Six-Headed Creature is a non-linear sequence of drawings.
Drawings that form fragmented narratives: overheard here, whispered there, blown in from elsewhere. Drawings of half-bodies, hybrid men, feathered beasts, and other sleepwalking figures. Drawings that highlight the importance of collage in the artist’s interspecies imagination.
For Abel Mota, this creature is as much from the Brazilian sertão as it speaks in mirandês, yet it remains a familiar domestic being, one that feeds on our skepticism and drinks from our hesitations. But if it’s true that “ifs” don’t make history, and that history is not built on “ifs”, popular stories may tell a different tale. If it doesn’t exist, then why does it sleep at our feet? Why do we see it flying above our heads? Why do we dress it up for pretend play? Don’t deny the existence of this little beast. Six-Headed Creature is a journey suspended in chromatic tones, filled with unfinished plots and stories still waiting to be told.