Álvaro Oliveira 
Spring 
2020 
 
Video  
Sound, color, 4’40 ’’ 
 
Prints 
3 papers of 20,5X14 cm 
Paper made from weeds, printing by typing machine 
 

This series of works juxtaposes the poetic metaphor with the ideas associated with the artist's experiences. These are part of a set of themes associated with the LGBTQ+ community that relate to a wider spectrum than that of personal circumstances.  
Weeds, plants that are spontaneously born at an undesired time and place, appear as language and material to address the experiences associated with homosexuality. As such, the feeling of denial, the discovery of self-love and the sharing of pleasure are associated with this project to emphasize the hidden desires and feelings endured by the participant. "Spring" narrates a short episode of the search for answers in a field (one full of weeds) that is familiar to the artist. He learns to walk through a flora that until then was downtrodded; he touches and is touched; he is taken by the hand. He effortlessly responds to the stimuli suggested by the landscape, and turns it into the support for his writing. Furthermore, he involves his past and present in homoerotic undertones, where the role of the male body becomes similar to that of a plant.