Dora Longo Bahia is a multimedia artist from São Paulo, Brazil, whose works address themes of oppression, war, and violence. Longo Bahia intertwines her work with the political narratives of Brazil and the broader context of South America, emphasizing environmental decay and the body as a victim of violence. She examines how we represent violence in society and how it is normalized and repeated.

In Angra, Bahia floods the scene with searing, radioactive hues that distort the familiar into something perilous. The work evokes the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, reflecting on how humanity endangers itself through the environmental consequences of man-made destructive technologies. A site once associated with leisure, the water park appears abandoned and contaminated, a haunting reminder of the fragile worlds we build and subsequently destroy. The title Angra, meaning creek in Portuguese, doubles as a subtle critique, and by naming this artificial waterpark after a natural body of water, Bahia points to the ways we have poisoned the very environments we create and depend on.