1/2/2007
Drosophila Melanogaster
Four, Dublin
Through the process of personality fragmentation, Priscila Fernandes explores concepts of identity, authorship and autobiography by creating different heteronyms or alter egos - characters endowed with their own biographies and personalities that differ from her own.
Priscila Fernandes as Ana Garcini
Four is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Ana
Garcini, one of the heteronyms created by Priscila Fernandes.
Through the process of personality fragmentation, Priscila Fernandes
explores concepts of identity, authorship and autobiography by
creating different heteronyms or alter egos - characters endowed with
their own biographies and personalities that differ from her own.
Ana Garcini develops her practice by researching in the scientific
field. More than establishing a link between Art and Science, her
purpose is to comment on present society and its system of rules; the
development of new technologies; the conquest of science and how that
affects us in daily life.
In the series Drosophila Melanogaster, Ana Garcini created a formula
to translate the genetic code into music. Furthermore, she uses this
formula to transpose a fragment of DNA from a fruit fly into music
(fruit flies are the most commonly used model organisms in biology and
scientifically known as Drosophila Melanogaster). These works make
part of an investigative process to find differences; here genetics is
used as a metaphor to arrive to the individuality of each one of us.
Born in Coimbra, Portugal in 1981, Priscila Fernandes now lives and
works both in Porto, Portugal and Dublin.
Opening hours: Thursday 4pm-9pm, Friday & Saturday 1pm-6pm
Four
11 Burgh Quay - Dublin