The Body That Never Was

Giselle Hinterholz

Exposition

The Body That Never Was (2025)

Giselle Hinterholz

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About this exposition

This project was born from an old discomfort, but only found form when the body — finally — began to speak. A body that, for years, was shaped by obedience, guilt, and restraint. A body that served more to please than to exist. The Body That Never Was is not merely a visual installation. It is a passage. Each frame carries fragments of a story interrupted, silenced, violated — but once told, it becomes a material of resistance. These pieces are not illustrations of pain. They are gestures of defiance. They are symbolic bodies constructed from layers of memory, lived experiences, open wounds, and poorly healed scars. Within them, there are traces of abandonment, escape, abuse, and the absence of protection. But there is also something else: the impulse to persist. The project arises from deeply personal stories, yet it offers a mirror in which other women may recognise their own paths — without fear, without shame, without the guilt inherited from centuries of silence. Here, art does not seek to console. It seeks to expose what was hidden, to name what was smothered, and to open space for other possible forms of existence. More than a healing process, this project is a rite of insurgency against the mechanisms that perpetuate pain as destiny. Here, the wounded matter rises as discourse.

Este projeto nasceu de um desconforto antigo, mas só encontrou forma quando o corpo — finalmente — começou a falar. Um corpo que, por anos, foi moldado pela obediência, pela culpa, pela contenção. Um corpo que serviu mais para agradar do que para existir. O Corpo que Nunca Foi não é apenas uma instalação visual. É uma travessia. Cada moldura carrega fragmentos de uma história interrompida, silenciada, violentada — mas que, ao ser contada, transforma-se em matéria de resistência. As peças não são ilustrações da dor. São gestos de enfrentamento. São corpos simbólicos criados a partir de camadas de memória, de experiências vividas, de feridas abertas e cicatrizes mal formadas. Há nelas vestígios de abandono, de fuga, de abuso, de ausência de proteção. Mas há também outra coisa: o impulso de continuar. O projeto parte de histórias profundamente pessoais, mas oferece um espelho onde outras mulheres possam reconhecer as suas próprias trajetórias — sem medo, sem vergonha, sem a culpa herdada de séculos de silêncio. Aqui, a arte não quer consolar. Quer escancarar o que foi escondido, nomear o que foi abafado, e abrir espaço para outras existências possíveis. Mais do que um processo de cura, este projeto é um rito de insurgência contra os mecanismos que perpetuam a dor como destino. Aqui, a matéria ferida se ergue como discurso.

type	research exposition
keywords	corpo simbólico, memória corporal, violência silenciada, submissão e ruptura, poética da ausência, fragmento e reconstrução, silêncio como discurso
date	19/04/2025
published	17/09/2025
last modified	17/09/2025
status	published
affiliation	Mestrado Fotografia Lusófona
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
license	All rights reserved
language	European Portuguese
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3584634/3584635
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3584634
published in	Research Catalogue
external link	www.gisellehinterholz.com

References

Hinterholz, Giselle, “Projeto Mestrado Fotografia” [accessed 19 April 2025]

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name	O corpo sem colo
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name	O Corpo e o corte
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name	O corpo em construção
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name	Capítulo 1
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name	O corpo antes de mim
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name	O corpo
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name	O corpo que não pertence a ninguém, nem a si.
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name	O corpo materializado
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name	O corpo materializado
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name	O corpo materializado
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name	O corpo que grita por dentro.
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name	O corpo que imita um corpo
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usages	picture

name	Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 1970
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
license	Public domain
usages	video

name	Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
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usages	image

name	Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Modern Trailer)
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usages	audio

name	O corpo invadido
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name	O Corpo e o fanatismo
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name	capítulo 2
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name	Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 1970 ‧ Horror/Fantasy
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license	Public domain
usages	video

name	Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 2
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usages	image

name	O corpo que sangra
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name	Capítulo 3
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name	O corpo arrancado
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name	Capítulo 4
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name	O sorriso artificial
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name	Rosa Viva
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name	Rosas artificias
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name	O corpo todo
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name	O corpo artificial
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name	Capítulo 5
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name	O corpo resiliente
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name	Rosa morta
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name	Capítulo 6
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name	O corpo que se mostra demais
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name	O corpo que entra no mar
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name	O sorriso artificial
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name	O Sorriso artificial
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
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name	O sorriso artificial
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
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name	O Corpo sem colo
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
license	All rights reserved
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name	O corpo em nascimento
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name	O corpo que se mata
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name	O corpo que perdeu a fé
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
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name	O corpo artifical
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name	O corpo que chora negro
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name	Referências biográficas
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name	O Corpo a mais da familia
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name	O corpo que tenta lembrar
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name	O corpo-sombra
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name	O corpo-pálpebra
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name	O corpo com 37 semanas
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name	O corpo cicatriz
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name	O corpo que se foi
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name	O corpo esquecido
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name	O corpo sem memória
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name	O corpo que nos lembra
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name	O corpo que se foi-
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name	O corpo cicatriz
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name	O corpo da mãe
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name	O corpo sem memória
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name	O corpo alteridade
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name	O corpo e a IA
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name	O corpo entregue
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name	O corpo da mãe
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name	O corpo e o parto
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name	O corpo médico
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name	O corpo em suspensão
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name	Corpo em trabalho de parto
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name	O corpo em trabalho de parto
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name	O corpo em nascimento
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name	O corpo e o corte
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name	Corpo e o corte
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo em cenário
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name	O Corpo que Não Respira (Diário de Criação — Vídeo)
copyright	Giselle Hinterholz
license	All rights reserved
usages	video

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