PERSONAL EXPLORATIONS
Etching on Magnani 1404 paper, 50 x 30 cm (image 10 x 10 cm), 2024
This piece is the etching version of a 2016 project. An old technique that was very popular in the 16th and 17th centuries in Northern Europe was used to express the 'cold' information that form geographical coordinates, but which hide the warmth and liveliness of the selected locations. All very scenically located cities from around the world.
Eroded tiles, 2.30 x 1.00 m, 2024
This work is a new version of the recuperation, the absorption of industrial material by nature. Initially, tiles were dumped into the sea and eroded by it.In the case of this carpet, it is the grass, thanks to growing during spring, that will progressively cover the tiles' fragments and end up covering them completely.
The carpet is composed if three stripes of tiles at a different stage of erosion. A colour scheme is repeated in each stripe.
Eroded tiles, various dimensions, 2024
Selected tiles, eroded by the sea, have residue of white glaze. They are of different dimensions and can be assembled in patterns. The work is presented in a corner to give an impression of fluidity.
Various objects, 1.42 x 1.42 m, 2023 - ongoing
When walking in the countryside or in cities, I realise that my attention is attracted by the rubbish scattered around; not the one that ends up in the garbage bin. This is how the idea of the "2 sqm project" arose, expanding on the "Two square meters of beach" installation. Cities can be characterised, often even identified by the nature of the abandoned rubbish. These works display objects of smaller size (many of the stuff that I found didn't fit in my backpack). Objects are laid out according to colour, shape, use or a subtle connection they may have with surrounding objects.
Various objects, 1.42 x 1.42 m, 2023 - ongoing
The amount of rubbish that is found on beaches is quite appalling. It mainly comes from cities in the area and boats. The installation is composed of collected small objects, often made of plastic, that stranded on the beach, laid out to express their wide range of colours.
Paper scroll, 24.20 cm x 24.40 m, 2018 - ongoing
About 90 selected people are producing a scroll about the concepts of 'beginning' and 'end'. Each 'cell' of the scroll will be written by a person of a different age. The scroll will be produced by people from various origins, gender and age. Global diversity is an essential feature of the 'Beginning - End' project. The final product will be a scroll presenting the personal perspectives of the concepts of 'beginning' and 'end' in different languages and calligraphies, produced by people of all ages.
The project has started at the end of 2018 and is on-going. So far about 50 inputs have been obtained.
This installation is composed of about 150 glass marbles placed on a light sand base, inserted in a wooden box, placed on a table in the exhibition space.
The word ‘Peace’ (Shalom) is legible at the opening of the exhibition.
As people accidentally touch the box or the table where the artwork is placed the marbles move and ‘Peace’ becomes gradually illegible. Small successive shocks eventually cancelled it. Peace is hazardous and never given for granted.
Crate wood (letters burned), 90 x 90 cm, 2018
Materiali misti, omaggio al potere visivo, di arte aniconica, di un sigillo cinese: in questo caso il rigore e il sempre alto senso estetico della calligrafia assume un nuovo volto, rielaborata attraverso uno scarto logico fantasioso, non per questo ludico ma dada, in cui i segni ricreano una propria misura del ruolo che ha la scrittura nel trasmettere i messaggi : nuovi segni di un nuovo alfabeto libero, non esclusivo/personale dell’artista, prodotto attraverso il gioco del contrasto nero bianco e dei materiali impiegati.
How do I define life … and death? How do I define the duration, the timeline of life and transformation? If one needs cells or DNA to be alive, why are there viruses in artificial intelligence?
Is the universe considered as a whole and life a matter of complexity?
The changing colour -from almost white to dark brown- of the small pieces of terracotta composing this artwork is imperceptible. In daily life at the contrary, emphasis is placed on the colour of people's skin accompanied with preconceived ideas and discrimination.
Australia - Italy carpet
Stranded tiles, 140 x 226 cm, 2015
Australia and its aboriginal art was my source of inspiration, Italy was the place for collecting material on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. In between the two countries, the carpets of the East operate as a tangible link.
I seize the moment when a manmade tile from a demolished bathroom or kitchen is being reclaimed by nature and about to be transformed into another pebble on the shore.
Migration
Feathers, Fan, 2017
Flying away or flying home? Contrary winds are strong. So many different species together have to defeat adverse conditions. Are they flying, are they birds? Will they come back in numbers?
Having been united in adversity, a new bond which unites them will last forever.
“Nature” is composed of letters in industrial materials while “Plastic” is made of bended willow branches, traditionally used for making baskets.
How does today’s civilisation impact on the environment? Is seems that the metaphoric forest bathing may soon be replaced by the very real plastic bathing.
