Alexandra Freitas' subject matter is nature and the divine. Whether it is a landscape or a portrait, she always tries to find the transcendental idea that interests. Spirit, which totalizes the relation of representations, or thoughts are aiming to achieve "the absolute (unconditioned) unity of the thinking subject" (KrV, A 334 / B 391). "All spirit is substance." Spirit comes to represent some of this contemplative taste or pleasure, as people remember the idea conveyed or mediated by the object. In conclusion, the link between finite and infinite, sensible and intelligible, conditioned and unconditioned cannot be perceived conceptually or verbally. But, it can be expressed in the work of art and the aesthetic experience of reality. Alexandra uses traditional materials, like a pencil, to capture the eyes of the owns she sees in life. But her artistic expression is mostly in ambient music with a looped video where art can result in therapy, being the Kantian notion of sublime can be linked to Freud's notion of sublimation. Healing art because it sublimates the unconscious, that is, it gives expression, cultural and social response to traumas, ghosts, repressed emotions and desires, repressed drives, conflicts that are proper to all human beings. This highlights the spiritual practice to enhance the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being that indirectly benefits society in their acquisition of culture in their socialization.
Artist biography
Alexandra Freitas was born in Funchal in Madeira Island, Portugal, in 1995.
She grew up both next to the sea and close to nature. Throughout her life, Alexandra has always been fascinated by dance rituals and ambient music like William Basinski.
Naturally, she was drawn on how to figure out a way to make people more aware of their spiritual behavior through music, video, drawing, and design. The interest was cultivated during her teenage years and further developed when she opted to take her graduation in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto. After completing her degree, Alexandra delved even more into design practice by completing the Master in Interactive Media Design at the University of Madeira.
