Ko padejo semena
»Araucaria angustifolia je edinstveno drevo, ki navdušuje s svojo lepoto in odpornostjo, živi pa lahko več sto let. Kot protagonist in očividec zgodb, ki so oblikovale mojo pot, brazilski bor presega svojo naravno vlogo v tamkajšnji flori, saj pooseblja tudi vrnitev k mojim lastnim koreninam in vzpostavljanje vezi s spremembami, ki so bile posledice časa in selitev.
Površina borovega gozda v Paranáju se je tekom časa drastično zmanjšala zaradi nenadzorovanega zasedanja ozemlja in nebrzdane urbanizacije. Preobrazba regijske krajine neposredno odraža mojo lastno zgodovino. Tako kot so ljudje za preživetje odvisni drug od drugega, tudi drevesa brazilskega bora sama ne preživijo; da proizvedejo semena, pinhão, so namreč za oprašitev odvisna od vetra. Ideja medsebojne odvisnosti in obnavljanja odraža družinski cikel, ki ga metaforično predstavljata borov storž in hiša. Storž, ki pade na tla, se razpoči in raztrese semena, iz katerih zrastejo nova drevesa, je kot družina, ki doživlja obdobja ločitve in obnovitve.
Tako kot semena borovega storža imajo tudi fotografije moč, da nas soočijo s spomini, ki smo jih shranili, in tistimi, ki tudi po padcu na tla še vedno nosijo obljubo novih začetkov.« – Márcia Beltrão
When the Seeds Fall
“Araucaria angustifolia is a unique tree that impresses with its beauty and resilience. It can live for hundreds of years and it transcends its natural role in Brazilian flora to become both a protagonist and a witness to the narratives that have shaped my journey. It represents a return to my roots and a connection to the transformations brought about by the passage of time and my displacements.
The Araucaria forest cover in Paraná has drastically declined over time due to uncontrolled territorial occupation and rampant urbanisation. This transformation of the region’s landscape directly reflects my own history. Just as human beings depend on one another to survive, Araucaria trees do not perpetuate in isolation; they rely on wind pollination to produce their seeds, the pinhão. This idea of mutual dependence and renewal mirrors the cycle of the family, metaphorically represented by the pine cone and the house. Like the pine cone, which falls to the ground, splits open and scatters its seeds, giving rise to new trees, the family also experiences separations and renewals.
Just like the seeds of the pine cone, photographs have the power to generate new cycles of memory, enabling encounters with recollections that we have preserved and those that, even after falling to the ground, still carry the promise of new beginnings.” – Márcia Beltrão
Marcia Beltrão je brazilska fotografinja s sedežem v São Paulu. Njeno delo združuje družinske
arhive, krajino ter vezi med ljudmi in naravo ter odpira vprašanja spomina, prostora,
odsotnosti in preobrazbe. Prejela je nagrado Nova Fotografia 2019, ki jo podeljuje MIS-SP,
kjer je predstavila samostojno razstavo Em Curso in kjer je njeno delo tudi del muzejske
zbirke. Leta 2025 je predstavila samostojno razstavo Ko padejo semena v Galeriji Kranjske
hiše v Sloveniji, v okviru Kranj Foto Fest 2025. Njeno delo je bilo predstavljeno tudi na
skupinskih razstavah v Braziliji in Sloveniji, med drugim v Paço das Artes ter v Mali Galeriji
Cankarjevega doma.
Marcia Beltrão is a Brazilian photographer based in São Paulo. Her work brings together
family archives, landscape, and the ties between people and nature, engaging questions of
memory, territory, absence, and transformation. She was awarded the Nova Fotografia 2019
Prize by MIS-SP, where she presented the solo exhibition Em Curso and where her work is
part of the museum’s collection. In 2025, she presented the solo exhibition When the Seeds
Fall at Galerija Kranjske hiše, Kranj, Slovenia, as part of Kranj Foto Fest 2025. Her work has
also been featured in group exhibitions in Brazil and Slovenia, including at Paço das Artes,
São Paulo, and Mala Galerija, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana.
Kuratorki razstave / Curated exhibitions:
Fernanda Prado Verčič in Maja Modrinjak
Razstava je nastala v sodelovanju z / The exhibition was created in collaboration with:
Kranj Foto Fest
