Known for her methodical, research-driven projects, Ramos constructs visual narratives that blend scientific investigation with fictional worlds. She presents videos and photographs that simulate astronomical events—such as eclipses and constellations—through meticulously built sets and analog image-making techniques. Her work evokes a sense of mystery and uncertainty, prompting viewers to question the authenticity and temporality of what they see. This approach resonates with Lua e Montanha, where Ramos similarly conjures a fictional yet plausible topography using handcrafted models and experimental photography. Leticia Ramos's pieces evoke the early days of cinema and the first photographs of celestial bodies and phenomena, while also exploring contemporary film language and recent knowledge of the universe. Another paradox is that, although her work appears to use cutting-edge technology, the creation process is quite manual—not only involving the construction of machines, sets, and models but also mechanical tasks like scratching, cutting, and pasting photographic negatives. The materiality of the work creates an atmosphere of apparition, giving the images a spectral and ghostly quality; they are, ultimately, luminous impressions of distant situations (regardless of how close they might be) and seemingly on the brink of vanishing.

Galáxias [Galaxies], an exhibition by Patricia Leite and Leticia Ramos at Mendes Wood DM Brussels (2024), presented images and situations that represent or evoke skies and astronomical phenomena. The works included paintings, photographs, videos, and an installation that features clouds, constellations, the moon, eclipses, twilights, and planispheres. Some of the pieces were created in 2017 and 2018, but the majority were conceived especially for this exhibition, either individually or collaboratively. This marks the first time they have joined forces for a collaborative project. The exhibition was organized as a kind of exploration into the creation of landscapes, mainly nocturnal, based on sky observation. It may also serve as an investigation into how certain equipment and techniques can reveal phenomena that the naked eye alone cannot see, or how to reimagine this intergalactic realm—comprising stars, celestial bodies, and events that serve as spatial and temporal references related to the past, the current state of the world, and what lies ahead. At the entrance of the exhibition, a striking installation set the tone: a full moon painted by Patricia Leite on a wooden surface served as the projection screen for Leticia Ramos’s video simulating a lunar eclipse. This pairing gave tangible form to the celestial event, with the painted moon acting as both surface and source of light. Layers of textured color in the painting created depth, while the video projection introduced a shifting beam of light and shadow. The resulting effect was dynamic and immersive—blending painting, cinema, and theater into a visually pulsating, almost psychedelic experience.

This work was previously featured in the exhibitions:
Patricia Leite, Leticia Ramos, "Galáxias", Mendes Wood DM Brussels, 2024