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Mónica de Miranda

Path to the Stars (2022)

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A woman with brown skin wears a white dress and floats in still water with her arms outstretched. Leafy water plants with small flowers surround her.

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Jan 02, 2024–Apr 30, 2024

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Follow an odyssey through time that focuses on historical freedom fighters in Africa, the complex and uncertain present, and a future in tune with nature.

Mónica de Miranda’s video Path to the Stars revisits the legacy of anti-colonial resistance in Angola, inviting the audience on a journey through revolutionary history and the future. The title comes from a 1953 poem by Agostinho Neto, a freedom fighter and the former president of Angola.

Over the course of a single day, from sunrise to sunset, viewers follow the path of a heroine as she navigates down Angola’s Kwanza River. She confronts various avatars of her past—and of Angola’s struggle for independence from Portugal—along the way.

This languid, deeply poetic, and lyrical film complements the Wexner Center’s presentation of Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema, on view in our galleries from February 3–April 28, 2024. (34 mins., HD video)

"A metaphor of a female place that threads through various times and spaces."

Mónica de Miranda on Path to the Stars

Mónica de Miranda, Path to the Stars, 2022. HD video. Image courtesy of the artist.

Two Black women sit side by side outside at a table set for a meal amid tropical vegetation. One wears black, the other wears white, both stare ahead.

Mónica de Miranda, Path to the Stars, 2022. HD video. Image courtesy of the artist.

Two Black women face each other in a small boat. One, wearing a black dress and a red blindfold, stands. The other, wearing camouflage fatigues, sits.

Mónica de Miranda, Path to the Stars, 2022. HD video. Image courtesy of the artist.

More about the artist

Mónica de Miranda is a Portuguese artist of Angolan descent who lives and works between Lisbon, Portugal, and Luanda, Angola. A filmmaker, artist, and researcher, she bases her work on themes of urban archaeology and the ways that emotions relate to or affect geographies. Her interdisciplinary practice encompasses drawing, installation, photography, film, video, and sound, testing the boundaries between fiction and documentary. She holds an MA in Visual Arts and Sculpture from Camberwell College of Arts in London and a PhD in Artistic Studies from Middlesex University in London. She was featured in the 12th Berlin Biennale (2022) and has exhibited her work in numerous institutions from London to Lisbon. Read more.

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Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts 
Ohio Humanities 

ADDITIONAL SUPPORTED PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development 
Greater Columbus Arts Council 
The Wexner Family
 Institute of Museum and Library Services 
Ohio Arts Council , with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc 
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme 
The Columbus Foundation
 Nationwide Foundation 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate