https://nayaraleite.com Nayara Leite Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:21:14 +0000 https://nayaraleite.com en https://nayaraleite.com/Home Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:25:42 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/Home https://nayaraleite.com/Machine-Membranes-Part-Two Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:17:17 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/Machine-Membranes-Part-Two Machine Membranes – Part Two 20257-channel sound installation, textile (570x480cm), typewriter, performance (30 min) <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ab61fc745b0e50f35a3dd00056b1f78a757986d5141a553e40d09cb724622a6/Machine-Membranes-Lydgalleriet_NayaraLeite_WebRes-01.jpg" data-mid="243376422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ab61fc745b0e50f35a3dd00056b1f78a757986d5141a553e40d09cb724622a6/Machine-Membranes-Lydgalleriet_NayaraLeite_WebRes-01.jpg" /> &nbsp;Machine Membranes is the collaborative project of artist Marie Nerland, composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist Mari Kvien Brunvoll and myself. It explores how, as humans experience the world, we are tracked by sensors and algorithms, and increasingly surrounded by machines, which gradually become part of us. The work originates in a shared interest in science fiction and in the dystopian, yet alluring, aspects of technological development. This artistic collaboration began three years ago and its first phase culminated in a performance shown in 2023 at Lydgalleriet, Bergen. In Part Two of this project we investigate loneliness in the context of the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence. What happens when AI reproduces human voices and sounds to resemble human beings? Machine Membranes – Part Two was shown at Lydgalleriet,&nbsp;from December 2025 – January 2026. As part of this project, we did a live performance on the first two days of the exhibition. Light designer: Randiane Aalberg SandboeTechnician: Tine AdlerDocumentation photos: Runa Halleraker (performance), Nayara Leite (installation) Machine Membranes – Part Two is supported by Bergen City Council, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV) and Norsk Komponistforening. Parts of the material were developed at the Live Studio at Bergen Kunsthall in 2024. <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff06ec8393f9c1f79ac455f610081e3659236bc9de4799488f1c075bcf88ce62/Machine-Membranes-Lydgalleriet_NayaraLeite_WebRes-10.jpg" data-mid="243376426" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff06ec8393f9c1f79ac455f610081e3659236bc9de4799488f1c075bcf88ce62/Machine-Membranes-Lydgalleriet_NayaraLeite_WebRes-10.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21fda9b301a24f4809fd8c2fd34ac4350d4abc9c15e0150e43f5178099c93bd3/Machine-Membranes-Lydgalleriet_NayaraLeite_WebRes-08.jpg" data-mid="243376424" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21fda9b301a24f4809fd8c2fd34ac4350d4abc9c15e0150e43f5178099c93bd3/Machine-Membranes-Lydgalleriet_NayaraLeite_WebRes-08.jpg" /><img 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d973faf85da32fcfc5a85ad5c5acec8e8653647de10561876ef7dc318b9405fa/Lydgalleriet_2025.12.05_R.Halleraker_HQ_18.jpg" data-mid="243376564" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d973faf85da32fcfc5a85ad5c5acec8e8653647de10561876ef7dc318b9405fa/Lydgalleriet_2025.12.05_R.Halleraker_HQ_18.jpg" /> https://nayaraleite.com/Prints-When-did-it-become-so-problematic-not-to-want-to-hurt-Who-is Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:21:14 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/Prints-When-did-it-become-so-problematic-not-to-want-to-hurt-Who-is Prints: When did it become so problematic not to want to hurt?/ Who is cancelling who?&nbsp; 2025 Silkscreen prints on Somerset White 300g, 76x56cm, edition of 30, signed Silkscreen prints made in collaboration with Kaeto Sweeney. The text is part of the script of our film The Demise of Everything Good.&nbsp; Printed at Trykkeriet, Bergen.Documentation photos: Nayara Leite <img width="4116" height="5343" width_o="4116" height_o="5343" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1923f4257b6918792ed3a9a5a2f2538cc84897efd8fdee6d2220326653e7665/DSC03399-new-2.jpg" data-mid="247276610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1923f4257b6918792ed3a9a5a2f2538cc84897efd8fdee6d2220326653e7665/DSC03399-new-2.jpg" /> <img width="4094" height="5310" width_o="4094" height_o="5310" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bad683b96f13aaa58e3f165d2f72194153bb4f4c4b244883099d943d9011eef/DSC03390-new-2.jpg" data-mid="247276608" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bad683b96f13aaa58e3f165d2f72194153bb4f4c4b244883099d943d9011eef/DSC03390-new-2.jpg" /> https://nayaraleite.com/Finding-hope-in-a-dumpster-fire-2025 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:10:35 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/Finding-hope-in-a-dumpster-fire-2025 Finding hope in a dumpster fire 2025 Performance (30 min) <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff1cf6ddd552bbcc0bd6cb65c5aadcf0eba15339d9630bf41e1929cf5ebfc7b/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-41.jpg" data-mid="243377610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bff1cf6ddd552bbcc0bd6cb65c5aadcf0eba15339d9630bf41e1929cf5ebfc7b/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-41.jpg" /> Second iteration of the performance&nbsp;Finding hope in a dumpster fire, made in collaboration between artist Tine Adler and myself.Finding hope in a dumpster fire is a performative presentation and conversation between us, where we hope to end this unconstructive loop of despair and pessimism we have been trapped in for so long. It’s a dive into our different upbringings in Brazil and Denmark. How the communities, religions and folklore we grew up in shaped our ideas of what trust and hope embodies, and how these ideas reinforced a notion of non-belonging. From joining a campaign to canonise Brazil's first queer saint to searching for gender fluidity in Norse Mythology, we share our different journeys to redefine the elements of the pasts to meet in a more hopeful shared present. Performed at the Bergen Inkluderingssenter as part of Prøverommet in August 2025.Documentation photos: Mila Elisabeth Larvoll <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a81a814c2aaf0152bd092f840e228795cdad3ea220e3b539371b0ab44adf8629/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-08.jpg" data-mid="243377601" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a81a814c2aaf0152bd092f840e228795cdad3ea220e3b539371b0ab44adf8629/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-08.jpg" /> <img width="3499" height="5248" width_o="3499" height_o="5248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e61538ae6500b5d1cca8991ba4aca2aa1e5c9cc5d263920ef7e3a51f005847b3/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-11.jpg" data-mid="243377602" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e61538ae6500b5d1cca8991ba4aca2aa1e5c9cc5d263920ef7e3a51f005847b3/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-11.jpg" /> <img width="5227" height="3485" width_o="5227" height_o="3485" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9629989bbe0574ab7f60b1c9d2f99213ae63a9064dae409d5e97b3893ceca7a/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-18.jpg" data-mid="243377603" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9629989bbe0574ab7f60b1c9d2f99213ae63a9064dae409d5e97b3893ceca7a/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-18.jpg" /><img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c5913697c9dbad906fee2f597aa427a344e1167a3451116347f3a1c72909f5f/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-22.jpg" data-mid="243377604" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c5913697c9dbad906fee2f597aa427a344e1167a3451116347f3a1c72909f5f/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-22.jpg" /><img width="4546" height="3030" width_o="4546" height_o="3030" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9e2ac7626479ab0aae32b452348d75f5cde403cef3aeb7ffe3802e84f9a34cd/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-27-2.jpg" data-mid="243377605" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9e2ac7626479ab0aae32b452348d75f5cde403cef3aeb7ffe3802e84f9a34cd/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-27-2.jpg" /><img width="5200" height="3467" width_o="5200" height_o="3467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3be5dbd1db1346e76c7c2507675a0302a0efef5dbd332e83f7f252eb0a780b22/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-31.jpg" data-mid="243377606" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3be5dbd1db1346e76c7c2507675a0302a0efef5dbd332e83f7f252eb0a780b22/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-31.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb430d9ee6c8890d6faec4ed9411518518193633fc35a9d5fc867b4ce6c8a357/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-39.jpg" data-mid="243377608" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb430d9ee6c8890d6faec4ed9411518518193633fc35a9d5fc867b4ce6c8a357/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-39.jpg" /><img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b4abe5a05f683f8b0e567686837c340a419f69f7f6e886d77bc9b5dba7b3081/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-40.jpg" data-mid="243377609" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b4abe5a05f683f8b0e567686837c340a419f69f7f6e886d77bc9b5dba7b3081/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-40.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a77b98c888ae299b78ec4ba7eb37a03c124c311ee51cd1673bb0ff59c1025b2/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-36.jpg" data-mid="243377607" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a77b98c888ae299b78ec4ba7eb37a03c124c311ee51cd1673bb0ff59c1025b2/MILAELISABETH_2025_AUGUST2025-36.jpg" /> https://nayaraleite.com/The-Demise-of-Everything-Good-Lydgalleriet Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:21:59 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/The-Demise-of-Everything-Good-Lydgalleriet The Demise of Everything Good (Lydgalleriet) 2024 Three channel 4K-video installation (16 min), 5-channel audio, metal structure (4 x 3 x 2,5m), 2x towels (9m and 1,8m), dumbbells, skateboard, HD video installation with headphones (3:50 min), t-shirts and long sleeve t-shirts <img width="6064" height="4040" width_o="6064" height_o="4040" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a16647c250ce58a4c1981fa87f6b7111f4e01de9a3caf22b4559dc80ee7bb5ea/DSC_8706_high.jpg" data-mid="219006279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a16647c250ce58a4c1981fa87f6b7111f4e01de9a3caf22b4559dc80ee7bb5ea/DSC_8706_high.jpg" /> The first iteration of The Demise of Everything Good premiered as part of the group show The Matrix of Power at Nitja senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, in February 2024.&nbsp; For this solo exhibition at Lydgalleriet, Bergen,&nbsp;Kaeto Sweeney and I expanded the project by adding new works: a 9-meter towel with the sentence&nbsp;When did it become so problematic not to want to hurt? printed on it; dumbbells; the skateboard used by Beccy on the shooting of the film in 2023; the open call video that Beccy submitted when she applied for the role in the film; and t-shirts/long sleeve t-shirts for sale during the exhibition period. The t-shirts and long sleeve t-shirts are part of Kaeto and mine’s&nbsp;alternative donation list of foreign organisations and causes. In Norway, as a taxpayer or business owner, you can claim deductions for donations to certain foreign voluntary organisations and religious and belief-based communities working with care and health, child and youth-oriented work in arts, culture and sports, protection of human rights, disaster relief, animal protection – all which have been approved in advance by the Norwegian Tax Administration.&nbsp;In their list, 5 out of the 9 selected organisations are directly linked to Christian missions (source Skatteetaten, § 6-50 of the Tax Act). This is our alternative list: 1 - AlQaws – queer organisation in Palestine. 2 - Callen-Lorde – New York based LGBTQ+ healthcare organisation, providing affordable/free healthcare. 3 - Mermaids UK – supports trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children, young people and their families. 4 - FESK – skateboarding organisation from Ceará (Nayara ’s home state in Brazil). 5 - Sponsored sessions for Beccy’s skateboarding school for FLINTA* people. 6 - Islamic Relief Worldwide – Sudan Emergency Appeal. 7 - Malala Fund – fund that helps girls around the world go to school. 8 - Campaign from Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) to support the victims of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 9 - MADRE – international feminist organisation support system for grassroots organisations working with women and girls in over 40 countries. - - - - - List of works: The Demise of Everything Good3 channel 4K-video installation, 5-channel audio16:00 When did it become so problematic not to want to hurt? Towels, 9m BeccyHD video installation with headphones03:50 THE FUTURE IS FEMALET-shirts and Long sleeve T-shirts for sale – 300kr100% of the proceeds were divided equally and went towards our alternative donation list of foreign organisations and causes Curator:&nbsp;Julie Lillelien Porter Gallery assistant and photographer/videographer: Sasha AzanovaGallery assistant: Karina Sletten Technicians: Tine Adler, Tobias Kvendseth and Moana LeMeurDocumentation photos: Sasha Azanova The Demise of Everything Good is supported by Kulturdirektoratet, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Kunstsentrene i Norge, Bergen Senter for Elektronisk Kunst (BEK) and Wrap. <img width="6064" height="4040" width_o="6064" height_o="4040" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16fe1c4576d7ff4c1e16f7b493132846c33ef3b9d71b1851bd1ac329d70f1279/DSC_8673_high.jpg" data-mid="219006282" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16fe1c4576d7ff4c1e16f7b493132846c33ef3b9d71b1851bd1ac329d70f1279/DSC_8673_high.jpg" /><img width="6064" height="4040" width_o="6064" height_o="4040" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2bba6808fde7b347b4e809b85d7be39b2bfcefe86c2b4fb5a3781acf7114de7/DSC_9103_high.jpg" data-mid="219006283" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2bba6808fde7b347b4e809b85d7be39b2bfcefe86c2b4fb5a3781acf7114de7/DSC_9103_high.jpg" /><img width="6064" height="4040" width_o="6064" height_o="4040" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/241622606c5fd7fb3e81c9690df9aa574be55c2228f3a0a80ba6a46c30ccdf73/DSC_9096_high.jpg" data-mid="219006284" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/241622606c5fd7fb3e81c9690df9aa574be55c2228f3a0a80ba6a46c30ccdf73/DSC_9096_high.jpg" /><img width="5996" height="3937" width_o="5996" height_o="3937" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f3ded56dcb99bacd15527ed13c5a4735e7b4e0f021eaaf56405c32e22d2d550/DSC_8722_high.jpg" data-mid="219006313" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f3ded56dcb99bacd15527ed13c5a4735e7b4e0f021eaaf56405c32e22d2d550/DSC_8722_high.jpg" /> <img width="4040" height="6064" width_o="4040" height_o="6064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdf97aaf230c87043885074234b133d2668a4f3e22c5ad9547429bb16635a27a/DSC_8648_high.jpg" data-mid="219006318" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdf97aaf230c87043885074234b133d2668a4f3e22c5ad9547429bb16635a27a/DSC_8648_high.jpg" /> <img width="6064" height="4040" width_o="6064" height_o="4040" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e7367c684ae29a17c4a338e16931d8994b0ca5ba56cf589087b0b2d32e712c4/DSC_8647_high.jpg" data-mid="219006322" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e7367c684ae29a17c4a338e16931d8994b0ca5ba56cf589087b0b2d32e712c4/DSC_8647_high.jpg" /> <img width="4040" height="6064" width_o="4040" height_o="6064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6905406e7160e632f739a7fab7d704d0d680bb1488c6e693906f9a0f5202e6c4/DSC_8653_high.jpg" data-mid="219006325" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6905406e7160e632f739a7fab7d704d0d680bb1488c6e693906f9a0f5202e6c4/DSC_8653_high.jpg" /> Below is a 3-minute excerpt from the film (password: nayara&amp;kaeto): https://nayaraleite.com/The-Green-and-Yellow-are-Ours-as-Well Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:48:07 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/The-Green-and-Yellow-are-Ours-as-Well The Green and Yellow are Ours as Well 2024Wall vinyl (315x150cm), 2 prints (70x100cm each), 15 A4 prints, 2 banners (100x200cm and 325x100cm), 1 A0 print, 70 hand fans, 3 Brazilian football shirts, 3 prints (40x70cm each), film (9 min), rainbow flag, hammock hook <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9960d3def98dca2be39080deb993ee4eeeee4841cd37ff604ef0c20b02ac2eb6/DSC06632.jpg" data-mid="215989623" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9960d3def98dca2be39080deb993ee4eeeee4841cd37ff604ef0c20b02ac2eb6/DSC06632.jpg" /> The Green and Yellow are Ours as Well, my solo exhibition at Visningsrommet USF, contains a continuation to my long-term research about the effects of Bolsonarismo in Brazil regarding the LGBTQ+ community. All the works – some old, some new – refer to this research, and they also bring hopes and wishes for the future of my homeland. “The revolution is black, trans, poor, working class and peripheral”, Erika Hilton said in an interview in 2020 when she was elected councillor to the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo. She received the most votes for any councillor in the country, and she was the first black travesti to be elected for this position. Two years later, she was elected to the National Congress of Brazil. Hilton is one of the politicians who have been fighting hard against the rise of the extreme right in the country, which started when Jair Bolsonaro was elected president in 2018. The term travesti is used in Latin America to designate people who were assigned male at birth and develop a feminine gender identity. The travesti population has historically been socially vulnerable and criminalised, subjected to social exclusion and structural violence. Originally pejorative, it has been reappropriated by Latin American activists. After four years with Bolsonaro as its president, Brazil is still recovering from his destructive government. He didn’t get re-elected in 2022, but his supporters are still continuing what he preached: hate speech, violent acts, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny and racism. As an example, thousands of his supporters vandalised the National Congress in January 2023 because they didn’t accept him losing the elections. In September last year, a far-right politician belonging to Bolsonaro’s party proposed a ban on same-sex marriage (it’s been allowed since 2011). Bolsonaro left a polarised country, with the extreme right feeling more powerful than ever. Luckily, we have people like Erika Hilton who are there to fight for a better, more inclusive and tolerant Brazil. And, who knows, maybe in a few years the revolution will finally take place and we will have a black travesti as our president. This exhibition wouldn’t have been made possible without the incredible support of Tine Adler, Sofie Hviid Vinther, Kaeto Sweeney and Kiyoshi Yamamoto. The Green and Yellow are Ours as Well received support from Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond.Documentation photos: Nayara Leite <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75a23dc4fa7670fbf2e0984bd47357256a9e9327f16972e4df9b2006e578ba7f/DSC06645.jpg" data-mid="215989625" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75a23dc4fa7670fbf2e0984bd47357256a9e9327f16972e4df9b2006e578ba7f/DSC06645.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2aa2b462170721a547c878e6d6bdff2277bdeded0e6f80f02b683e2fcc5966f2/DSC06596.jpg" data-mid="215989638" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2aa2b462170721a547c878e6d6bdff2277bdeded0e6f80f02b683e2fcc5966f2/DSC06596.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3f388495b875a2ededd0577b8bdd76ef2c74b47a51b9838c0451d82fe494915/DSC06639.jpg" data-mid="215989639" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3f388495b875a2ededd0577b8bdd76ef2c74b47a51b9838c0451d82fe494915/DSC06639.jpg" /><img width="5491" height="3660" width_o="5491" height_o="3660" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/216aabbf8fdd5bac0923ce147399d6fcad3cc880d6400db4eedacf6b27ce378e/DSC06589-2.jpg" data-mid="215989642" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/216aabbf8fdd5bac0923ce147399d6fcad3cc880d6400db4eedacf6b27ce378e/DSC06589-2.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b2979cc2198ae704c99a82dcd1ac1a87723ad6796ec16335b66c21ce8c48fae/DSC06641.jpg" data-mid="215989643" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b2979cc2198ae704c99a82dcd1ac1a87723ad6796ec16335b66c21ce8c48fae/DSC06641.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b73bb57c6ef60c34a8e264a81aca4caa74c48e37a9d8b9e675c3c91b277438a/DSC06683.jpg" data-mid="215989644" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b73bb57c6ef60c34a8e264a81aca4caa74c48e37a9d8b9e675c3c91b277438a/DSC06683.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79058421365c1bc6efaa467b102748939ed51d4a47913c4c49f86574ad790f66/DSC06539.jpg" data-mid="215989645" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79058421365c1bc6efaa467b102748939ed51d4a47913c4c49f86574ad790f66/DSC06539.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acb41da3eaec207893c1a32ad8d660b2c5af48336467c756f0a47868c2002c3d/DSC06560.jpg" data-mid="215989646" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acb41da3eaec207893c1a32ad8d660b2c5af48336467c756f0a47868c2002c3d/DSC06560.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92341f640e049d1c6ed29aee63759dbda16a941cc29c4c48fbb697d10de38d34/DSC06673.jpg" data-mid="215989648" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92341f640e049d1c6ed29aee63759dbda16a941cc29c4c48fbb697d10de38d34/DSC06673.jpg" /> https://nayaraleite.com/I-Have-Never-Experienced-Loss-in-a-Way-that-You-Have Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:14:07 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/I-Have-Never-Experienced-Loss-in-a-Way-that-You-Have I Have Never Experienced Loss in a Way that You Have (exhibition) 2024 4x2m banner, window vinyl <img width="7609" height="5075" width_o="7609" height_o="5075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d90089eafe9775278b42d41cac8e785809ce53bb13cc9fb52305c9093a8629c/Nay-dok-7-of-9.jpg" data-mid="215987971" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d90089eafe9775278b42d41cac8e785809ce53bb13cc9fb52305c9093a8629c/Nay-dok-7-of-9.jpg" /> Within the first week of my 3-month residency at the Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Israel started the most brutal series of attacks against Gaza. Tucked away in a small Norwegian village, resting between mountains and fjords, the contrast between the peaceful surroundings and the horrifying images in the news created a certain kind of restlessness inside me. My plans for the residency changed right away. I couldn’t focus on anything else other than Palestine. So, I started writing poems about Palestine, about its people, about my own realisation of the horrors, complexities and duration of the current genocide. These poems are the way I found to process my research and to educate myself. They are my response to the atrocities I’ve been seeing every day through my phone and computer screens. They are my way of showing solidarity with the Palestinian people. Fifteen of these poems made it into the publication I Have Never Experienced Loss in a Way that You Have, which also gives the title to this exhibition at Nye Bokboden, Bergen. For the exhibition, I chose one poem from the publication and printed an excerpt of it on vinyl, which was placed on the windows of the gallery. Inside the gallery, I showed a banner with the final sentence from the same poem, which says We are lending our voices for a future where Palestine is finally free. To activate the exhibition, I organised three events, the first one being the launch of the publication. I read some of the poems and had a discussion with the audience about the genocide in Gaza. The second event was a protest signs workshop, where the participants made several protest signs pro-Palestine using cardboard and markers. The event was free to attend, and all the material was covered. The signs could then be used at the demonstrations in Bergen. The third and final event, the Nomadic Embassy of Palestine, was made in collaboration with local artists Imad Alwahibi, Peppi Reenkola and Margrethe Smedegaard. For three days, Nye Bokboden was transformed into a Palestinian Embassy, where everyone was invited to join and “become” a Palestinian. We offered bread with hummus, which they could stamp with the sentence “We are all Palestinians”. Documentation photos: Guttorm Glomsås and Nayara Leite I Have Never Experienced Loss in a Way that You Have&nbsp;has been supported by Bergen Kommune. <img width="4694" height="3131" width_o="4694" height_o="3131" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc90d13d45233b9f599cd25249b82682299e0efcbf8e0a9a458be0b0908a1519/Nay-dok-2-of-9.jpg" data-mid="215987974" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc90d13d45233b9f599cd25249b82682299e0efcbf8e0a9a458be0b0908a1519/Nay-dok-2-of-9.jpg" /><img width="5651" height="3769" width_o="5651" height_o="3769" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a70aeceea837ade9ca9477fe8149b4f308d09e1a23bd247f4691612b82b937cf/Nay-dok-3-of-9.jpg" data-mid="215987975" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a70aeceea837ade9ca9477fe8149b4f308d09e1a23bd247f4691612b82b937cf/Nay-dok-3-of-9.jpg" /><img width="8138" height="5428" width_o="8138" height_o="5428" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acb97b9bb593e23900e7d3f5a85de7e72c5acbf0657a41202e1313f8bb745dea/_MG_8511-27.jpg" /> https://nayaraleite.com/Prints-for-Palestine Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:42:22 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/Prints-for-Palestine Prints for Palestine 2023 Risograph prints, various dimensions Risograph prints made in Dale, Norway, as part of a residency at the Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale combined with a risograph residency organised by Pamflett. These prints were my response to the current genocide in Gaza, which started on October 7th 2023. All the money from the sales of these prints is donated directly to families wishing to evacuate from Gaza, or to&nbsp;Gaza Soup Kitchen – an organisation that provides hot meals and clean water to Palestinians in Gaza facing deliberate starvation.Documentation photos: Nayara Leite <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9699f9e801408a15f5a47ff965d23c2ffc1ba9fb306e06b332454e89363d11cd/DSC08890.jpg" data-mid="226057076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9699f9e801408a15f5a47ff965d23c2ffc1ba9fb306e06b332454e89363d11cd/DSC08890.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/404760dcc0f5257e567cb967c225f5c739ab8502031003b5444e1610709f4a96/DSC08885.jpg" data-mid="226057074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/404760dcc0f5257e567cb967c225f5c739ab8502031003b5444e1610709f4a96/DSC08885.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ada3e576e97a52d06658b6cd856620206cab3bc741b95cfc2c2887219fbb21a/DSC08883.jpg" data-mid="226057072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ada3e576e97a52d06658b6cd856620206cab3bc741b95cfc2c2887219fbb21a/DSC08883.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25d09419f2b96ba54b334b59b9848e3b267022d2dfe8b8309fb9fce0d3f4f832/DSC08884.jpg" data-mid="226057073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25d09419f2b96ba54b334b59b9848e3b267022d2dfe8b8309fb9fce0d3f4f832/DSC08884.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9448ee9014ef09ab6c4252d306d00cdcf3751a13b9086e8560a6d5fb469aefd7/DSC08891.jpg" data-mid="226057077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9448ee9014ef09ab6c4252d306d00cdcf3751a13b9086e8560a6d5fb469aefd7/DSC08891.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45419563ee7891e090db1827d8fd5c06b50fbe2585df30819809548a3be98ad4/DSC08888.jpg" data-mid="226057075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45419563ee7891e090db1827d8fd5c06b50fbe2585df30819809548a3be98ad4/DSC08888.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="4007" width_o="3551" height_o="4007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0254f2c845631ab445cfe63b6545f3a7e8a8ef212aec5601e76245f4f4f8eaa/DSC08893.jpg" data-mid="226057078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0254f2c845631ab445cfe63b6545f3a7e8a8ef212aec5601e76245f4f4f8eaa/DSC08893.jpg" /> The design of the watermelon print was made in collaboration with Tine Adler https://nayaraleite.com/Finding-hope-in-a-dumpster-fire-2024 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:03:33 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/Finding-hope-in-a-dumpster-fire-2024 Finding hope in a dumpster fire 2024Performance (30 min) <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/608cdcf9b25e5a6bf1097cbb477e56251dac867a6628f19cfe92db44dff6b479/IMG_8485.jpg" data-mid="226057838" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/608cdcf9b25e5a6bf1097cbb477e56251dac867a6628f19cfe92db44dff6b479/IMG_8485.jpg" /> The world is a dumpster fire. The pain and suffering witnessed every day makes the world seem hopeless and unnecessarily cruel. In my marriage with artist Tine Adler, hopelessness takes centre stage in our everyday life: in dinner conversations, Instagram posts shared with each other, the last words whispered before falling asleep.Finding hope in a dumpster fire is a performative presentation and conversation between Tine and myself, where we hope to end this unconstructive loop of despair and pessimism we have been trapped in for so long. It’s a dive into our different upbringings in Brazil and Denmark. How the communities, religions and folklore we grew up in shaped our ideas of what trust and hope embodies, and how these ideas reinforced a notion of non-belonging. From joining a campaign to canonise Brazil's first queer saint to searching for gender fluidity in Norse Mythology, we share our different journeys to redefine the elements of the pasts to meet in a more hopeful shared present. This work premiered at the Open Out Festival, Tromsø.Documentation photos: Daniela Toma / Open Out <img width="3363" height="4134" width_o="3363" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbbe7a222c916f10f6918e7e111614e9cc02b1e36090c954898a0f83c28c7781/PORTRT.jpg" data-mid="226058302" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbbe7a222c916f10f6918e7e111614e9cc02b1e36090c954898a0f83c28c7781/PORTRT.jpg" /><img width="3363" height="4134" width_o="3363" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2a1032f5c7e010eeda7a29a816722b59ff5c1cddb1fc87e37630e1fd6fda3b4/PORTRT2.jpg" data-mid="226058319" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2a1032f5c7e010eeda7a29a816722b59ff5c1cddb1fc87e37630e1fd6fda3b4/PORTRT2.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95fb7e2cb937f3c6fb4c752dd7eee35d74dfc33a3a447d4bfb5ceec3a63bf0d1/IMG_8440.jpg" data-mid="226057828" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95fb7e2cb937f3c6fb4c752dd7eee35d74dfc33a3a447d4bfb5ceec3a63bf0d1/IMG_8440.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18c583f2dfbc625fd29fd43c4dd036aee2b6daa881d1d0cbac6a933584937132/IMG_8441.jpg" data-mid="226057831" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18c583f2dfbc625fd29fd43c4dd036aee2b6daa881d1d0cbac6a933584937132/IMG_8441.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26e060bada4d8d413cea9a966b8d0cf7ffcfa26b1b930b4c5e1a1e1b9bdb37b4/IMG_8451.jpg" data-mid="226057833" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26e060bada4d8d413cea9a966b8d0cf7ffcfa26b1b930b4c5e1a1e1b9bdb37b4/IMG_8451.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9480f9cfa9b9014b34cfb1123eac8a04075a49cae2a7d8d8cd3bd694b2d5aba8/IMG_8471.jpg" data-mid="226057836" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9480f9cfa9b9014b34cfb1123eac8a04075a49cae2a7d8d8cd3bd694b2d5aba8/IMG_8471.jpg" /> https://nayaraleite.com/The-Demise-of-Everything-Good-Nitja-senter-for-samtidskunst Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:52:33 +0000 Nayara Leite https://nayaraleite.com/The-Demise-of-Everything-Good-Nitja-senter-for-samtidskunst The Demise of Everything Good (Nitja senter for samtidskunst) 2024Three channel 4K-video installation (16 min), 5-channel audio, metal structure (4 x 3 x 2,5m) <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b36480bde77fc76d6537c17d186e07161d9e04c3c76412913db7c59967f1388/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_04.jpg" data-mid="205999774" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b36480bde77fc76d6537c17d186e07161d9e04c3c76412913db7c59967f1388/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_04.jpg" /> The Demise of Everything Good is the first collaboration between&nbsp;Kaeto Sweeney and myself. The work, a 16 min sculptural AV installation, was part of the group show The Matrix of Power at Nitja senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, from February 2024 – April 2024.The sentence “the demise of everything good” is used by conservatives in regards to cancel culture and liberal politics mainstreaming in the media, supposedly marking the end of an era of freedom of speech. Minority cultures have often reappropriated languages of harm into languages of identity. Judith Butler in Excitable Speech (1997) describes: “The problem of injurious speech raises the question of which words wound, which representations offend, suggesting that we focus on those parts of language that are uttered, utterable, and explicit.” We understand Butler’s idea as a question that is relevant to today’s Norwegian society, when trying to unpack the nuances of freedom of speech as a human right, and how it can protect those who use hate speech.As two queer artists, we are reclaiming this image of “the demise of everything good” to address concepts of inclusion vs exclusion, censorship vs freedom, right-wing vs left-wing politics. As artists, we both work with these social thematics from an individual point of view, exposing polarised headliners and laws as a potential to start conversation; the in-betweens in times where marginalised communities are subject of debate, we give voice and invite audiences to listen.The film was shot over two days in November 2023 outside Gulating Court of Appeal, Bergen, featuring Rebecca Reich, a transgender skateboarder from Berlin. The sound is composed of Nayara and Kaeto’s voices and drum beats with a gavel by lawyer and drummer Felipe Silva.Skateboarder: Rebecca ReichPercussionist: Felipe SilvaSound technician: Aleidis SkuaSound designer: Thorolf ThuestadProofreader: Laurie LaxMetal technician: Tine AdlerCurators: Monica Holmen and Una Ulrikke Lund HanssenNitja exhibitions leader: Tor Arne SamuelsenNitja technicians: Sindre Hustveit, Ane Kvåle, Åsmund Solberg and&nbsp;Øystein Wyller OddenDocumentation photos: Kunstdok / Tor Simen Ulstein The Demise of Everything Good has been supported by Kulturdirektoratet, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Kunstsentrene i Norge, Bergen Senter for Elektronisk Kunst (BEK) and Wrap. <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5303973cf1e697cc1c92887cae1d12f006bc310ce65d515f025c8623967a3517/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_03.jpg" data-mid="205999773" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5303973cf1e697cc1c92887cae1d12f006bc310ce65d515f025c8623967a3517/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_03.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b93217d8b517f09b488dfa2a8a8e4994f5eb3eef8cb364ce1db55b5675996a2/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_17.jpg" data-mid="205999775" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b93217d8b517f09b488dfa2a8a8e4994f5eb3eef8cb364ce1db55b5675996a2/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_17.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4677136584203436c625b1cb2ac862dc4c69e0673e37f8a0b83968f47d74d45a/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_09.jpg" data-mid="205999776" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4677136584203436c625b1cb2ac862dc4c69e0673e37f8a0b83968f47d74d45a/2024_02_Nitja_The_Matrix_of_Power_WebRes_09.jpg" /> Below is a 3-minute excerpt from the film (password: nayara&amp;kaeto):