Helena Musillo-Ates

“In one work I recreated fables, but I took away all the, what I thought were, harmful, stock characteristics of ‘the prince saving the princess,’ to try and maintain the beauty in fairy tales and children's stories, and how we can keep that alive without being so, ‘you need this to help you do that,’ or whatever. My teacher was like, with softly advocating you are never telling people off for how they think, but you’re inviting them to view something in a different way.

I hope that comes through all my works. I would like things to be very moral, and the world is not like that, actually. Yeah, but everyone in this world deserves the same space and time as each other.”

Helena Musillo-Ates is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Lisbon, having spent six years living in Amsterdam. They graduated from the Moving Image department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2023 and have since participated in two artist residencies. Their practice is rooted in video art, film, installation and documentary but extends into writing, poetry, performance, and facilitation—mediums that allow them to explore the nuances of conversation, dialogue, and language as both subject and methodology.

CEREMONY IS A LIVING ARCHIVE OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, COLLECTIVE REFLECTION AND EXPERIMENTAL PUBLISHING. CEREMoNY hosts events, workshops, and immersive experiences that honour personal narratives while building toward a collective memory.

Helena Musillo-Ates

CEREMONY IS A LIVING ARCHIVE OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, COLLECTIVE REFLECTION AND EXPERIMENTAL PUBLISHING.
CEREMoNY hosts events, workshops, and immersive experiences that honour personal narratives while building toward a collective memory.