Nidus Vitreo

(2010-2011)

Site-specific interactive installation, 1000 resin/glass molded branches, video projection and six channels sound algorithmically manipulated by computer programming, mirrored floor tiles, four smells (Smell of Nest, Open Sea, Hot Sun and Wet Earth) and computer.

The construction of this installation was based on avian architecture. Smell of Nest exhaled from the sculpture while the other 3 smells were experienced through personal dispensers. Video projected smell memories from the artist’s blog.

Exhibited at Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo credit: Luciano Mattos Bogado

Nidus Vitreo is the construction of a fragile nest as a collective shelter. It has been developed as the following installations: Architectando (2008), Architectando: Elias's Nest (2009),
Nidus Vitreo (2011), Passages (2012).

This artwork is cited in the following texts:

Nest of Glass - a far side of a shelter by
Laura Abreu
Resistence, resilience and feminism in the work of Josely Carvalho by Laura Abreu
When an Olfactory Artist Loses Her Sense of Smell – An Interview with Josely Carvalho on Dealing with Corona by Caro Verbeek
As participações e a evocação de memórias olfativas na produção da artista Josely Carvalho por Daniellen Welsing Nogueira (only in portuguese)

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JOSELY CARVALHO

multimedia artist

Lee Krasner Awardee for Life Achievement,
Pollock Krasner Foundation

Nidus Vitreo

(2010-2011)