The author sews on the sole of the foot with a needle and a black thread. She embroiders the words “MADE IN BRASIL”. The purpose of the work is to materialize the idea of reification of the individual, a characteristic aspect of society at the present time in history. Reification implies belonging. Belonging, however, transcends the reification due to the deep, impenetrable connection to the motherland. The trademark may resemble the branding iron for indicating the animal ownership, but it is also the basis for the structure over which an individual will always be constituted in her historicity: when standing on the sole of the foot.
