection may create multiples, may generate a variable edition of selves--which by themselves are harmless, until they start conflicting with one another.
Incoherently and inconsistently I witness as we move on, leaving behind our all-but-linear narratives--the many books within books of our selves.
The method of my artistic inquiry is in the making of books. The artistic inquiry itself is the making of books.
The task at hand is unification via the consolidation of memories. As studies of both western psychology and eastern philosophy indicate, the memory which intrudes itself upon thought processes, is the one of an event that didn't exhaust its emotional charge during its chronological length. In my practice, I strive to make such emotional charge become, at once, both content and medium.
Statement: Coherence and consistency are my key words for coping with a photographic memory. The analytical aspect of my personality struggles with the multifaceted stories of each encounter--the many versions of ourselves we produce as we move on. A clear recollection may create multiples, may generate a variable edition of selves--which by themselves are harmless, until they start conflicting with one another.
Incoherently and inconsistently I witness as we move on, leaving behind our all-but-linear narratives--the many books within books of our selves.
The method of my artistic inquiry is in the making of books. The artistic inquiry itself is the making of books.
The task at hand is unification via the consolidation of memories. As studies of both western psychology and eastern philosophy indicate, the memory which intrudes itself upon thought processes, is the one of an event that didn't exhaust its emotional charge during its chronological length. In my practice, I strive to make such emotional charge become, at once, both content and medium.