My work is twofold; speaks of function and dysfunction and seeks to link the living and the inert. It lies between the real and the fictional, between presence and absence, between appearance and substance.
I try to surround myself with what exists in a state of limbo – abandoned, residual, consumed objects, representations of surfaces, patterns, old skins – building choreographies between objects and images. And, in gestures of re-affection, I appropriate myself to transform. In this process, I invoke the physicality of bodies, preserving their marks and scars and fostering symbioses between synthetic and organic elements. In this way, the works gain a mummified appearance, like a freeze, and are integrated into the architecture of the place, sometimes giving it an entropic atmosphere.
Since the skin is the first to be worked on by time, I focus on the surfaces, which reflect the marks of erosion, light, temperature or human use.
Bruno Silva, 2022
Bruno Silva
1986 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
lives and works in Clermont-Ferrand, France


