MOURAZ Tito

Casa das Sete Senhoras

Portugal

It is still said around here that the house is haunted. In this house lived seven ladies, all maiden sisters. One of them was a witch. I spent a lot of time around the house of the seven ladies, chatting, trying to imagine what it was like before me, listening. I started by doing some portraits of people. I found them fascinating because, having always lived there, they are rooted to this land just like trees. I decided to document the evolution of this land. This series gives an account of a persistent return to the same place, so as to scrutinize its evolution (deactivation of agricultural practices, gradual transformation of the land, aging of the population…). Just like in legends, maybe because of this place’s magical and appalling features, this cyclical experience turned up into becoming my greatest wound. This place was a place of affections. After all, I was also born there too!

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About the artist

TITO MOURAZ was born in 1977 in Portugal. In 2010, he completed the Visual Arts and Photography course at the Superior Art School of Porto where he currently lives
and works. He’s been exhibiting regularly since 2009 in Portugal and abroad, most notably at Encontros da Imagem in Braga (2010, 2013).