Lucas Gervilla

Guest PhD Candidate

Department of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Culture

Visual Artist and Filmmaker
PhD Candidate in Visual Arts at the Institute of Arts at São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Research in Greifswald from 2022 till 2024 with Prof. Dr. Annika Schlitte
funded by a DAAD scholarship
lucas.gervillaunespbr
www.gerva.me

About me

Lucas Gervilla is a visual artist and filmmaker. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Visual Arts at the Institute of Arts at São Paulo State University (UNESP) and conducted research as part of a two-year exchange program (2022–2024) funded by a DAAD scholarship at the Institute of Philosophy of Greifswald University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Schlitte.

His research focuses on topics such as the aesthetics of abandonment, spatiality, temporality, and memory. His doctoral thesis is titled "Aesthetics of Abandonment: Abandoned Places, Ruins, Memory, and Art."

Additionally, he completed a Master’s degree in Visual Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Communication. He has also been an artist-in-residence at ZK/U Berlin, CCI Fabrika Moscow, NES Iceland, and Residencia Epecuén in Argentina.

Publications (Selection)

 

Rust, Mold, and Cracks: Post-Dualist Approaches on Spaces and Images

International Journal of Film and Media Arts

2023 | Vollständiger Artikel - Teil von ISSN: 2183-9271 - DOI: doi.org/10.24140/ijfma.v8.n2.03revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/article/view/8787

 

Ruinous

2020 | E-Book

ISBN: 978-65-00-14656-1

gerva.me/2020/12/28/ruinoso-e-book/

 

Art in Ruins: Approaches and Developments

ArteFilosofia

2022 | Vollständiger Artikel - Teil von ISSN: 2526-7892

https://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/article/view/4475/4097

 

Caléndulas, Nostalgia and Ruins

Rotura - Revista de Comunicação, Cultura e Artes

2021 | Vollständiger Artikel - Teil von ISSN: 2184-8661 - DOI: 10.34623/DFQ8-PC32

publicacoes.ciac.pt/index.php/rotura/article/view/18

 

Site-specific: works oriented to a predetermined place

Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa

2020 | Vollständiger Artikel - Teil von ISSN: 2182-4452 DOI: 10.31492/21842043.rilp2020.38/pp.49-67

http://rilp-aulp.org/index.php/rilp/article/view/112

Selected Artistic Works

Fresh Fish
Installation – Iceland, 2024.
https://gerva.me/2024/01/28/fresh-fish/

Iron, Mud and Copper
Installation - Brazil, 2022.
https://gerva.me/2022/05/18/ferro-lama-e-cobre/

Rust, Mold and Cracks
Video - Germany, 2022.
https://youtu.be/TM-AzjsKJ-Q

Belem Street 58
Video - Brazil, 2020.
https://youtu.be/BTAFVyQRbUw 

Ruinous
Documentary - Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Russia, 2020.
https://youtu.be/JfvR02U_sUM

Edmur and His Truck
Documentary - Brazil, 2018.
https://vimeo.com/292813689