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Paula do Prado

Paula do Prado

Uruguay-born, Sydney-based textile artist ("Tejedora/Weaver") and researcher weaving her Charrúa, Bantu-Kongo and Iberian ancestry; Artspace Studio Program resident and practice-led PhD graduate (University of Sydney).

Sep 21, 2026

40:55
share a little bit what the research you're doing at the moment is? And would you like to share a little bit what you're looking into, what you're drawn to at the moment, or what you're bringing to London, to Worthing particularly? So I'm never
41:09
working on just one thing, but... you know, for the works that I'm taking with me to London and this particular project, it's called Lares of the Crossroads.
41:24
And I was really interested in kind of exploring a little bit further this concept of the spirits of place and thinking about how when you navigate through different geographies, different timelines different um spaces and places and their um you know the histories that are held there um sort of thinking about you know how do you you know who you who are you building relationship with in place And for me, you know, that discussion around syncretism was interesting because for me, obviously, I don't sort of see my work...
42:14
And for me, it doesn't come from a place of religion or belief.
42:20
It's very much more, I suppose you could describe, more of a spiritual practice.
42:27
I'm often having to respond... to things as they come out.
42:32
And then I'm like, oh, okay, I've made that.

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74:24
Yeah, so I would love for you to just maybe tell us a little bit more about this little excerpt and then we'll wrap it up because this was very enriching and we traveled a lot already.

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