Lima presents 'Indistinct Form (Forma Indistinta)' at the Boston Public Art Triennial. In this she takes her practice a step further by creating artworks not for humans but for animals that become both audience and participants. She worked closely with wildlife experts at Instituto Vida Livre in Rio de Janeiro and the Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center to learn how birds and woodland creatures inhabit and move through Boston’s urban wilds.
After carefully selecting sites throughout the wildlife sanctuary, Lima designed sculptural elements that her team in Brazil along with local ceramists and woodworkers have brought to life in this installation. With this artwork, she places animals at the center of the story—not as background elements, but as visible, central figures in a shared environment. This project invites us to ask: Why has art been made only for humans? What happens when we create art for other living beings?
