Edra Moraes (BR)

“I kissed the mouth of madness and the stars sharpened my tongue”

It is a book that begins before it is written, with the study of the human psyche and its direct relationship with mental illness, focusing on the female gender. From my own personal experiences, the reader will have the opportunity to experience not only the feelings of the poet’s madness, but also the universality of madness and its connections with human feelings. The research began in 2022.

The book will poetically explore madness and question normality. It intends to go further, portraying how madness can be a form of manipulation of women. At least 180 poems will be created that address how we women are often labeled as “crazy” and diagnosed with mental disorders when we demand something in a relationship, to the extreme of compulsory hospitalizations – a form of violence against women that has been used for centuries and accepted by society.

Based on a critical analysis of mental illness and its interactions with society, the proposal seeks to explore how expressions of suffering become objects of labeling and medication. Rather than focusing solely on the terminologies used to describe the mental condition (anxiety, depression, etc.), the proposal questions how these labels shape the social and individual perception of mental health, as well as reflecting on the relationship between madness and art.

TECHNICAL SHEET

Artist: Edra Moraes
Title: #LoucasSomosTodas
Date: 2025
Technique/Materials: Wired, raw ceramic, matte black paint.
Dimensões: altura 1 mt, largura 1,10 mts, profundidade 25 cm

Series: part/study for installation – I kissed the mouth of madness and the stars sharpened my tongue.

Articles and publications in Brazil about Edra Moraes’ artistic residency (in Portuguese):

Folha de Londrina: Multiartista de Londrina vai levar projecto a Portugal

O Londrinense: Entre malas, livros e a mobilidade artística brasileira

O Londrinense: Entre rainhas e plebeias, e que a arte e a loucura nos una

O Londrinense: Portugal: o portal de entrada internacional para artistas brasileiros

O Londrinense: Diário poético de uma residência: vivendo entre a loucura e a ancestralidade

Edra Moraes is a writer, multi-artist and cultural producer, with seven individual publications and participation in several anthologies. Em 2016, recebeu a Bolsa da FBN para o livro Para ler enquanto escolhe feijão (Atrito Arte Ed.), traduzido para o espanhol e lançado na Argentina pelo grupo Caravana Editorial em 2023. Em 2022, estreou como contista com o livro Dispneia Distópica (Editora Patuá), e em outubro de 2023, lançou Serei Breve, uma coleção de mini narrativas. Em 2024, publicou o livro-objeto As Lavadeiras (Atrito Arte Ed.). Entre seus prêmios destacam-se o Obras Literárias Digitais 2020, Memorial Vivência, Literatura, Livro e Leitura Unespar, Cultura nas Redes 2020 e FCC Digital 2020.

A marketing professional, cultural agitator and creator of the Londrina Creative Movement, Edra integrates literature into her work as an actress and explores her poetry on platforms such as collage, video art and visual installation.