LUCIANA DUAILIBE
Looking at Myself
If I have to define myself, saying who I am, I promptly answer that I am a woman, mother, artist, educator,
player, student, researcher, dancer, housewife... I am people that I have met and I am places where I have
been, I am relationality in phenomena. I used to say that my Self is mutant, due to the fact that it is in a
constant movement, always in changing, in a process of discovering of the being.
As Buttignol suggests, “subjectivity is constantly in flux, sometimes it is difficult to know which of my selves
is speaking” (Buttignol, In Diamond and Mullen, 2006, p123), I am also among several selves, switching
from artist to housewife, from mother to philosopher in a fraction of seconds.
Looking at myself gave me the change to take a close look into my being with a dilated pupil. As a process
of reflection, I could see and be seen. I could regret, project and express feelings, wishes, traumas and
dreams. Experiencing relationships which one I did not have experienced until now. Having the opportunity
to look to myself with a reflective eye, look with the eye that is looking to myself is the result of this process.
About Myself
Leave my life in love
Understanding the uncertain of the universe
Craziness and creation are connected
Imagine the infinite: is it incredible or insolent?
Asking about me: Art and Anxiety
Nothing is normal, it is natural
And then, the artist assumes the action.
Luciana Duailibe is artist and educator. She was born in Brazil, studied philosophy at the University of São
Paulo where she also participated in some courses in the Contemporary Art Museum and Education and
Toys Museum. In London she did her Masters in Artist Teacher and Contemporary Practices at Goldsmiths
College and researched students’ participation and autonomy in the learning process.
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