Refloresta in circulation

Images from Refloresta, selected for the Society of Illustrators Annual 68 exhibition in New York.

The opening took place on April 10, with Jesse Paris Smith present.

Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators in New York brings together works that shape contemporary visual culture.

The project begins with a close listening to a song by Gilberto Gil.
Rhythm crosses the page and reorganizes the time of the book.

The images move within that structure.
They follow the rhythm and open it.
Intervals carry meaning.

The work has crossed borders over time.
It was presented at COP 30 in Belém and is now on view in New York.
Each context introduces a different way of reading.

I share fragments of this process regularly.
Short texts, images, and ongoing work.

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Jesse Paris Smith with Refloresta at the Society of Illustrators Annual 68, New York, April 10.
Installation view. Works from Refloresta presented within the exhibition space.
Opening night at the Society of Illustrators. A shared moment around the works.
Exhibition label. Refloresta, Book category, Annual 68.
Jesse Paris Smith during the opening. A moment of proximity with the work.
The book as object. Color, rhythm, and sequence unfold across the spread.
Refloresta, cover. Selected for the Society of Illustrators Annual 68.
The page as landscape. Color fields organize the reading.
Rhythm in sequence. The image builds through repetition and variation.
The image expands across the spread. Movement emerges through color and scale.
A suspended moment. Stillness and motion coexist within the frame.
Figure and presence. The image holds a direct, frontal encounter.
Close view. Pattern and surface define the form.
Silhouette and contrast. The figure emerges from reduction.
The sequence returns to the book. Reading unfolds through time and page.