Ana Mendes

Ana Mendes, Map Series (Germany), 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Kunstraum Niederosterreich, Vienna, Austria, 2016. Photo eSeL

Ana Mendes, Map Series (Germany), 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Platform, Belfast, UK, 2018 © photo Simon Mills

Ana Mendes, Map Series (China), 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Koganecho Art Centre, Yokohama, 2023 © photo Koganecho Area Management

Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Filet Space, London, UK, 2023. photo BJ Deakin

Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Filet Space, London, UK, 2023. photo BJ Deakin

Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Platform, Belfast, UK, 2018 © photo Simon Mills
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  Ana Mendes, Map Series (Germany), 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Kunstraum Niederosterreich, Vienna, Austria, 2016. Photo eSeL
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  Ana Mendes, Map Series (Germany), 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Platform, Belfast, UK, 2018 © photo Simon Mills
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  Ana Mendes, Map Series (China), 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Koganecho Art Centre, Yokohama, 2023 © photo Koganecho Area Management
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  Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Filet Space, London, UK, 2023. photo BJ Deakin
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  Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Filet Space, London, UK, 2023. photo BJ Deakin
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  Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-ongoing, performance/installation, mixed technique, dimensions variable, exhibition view Platform, Belfast, UK, 2018 © photo Simon Mills
Ana Mendes, Map Series, 2014-18, performance/installation, maps, sewing machine, thread, exhibition view 'Frame it', Kunstraum Niederosterreich, Vienna, Austria (c) photo: eSeL (photo 1) and at Platform Arts, Belfast, 2017 (c) photo Simon Mills (photos 2, 3 and 4 )

Map Series is a performance in which Mendes considers her identity as a Portuguese citizen facing a post-colonial context. In this performance-installation, Mendes stitches old paper maps of the former colonies of certain empires – i. e., UK, Portugal, France, Germany, Russia - sitting on a chair at a table with a sewing machine.