Roer Film

Roer proposes a reflection on the binary that distinguishes organic from inorganic matter and challenges the subjective distinction between biological and geological bodies. Within this distinction, there are language codes that attribute qualities of possession, property, and value to matter, rendering it inert, detached from social and ecological relations, and devoid of agency. However, matter itself can mold and shape its form, and the form is determined by the intrinsic qualities of that matter, allowing it to express itself purposefully, thus reversing the previous order.
Through claiming alternative perspectives on body and materialities, this project aims to stage processes of transfiguration, declassifying functions and facilitating transfers between organic and inorganic, geological and biological bodies. The intention is to suggest an entanglement that dissolves any kind of hierarchy, exploring the interconnectedness and fluidity of these distinctions.

Creation and Interpretation: Vera Mota
Year: 2023
Photography: Pedro Tropa

Vera Mota 

Vera Mota (born in 1982) lives and works in Porto. She holds a degree in Fine Arts – Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (2000-2005) and a master's degree in contemporary artistic practices from the same institution (2006-2008). Additionally, she completed the course of research and choreographic creation at Fórum Dança, Lisbon (2005-2006).
Her work has been regularly presented to the public since 2003, and she has held notable solo exhibitions, including "Haze" at Appleton Square, Lisbon, 2023; SEM CORPO/DISEMBODIED at the Museu e Arte Contemporânea de Serralves; "From within the midst of things" at L21 Gallery, Palma (ES), 2022; "ventriloquism" at Galeria Bruno Múrias, Lisbon, 2021; and Levar a cabeça aos pés at Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, 2018. Additionally, her performance Curva Contínua was presented at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto; Head, EVA international Ireland's Biennial, Limerick (IE), 2018; and What is the color when black is burned? at SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, (BR), 2014.
Her work is part of the contemporary art collection of the Portuguese state and other notable collections, such as António Cachola - MACE collection, Elvas; Ilídio Pinho collection, Porto; Oliva Art Center-Norlinda and José Lima collection, São João da Madeira; Plmj collection, Lisbon; and Maria and Armando Cabral collection.