juliana notari

“Diva, processing the work”, 2024

Documentary installation composed of video, drawings, photographs, and newspaper articles documenting the creative process behind DIVA (2020), a work by Brazilian visual artist Juliana Notari. The video presents perspectives from both the artist and the workers involved in the construction, while the press clippings offer a broader view of the controversy the work sparked in Brazil and internationally. DIVA is a 33-square-meter sculpture made of cement and resin, located in the Zona da Mata, a region in Northeastern Brazil historically shaped by colonial extractivism, marked by the exploitation of both land and labor. The piece is widely regarded as the largest feminist land art sculpture in the world.