Comunidades 17 abr, 2011, 05:55

`Gone Tomorrow` Gallery – João de Brito

<p><b><br /><br />Exonome:</b> <i>"is a relatively new term which originated in an internet community and seeks </i><i>to define/describe an individual who has lived outside his/her homeland, original place, </i><i>social group or culture for an extended period of time and "has adapted to the new </i><i>surroundings without losing awareness or characteristics of his/her origins."  This </i><i>adaptation does not mean one fully blends in with the new reality; yet one has changed </i><i>enough to feel somewhat "foreign" in the place of origin. A full return is therefore never </i><i>possible. Having wandered about and lived in many different places one can only return  </i><i>as a new entity. One belongs to nowhere and everywhere. This suspended state, this </i><i>nomadic condition - exo (outside) + nome (possible alter. of nomad) - is in many ways </i><i>an apt symbol or metaphor for the creative life. The artist is a wayfarer, a nomad, a  </i><i>citizen of the world. This very unsettling and unsettled state constitutes also </i><i>paradoxically a privileged viewpoint from which to see anew, to recreate one's world."</i>-<br />- Joao de Brito</p>