São Paulo artist Henrique Oliveira turns wooden hoardings into immersive tunnel installation - in pictures
Oliviera’s repurposed plywood construction hoardings wind their way around the university contemporary art museum’s white columns in a tangle of roots
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Work begins on constructing the Transarquitetônica installation at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo
Photograph: Henrique Oliveira
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The skin of the installation is made from tapumes, cheap wood which is commonly used in São Paulo to obscure construction sites
Photograph: Cris Komesu
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Oliveira nails the repurposed wood pieces to an organic framework
Photograph: Cris Komesu
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The space provided by the museum was immense, so the artist expanded the installation into a fully immersive environment
Photograph: Elaine Maziero
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Visitors can explore the cavernous interior of the artwork
Photograph: Elaine Maziero
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The end of the structure looks like a tangle of roots wrapping around columns in the gallery
Photograph: Henrique Oliveira
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Transarquitetônica is on show until the end of this month
Photograph: Henrique Oliveira
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