Communion

Eunice Pais

"Communion" is a photographic series that delves into the relationship between human bodies and the natural world. Each chapter delves into a landscape—forests, oceans, and beyond—where people are depicted in intimate moments of connection with their surroundings. Through these images, "Communion" explores how bodies interact, adapt, and harmonize within nature, emphasizing the idea that nature itself functions as a complex, living technology and we, humans, are part of it.

The series currently comprises two chapters: "My Mothers" and "Forage."
"My Mothers" is a reflection on the intertwined roles of motherhood and nature, drawing parallels between the nurturing forces of the earth and the maternal bond. This chapter captures my mother and Mother Nature in a state of communion, highlighting how both embody a form of organic technology—cyclical, adaptive, and sustaining.

"Forage" shifts the focus to the symbiotic relationship between humans and the land.This chapter observes how food foragers interact with nature’s systems.

Artist biography

Eunice Pais is a Portuguese-Mozambican visual artist who explores themes of duality and the dynamics of visibility and invisibility through her work in photography, video, and sculpture and fabric manipulation. Working across genres, she recurrently revisits the body as a liminal space for discussion embodied in different materialities such as fabric and metal.

In her interdisciplinary work, she discusses the cultural, environmental landscape of Portugal and Mozambique to analyse the relationship between history, oral tradition, human-nature connections, identity, colonial legacies as internal and external landscapes.

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Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers I, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers II, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers III & IV, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers V, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers VI, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers VII, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: My mothers VIII, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: Foragers I, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: Foragers II-IV, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: Foragers V, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: Foragers VI, 2024

Eunice Pais, Communion: Foragers VII, 2024