Renan Marcondes Explores Presence Through Absence in Performance Art

Renan Marcondes is an artist from Brazil who focuses on long-term projects that explore how human bodies behave when they’re inactive or powerless. His work merges visual art with performance, often featuring bodies in situations influenced by wearable sculptures or lacking control. In his 2019 piece, 'O maior museu do mundo,' a performer lies down, arranging small organic objects like teeth and eyelashes in a miniature museum. For 'Azul-Jardim' in 2022, he teamed up with dancer Raul Rachou to interpret the color blue, inspired by Derek Jarman's 1993 film 'Blue.' Marcondes aims to create moments where bodies and images interact in unexpected ways. He is also a founding member of the dance group Pérfida Iguana and is pursuing a PhD in São Paulo.