The exhibition brings together the work of 15 artists who question some of the themes and concerns of current artistic practice, such as dominant structures, race, gender and self-representation, technology or ecology. The result allows us to see the transformation in the way of understanding photography, the way in which it is conceived, produced and can be valued.
2023/ “MARÉ PLÁSTICA” Collective exhibition 18/5 - 19/7. Fortaleza (Maputo)
Lixo (plastic waste) is taking our lives in a threatening and radical way. We can name him as the "new" colonizer of our times and we would not be exaggerating this event.
Lixo is the great oppressor of these times. Poisons our environment and with it our livelihood, the animals and our food. By force majeure we allow him to enter our houses without making noise and forces us to remove it from them with effort, even knowing that, his final destiny will continue to stalk our lives from very close.
Ironically, the most affected places by this relatively "new" colonizer are the underdeveloped countries and therefore the ones most in need of new strategies towards a dignified life.
This project focuses on this problematic in Mozambique specifically around the capital, Maputo.
2022/ “ MOZAMBICAN COSMOLOGY “
PHOTO OPEN UP (International Photography Festival).
24-09 / 1-11-2022 (PADOVA, ITALY).
“MozAfrican Cosmology” by Dilayla Romeo is a series of abstract photography images created with natural inks from medicinal plants, showing dreamlike and imaginary cosmological universes filled with intense colors and shapes, representing the strong relationship of the Mozambican indigenous people with the universe.
Dilayla reflects on the link in healing practices within the Mozambican tradition, and its relationship with the natural forces of the cosmos and the cultural identity that is transmitted through stories and myths.
The artist from her ancestral search through creative ritual and inner journey creates her visual representation of this connection and the traditional activities through magic, herbs, divination, amulets and different natural elements creating a protection in relation to the Source of Creation, all this transmitted orally from generation to generation through the elders.
2022/ FRAGMENTS EN BOZAL “ NEW AFRO-SPANISH PHOTOGRAPHY”.
(APRIL- JUN) BIENALE DAKAR // SENEGAL
At the Dak'Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art within its official OFF program and supported by the Embassy of Spain and the Cervantes Institute in Dakar, the exhibition 'Fragments in muzzle – New Afro-Spanish Photography' presents until June 10 the works of four women and three men Afro-Spanish photographers.
This is a pioneering initiative, as it is the first collective exhibition of Afro-descendant artists organized by Spain within the framework of this biennial dedicated, precisely, to African artists and their diaspora. It is also one of the first exhibitions with the aim of bringing together the main names of a generation that works in the photographic medium in its various variations, incorporating reflections on the condition of black people who are members of the Spanish state.
2022/ “ESTADOS EMERGENTES” (Collective Exhibition)
(APRIL- JUN) CENTRO CULTURAL FRANCO MOÇAMBICANO // Maputo, Mozambique.
Once upon a time the future. Here, we tell stories of hypothetical states, decals of imagined, fictionalized contexts, while we wait for them to become real.
Five Mozambican artists are invited to describe imaginary societies, stolen and transported from any future other than this one.
I also ask you to conceive of your emerging state – between figurative and abstract, whether characters, creatures, environments… Name it?
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Dilayla Romeo's visual abstraction proposal “MELTED EARTH” represents the confused emotional states generated by confinement during the 2019 pandemic. The work shows a planet melted in plastic, reflecting climate changes and plastic pollution in our lives. Based on a spiritual passage, the work makes us reflect on our responsibility and commitment to global warming and pollution. It is a call to awareness about the importance of caring for the Earth, especially the seas, to preserve its biodiversity. "Melt Earth" invites responsible action to ensure a healthy world for future generations.
2020/ Quarantine Gallery. L.A.
Comission for Quarantine Gallery based in LA. This is a quearantine-safe gallery curating exhibitions addressing the current COVID-19 crisis.
2018/ Interview for Lamono Magazine about the ROOT-IN project. (MOZ-BCN) (Supported by Fujifilm)
