Zedi Lucena is a Portuguese artist based in Lisbon.
Being both a graphic designer and a photographer with several years of experience, Zedi has always been fascinated by the process of creating images.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zedi began to explore a new technical path.
He liked the idea of creating something truly unique and non-replicable, where he could leave a part of his present self.
Painting had that power. The body, the gestures, the movement of the brushes gave a uniqueness to his work. And then he started experimenting with other tools. Among these was the pastry bag: the starting point of this series.
To give a brief context, photo printing consists of small dots printed in nearly imperceptible sizes.
Knowing this, he used the pastry bag to explore this technique while seeking to bring this “aggregate” of dots to a real, palpable, and visible scale. He wanted to capture the intangible and give light to the unseen — dot by dot, point by point.
It took him about two years to complete his first piece — the time needed to develop the method and refine the technique.
Once that was achieved, he needed a theme and decided to represent people who were relevant in history. It made sense: if one wants to capture the unseen, why not try to capture time as well?
But most of all, Zedi wants to convey a point of view.
It’s a complex world made up of many small parts, and sometimes one just needs to take a step back to see it more clearly.
