CASA COMUM
Made with free graphic materials that Rita RA has been collecting in cultural institutions in Paris between 2023 and 2025. Materials such as catalogues, posters, magazines, flyers, etc.
The art studio she shared between 2023 and 2024 was in Bagnolet, at La Noue neighbourhood (shared with the artists Carolina E. Santo, Djamel Tatem and Jean François H.) La Noue is a social district on the outskirts of Paris known for its social diversity and people in social situation of care. Rita collects these free paper materials everywhere she visits: social centres, art institutions (Palais de Tokyo, Centre 104, Centre Pompidou) theatres, restaurants, etc.
At the same time, Rita was working and living (between 2023 and 2024) at 69 rue Sainte-Anne 2éme Paris. Living with the Turquin family and working as a freelance designer for the communication agency for the art market in the same building, the Artcento agency.
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The art studio she shared between 2023 and 2024 was in Bagnolet, at La Noue neighbourhood (shared with the artists Carolina E. Santo, Djamel Tatem and Jean François H.) La Noue is a social district on the outskirts of Paris known for its social diversity and people in social situation of care. Rita collects these free paper materials everywhere she visits: social centres, art institutions (Palais de Tokyo, Centre 104, Centre Pompidou) theatres, restaurants, etc.
At the same time, Rita was working and living (between 2023 and 2024) at 69 rue Sainte-Anne 2éme Paris. Living with the Turquin family and working as a freelance designer for the communication agency for the art market in the same building, the Artcento agency.
Artcento works mostly for galleries and auction houses in Paris, such as Galerie Turquin, Drouot, Gros & Delettrez, Pescheteau-Badin, Ader. Working with these Artcento clients Rita collected many different and interesting catalogues, magazines and paper materials from this environment.
The idea is that using both of these extreme social visuals we can discuss and reflect about the polarization of the centre of the city and its outskirts. We know that the mass force people and invisible production lives outside the city and works at “invisible” hours.
This project aims at making the outskirts as important and visible as the centre, creating this collaborative giant collage scenography that will be donated at the Association La Maison du Canal 10éme — La Gange and used as a scenography for its events and live music performances.
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The idea is that using both of these extreme social visuals we can discuss and reflect about the polarization of the centre of the city and its outskirts. We know that the mass force people and invisible production lives outside the city and works at “invisible” hours.
This project aims at making the outskirts as important and visible as the centre, creating this collaborative giant collage scenography that will be donated at the Association La Maison du Canal 10éme — La Gange and used as a scenography for its events and live music performances.
In order to create this unique collaborative piece I’m developing Visual Composition Workshops based on cadavre exquis* exercices. With individuals, institutions, companies and everyone who wants to be part of this gesture regardless of their age and condition.
*Cadavre exquis or Exquisite Corpse is an art technique invented by the surrealists. Surrealism principal founder André Breton reported that it started for fun, but became playful and eventually enriching. The name is derived from a phrase that resulted when Surrealists first played the game, "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau." ("The exquisite corpse shall drink the new wine." Henry Miller often played the game to pass time in French cafés during the 1930s. It is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule or by being allowed to see only the end of what the previous person contributed.
Current participants:
Alice Walker, Ana Carina Jerónimo, Ana Margarida Rodrigues, Anna Chiara Palermo, Antoniete Ascenso da Cunha, Apolinário Passos, Assunção Sampayo, Carmo Sousa Rego, Catarina Guerra, Catarina Oliveira, Catarina Pinto Leite, Cátia Fernandes, Corey Breier, Daniela Rodrigues, Dara Morgana, Elena Vertegel, Éric Queiroz, Félicia Dotsé, Filipa Baptista, Firmino Duarte, Fleur Scholten, Ghita Aa, Hannah wijmenga, Inês Cunha Carvalho, Inês Dias, José Cortez, José Sottomayor, Juliana Sabogal, Leal Pereira, Lobke Peeters, Louise Renaudin, Luciene Gomes da Silva, Luísa Malta Romeiras, Luna Isaias, Madalena Meneses, Maria Carvalho, Maria Norton, Margarida Moreira, Martha Tavares, Mercedes Castro Corbat, Noémie Kempf, Olga Mironenko, Patrícia Mégre Potes, Paula Velhinho, Pedro Rebelo de Andrade, Pilar Duarte Silva, Prosenjit Gihosh, Rita Ansone, Rita Pierre, Rodrigo Barreiros Ferreira, Rodrigo Vaz Pinto, Ruth de Peroy, Saurabh Narang, Sabine Santana, Sebnem Erener, Sílvia dos Santos, Sue-Li Tasker Yeo, Teresa Blanco, Tinka van trier, Tomás Rebelo de Andrade, Tuuli Utriainen, Venina Ascenso da Cunha
