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This is indeed life itself!

Edgar Allan Poe
«The Oval Portrait»


Po_otoreto (from the Japanese pootoreeto -portrait) is a project dedicated to the creation of living portraits: small articulated figures that reinterpret the physical and psychological identity of a person. Each doll-portrait is a unique piece, entirely handmade.

The project takes and resignifies both the European tradition of portraiture and the logic of psychoanalysis; and, from Japan, the animist belief, craft practices and the creation of dolls for the adult world. At the same time, it is proposed as an artistic reinterpretation of the self, through the gestation of the dolls and the interaction between dolls and portrayed, thus actively linking creator, portrait and portrayed in a joint creative action.

Po_otoreto thus investigates the link between humans and dolls, both from the role of the creator - craft techniques, relationship between maker and doll, marketing circuits - and the user - traditional and contemporary uses, affective relationship with the doll, joint sociability, accessories and creative customization over time.

Po_otoretos are ambiguous objects that dissolve historically opposed distinctions in the West, such as art-craft, matter-spirit, object-subject, past-present, thus generating new means of creation.



head


(doll & portrait universe)






FILMS


featuring dolls and portraits



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GAMES








MUSIC


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BOOKS


featuring dolls and portraits









 DOLLS
and the supernatural










CRAZY ABOUT DOLLS




DOLL ARTISTS


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JAPANESE DOLLS


yesterday & today


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HAUNTED PORTRAITS


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NEWS


featuring dolls and portraits


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eyes


(catalogue)


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DOLLS
2019-2024





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VIDEOS
2019-2023




Ian
Video monocanal
Size: variable
Duration: 4’45’’ min
Year: 2022
Made in collaboration with Lihuel González

Link: https://youtu.be/SEsUx8EptSU





Kiki
Video monocanal
Size: variable
Duration: 3 min
Year: 2022
Made in collaboration with Lihuel González

Link: https://youtu.be/4VMrlOAYMBY




Mami
Video monocanal
Size: variable
Duration: 3 min
Year: 2022
Made in collaboration with Lihuel González

Link: https://youtu.be/b2G27IkH9cA



Ayelén (autorretrato)
Video monocanal
Size: variable
Duration: 7 min
Year: 2022
Made in collaboration with Lihuel González




Lihuel
Video monocanal
Size: variable 
Duration: 1 min
Year: 2022
Made in collaboration with Lihuel González
Link: https://youtu.be/uQ7EtafPi8o

eyes


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Dolls
2019-2024


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I.L


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I.L
2020
Materials: stone clay body (LaDoll), resin eyes, acrylics, textiles.Size: 30 cm.