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Veredas. The Under and Over-Mapped: Nonada
Nonada: with this word Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa opens his seminal novel The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (1956). Contrary to speculation, nonada is an invented word. Portuguese dictionaries describe its as 鈥榥ext to nothing鈥� or 鈥榩ittance鈥�. However, the word can be considered an aiming exercise, where the narrator shoots against a tree. From next to nothing, the author came up with a cardinal, existential and telluric concept, which is ultimately a negotiation with the land for coexistence. Already in the first few pages, Rosa writes: 鈥榯he backlands surround us. These backlands have no size鈥�.
Nonada: the artists exhibited here are also practicing their aim. They are searching far and wide for everything we call image. They are people from the backlands. They have a strong link with Minas Gerais, which is seen here less as an identity and more as a predisposition to moving or crossing. With a distance that is both geological and geographical, several artworks are about the experience with the land.
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Nonada: with this word Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa opens his seminal novel The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (1956). Contrary to speculation, nonada is an invented word. Portuguese dictionaries describe its as 鈥榥ext to nothing鈥� or 鈥榩ittance鈥�. However, the word can be considered an aiming exercise, where the narrator shoots against a tree. From next to nothing, the author came up with a cardinal, existential and telluric concept, which is ultimately a negotiation with the land for coexistence. Already in the first few pages, Rosa writes: 鈥榯he backlands surround us. These backlands have no size鈥�.
Nonada: the artists exhibited here are also practicing their aim. They are searching far and wide for everything we call image. They are people from the backlands. They have a strong link with Minas Gerais, which is seen here less as an identity and more as a predisposition to moving or crossing. With a distance that is both geological and geographical, several artworks are about the experience with the land.
