© 2019 Vilma Machado All my work is grounded in three elements, Time, Listening and Space. Time, because it is within time that our essence was launched into countless experiences. Listening, because it is the bridge between who we are and who we become throughout temporality. It is through listening that we remain connected to our essence during this journey through time. Space, because it is where everything gains material form, thoughts, choices and actions. And it is within space that the...

© 2009 Vilma Machado There is a particular joy in encountering something that brings, with such sensitivity and beauty, questions that have long been at the heart of an inquiry that accompanies my work: time, listening, and space. Yesterday I watched Je m'appelle Agneta. It is a delicate film that deals with deeply human realities and touches us because, at some point in our own journey, we recognize something of ourselves in what unfolds before us. The discomfort of trying to meet the...

We are all subject to making decisions. At every moment, we are faced with paths of which only one will be taken. Until a decision takes shape, multiple forces come into play, impulses, repetitions, automatisms, interests, pressures. All of them sustain intentions, often wrapped in layers of narratives that may not correspond, and even less respond, to what is actually at stake. To decide implies also listening to what has not been considered. Decisions require the recognition that they bear...