Cecília Erismann

Cecília has had the advantage of being born in a family which is half Swiss and half Brazilian; which she has influenced her art, poetry and the various interdisciplinary projects which she has been involved.  She has both organized and taken part in various project with people from all walks of life and has been involved in projects all over the globe. One of the most differentiating things about the kind of work she does and is involved in is dialogue and encounter, these are the most important features which both describe and guide her work; these are equally compassed by the idea of wanting to house expression and trigger a form of communication through her works.

One of the reasons why I identify with this particular narrative artist is that she seems to be engrossed with the idea of wanting to expand the limits of poetry and wants to somehow break the boundaries which traditionally confine poetry onto paper. She has tried to achieve this through various collaborations with other poets, artists, dancers and musicians; she basically works with other departments within the arts. Her contribution to the arts is interesting, as she attempts to engage with not only her fellow peers but her audience.

The poem on the right and the painting on the left another example of a Multidisciplinary^[1]collaboration Cecília Erismann did with Elizabeth Kristensen, which expresses the above concept.

Figure1 Elisabeth kristen. Ice sculpture [ONLINE]

Her company is like a hug, Sweet – calm – unique. She sculpt life as if she was playing with snow… The water crystalized in a human shape. That beauty, exposed in a cold ice, Sea through – em’oceans… A beauty that the sun doesn’t melt, But the heart overflows… I go, Her smile… Cecília Erismann

In this collaboration they have managed to capture the same concept or idea in different mediums, and like a mirror one reflects the other. You can almost feel and see the rapping effect the sculpture has depicted, although separately the poem and artwork make sense, they do however expand the individual messages and you understand how they are not separate entities but one unit expressing the same idea.