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Reside — Spring 2025
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IT WAS LIKE

LOOKING INTO

THE MIND OF

THE ARTIST
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nature, between the past, present, and future.”
Indeed, Neto tells her he chose the apartment,
sandwiched between the city’s vibrant
Copacabana beach and the soaring Sugarloaf
mountain, for its proximity to nature.
In fact, throughout Neto’s home one can
sense a yearning for a closer relationship with
the natural world. In addition to art, plants and
a few pieces of mid-century Brazilian furniture
is Neto’s vast collection of objects made by the
Indigenous communities of Brazil, which
includes hanging textiles by the Shipibo and
Huni Kuin tribes, who he praises for the
sophisticated knowledge they have developed for working in sync with the
earth. “There is a word from the language of the Krenak people: ‘Taruandê’,”
he explains to Atencio Demirdjian. “It describes a dance between the sky and
the earth, and how in that dance these two organisms interact and exchange.
Such precious thinking is all around us. We need only to open our hearts to it.”
It would be convenient to declare there is a thread that winds its way
throughout the homes in this book, but inevitably each one is deeply personal.
Yes, the homes are filled with art, and are largely eccentric and luxurious,
teeming with covetable antique furniture and beautiful souvenirs from
extensive travels. But once you get into the minute details of why each artist
has chosen to furnish their life just so, it’s clear that each of their spaces is as
unique to them as their practice. 0
Laura May Todd is a Milan-based design writer

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