Ethereal Metal

At the invitation of the MM Gerdau -Museum of Mines and Metal to commemorate the Day of Steel 2022, Olavo Machado Neto conceived the series of steel sculptures Ethereal Metal

13 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

The installation is a exploration of Gerdau’s history of steel making within the spatial context of Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s museum design. Starting with a line, simple and pure. The line flattens to a plane of long steel. 

15 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

Machado then draws right angles with this steel line to delineate a flat rectangular space. From this flat plane the line continues to further express a three dimensional section of two perpendicular rectangular planes.

12 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

This is the primary motif, a spatialtheme from which the entire work becomes a suite of variations. Drawing Cartesian geometries with metal in space. 

03 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

Machado Neto traverses new interdisciplinary territories, clearly walking a different path from artists who explored similar terrain before him.

Christian Larsen - Curator

01 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

From a frame
initially pre-set the
emptiness is captured and
contained in a ethereal tunnel
in light forms.

02 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

The idea is that the gaze crosses, in
ethereal form, the straight forms of the
steel.

03 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

The patterns of shadows and lines
resulting from different forms of
look, from each point of view, draw
a whole new perspective to
every step you take around and
through the installation.

04 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

In harmony with the terrace
created by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 
each piece is framed by just 
a living photograph of the
moment, from the Liberty Square`s
 landscape, in Belo Horizonte.

05 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

The interaction of shadows
with the scenery is fundamentals
part of the installation.

06 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

The pieces frame, in addition to the
landscape, also the sky. A change
of the image through the frames is what catches the viewer's eye.

07 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

08 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

The rhythm of the composition,
in a tunnel along the
terrace is what guides 
the gaze.

09 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

10 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

12 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

From the gaze crossing the void,
we are guided to the details of
each piece. Rhythm, repetition 
and evolution.

11 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

13 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

14 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

15 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

In the Soundscape Room, a
immersion experience, where the
protagonists are the sounds, the light
and the shadows, resulting from the
projection of the pieces in a room
completely white.

16 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

17 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

18 - Ethereal Metal (2022-07-07) by Olavo Machado NetoMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal

Credits: Story

Metal Etéreo - Olavo Machado Neto
Curadoria - Christian Larsen
Direção Executiva - Marta Meireles
Produção - Sette Promoções, Josette Davis, Carolina Davis, Marta Meireles
Expografia - Alex Rousset
Identidade Visual - Olavo Machado, Alex Rousset
Coordenação de Comunicação - Renato Tomasi
Coordenação Pedagógica - Angélica Adverse
Gestão financeira - Através – Gestão cultural
Apoio - MM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Dados técnicos do projeto - Projeto: Metal Etéreo - N°: 2018.13604.0251
Patrocínio - GERDAU

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