Moving imageThe Second Sex on Move
A 3′20″ black-and-white 16 mm short about girl-gang cycling collectives in Brazil that reclaimed the streets after COVID-19.
03 / Artistic practice
Image
& memory.
My artistic practice uses analog photography and film to explore political memory, self-reflection and community building. I work with photobooths, Super-8, 16 mm film, X-ray plates and darkroom processes.
ANALOG FILM / HAND-PAINTED FRAMEMost Impactful FilmMinneapolis Queer Film Festival · 2026
First Prize · Jury AwardFazendo Gênero 13 · 2024
Selected projects
Moving image
Moving imageAmizades Particulares
A 3′20″ color Super-8 short about lesbian nuns.
Available online
Material practiceAnalog image-making
An ongoing material practice combining hand-painted film, photobooth portraits, X-ray plates, linocut and darkroom experimentation.
Selected filmography
2022
The Second Sex on Move
Experimental documentary · black-and-white 16 mm · 3′20″
Co-directed with Luanna Mendieta · girl-gang cycling collectives reclaiming Brazil’s streets after COVID-19
2020
Amizades Particulares
Drama · color Super-8 · 3′20″
A short film about lesbian nuns · directed and written by Laira Tenca · with Mayara Baptista, Victoria Carmo and Giovanna Cardinas
Art publications
2026
Malflora Magazine · Issue 2
Art-I-Ficial: Latina/e Lesbians Creating Against the Machine
Linocut prints · California, USA
2025
Malflora Magazine · Issue 1
Latina/e Lesbian Lives and Legacies
Photography · California, USA
2025
Toolbox Dyke Art Magazine
Zine contribution
Los Angeles, USA
Exhibitions & screenings
YearEventCityWork / recognition
2026
Open Out Festival
Tromsø, Norway
Exhibition
2025
Leiminsci Space
Los Angeles, USA
Toolbox · lesbian photobooth exhibition
2025
Autophoto Museum
New York, USA
100 Years of the Photobooth · Photobooth photography exhibition
2024
Fazendo Gênero 13
Florianópolis, Brazil
Competitive Visual Showcase · First Place, Technical Jury
2023
Cine Passeio
Curitiba, Brazil
International Film Showcase on Gender and Sexuality
2023
Transforma Festival
Florianópolis, Brazil
Film screening
2023
Amazônia Passa Aqui
Curitiba, Brazil
The Second Sex on Move
2022
Pan-American Experimental Movie Festival
Curitiba, Brazil
The Second Sex on Move
2022
Lesbian Cinema Showcase
Campo Grande, Brazil
Federal University · Lesbian Visibility Month
2022
OSIIM — Sapphic Gaze
Curitiba, Brazil
Image and moving image
2020—22
5th Super Off Festival
São Paulo, Brazil
Amizades Particulares · Honorable Mention for portraying diverse forms of love