Sizígia – The Cosmology of the Low Tide
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Since 2017, the Brazilian artist Uiler Costa-Santos has been focussing on the movement of the tides, taking aerial photos over the Itaparica Canal. Capturing the new reliefs and ever-changing landscapes along the coast of Bahia, his images, which seem like dream worlds to the viewer, are a visual extension of perceptible space.
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What exactly is Sizígia?
Syzygy is an astronomical phenomenon that happens when three celestial bodies from the same gravitational system align. It is in this phenomenon of connection between the ocean, soil and rivers, that marine life builds new reliefs and geographies. I find the main visual material for my work in these very moments.
What is it that impels you to shoot these images?
The impulse comes from my desire to relate to my homeland and to understand its dynamics. The Sizígia images carry a little of all that — of my desire to expand the perceptions of already existing landscapes, from my childhood, but, above all, the ungovernable capacity that the images have.
What is it you want the pictures to show?
I want to show how nature is important to our existence. At a time when structural violence seems to take our subjectivities and socio-collective practices to extremely saturated limits, it seems urgent to (re)think the fictional potential of images, as well as their ability to speak about our belongings and territories through new paths of imagination.