Anatomia da Saudade
Artistic research project
on
emotion, memory, and cultural identity
research
concept
text
editorial
illustration
production
concept
text
editorial
illustration
production
Anatomia da Saudade is a project rooted in my personal experience and hybrid cultural identity. Combining design art and research I explore Saudade a complex emotion tied to Portuguese culture to examine and make its many layers visible and tangible.
Saudade goes beyond nostalgia or longing it is an ambivalent feeling where loss and hope coexist living in memory but reaching into the future charged with absence and desire.
At the core is a graphic system centered on a dynamic symbol that visualizes Saudades shifting facets and distinguishes it from related emotions. This system draws on extensive literature and interviews mapping how Saudade is experienced through personal objects of longing and highlighting when it becomes overwhelming.
As a designer and artist I aim to make Saudade tangible opening a shared space for reflection on emotional complexity and identity.
Saudade goes beyond nostalgia or longing it is an ambivalent feeling where loss and hope coexist living in memory but reaching into the future charged with absence and desire.
At the core is a graphic system centered on a dynamic symbol that visualizes Saudades shifting facets and distinguishes it from related emotions. This system draws on extensive literature and interviews mapping how Saudade is experienced through personal objects of longing and highlighting when it becomes overwhelming.
As a designer and artist I aim to make Saudade tangible opening a shared space for reflection on emotional complexity and identity.
