1. Experiri is the Latin word for «prove, attest, bear witness of», formed by ex, «fora», and peritus, «tested with knowledge», which originated experientia, «knowledge attained through repeated attempts». 

2. One is evidently permeable to the world and the need for its fragmentation. The apprehension of the all is impossible; one limits themselves to the idea of reality that comes to them through the senses.

3. The conscience of the world takes shape in this way. Returning it, materialized, is an individual decision.

4. The artistic objects represented here are unnamable reflections of reality, whether closer or further from their referents. Maybe this way, the experience can be defined as what I do with what I have left from the daily end of the world.

5. Perhaps Antónia Labaredas uses reminiscence as raw material, before the materials themselves. Perhaps we can see fire as a means between memory and its representation, given the execution method of the ceramic field.

6. Material composition itself, made from the world, can break in returning it. The shape that it is given to be visible and perceived, as any and every visible thing.

7. Revolver (Revolving) in the Portuguese dictionary Priberam, first entry: «Mover de baixo para cima, de um lado para outro ou em várias direcções e sentidos» (Moving up and down, from side to the other or in various directions) — and adding from these works — in search of uniting the world.

Daniel Madeira