Creating new verses for a well-known Portuguese rhyme, the piece reaches out from one end of the Atlantic to the other, bridging Brazil and the African continent, both metaphorically and spiritually, as the artist’s own family pictures flow in and out of the water.

If the sea had balconies

Triggered by the unveiling of a family secret, Aline Motta went on an ancestral quest, traveling to rural areas in Brazil, Portugal, and Sierra Leone, and creating a counter-narrative to what is usually told about the way Brazilian families were formed. A discussion about racism, representation, belonging and identity.