in frame of Una Boccata d’Arte by Fondazione Elpis
2022
site-specific sculpture placed in Cigognola, Lombardia, Italy
lightbox with walkable glass, artifacts from occupied territories of Ukraine 150x380x35sm
https://www.unaboccatadarte.it/en/progetti/endless-shine-of-human-violence
“ENDLESS SHINE OF HUMAN VIOLENCE” REFLECTS A PRECIOUS AND GLITTERING PAIN TOGETHER WITH THE DESIRE TO RECONSTRUCT ONESELF WITHOUT ERASING ANYTHING, THE POETIC SYMBOL OF SUFFERING AS TANGIBLE AS IT IS DELICATE. ARTIFACTS ARE THE TRANSMUTATION OF DEVASTATION, THE ASCERTAINMENT OF A TRAGIC REALITY: VIOLENCE IS AN ATTITUDE THAT HAS ALWAYS CHARACTERIZED THE NATURE OF THE HUMAN BEING. THE WORK IS INTENDED TO BE A FURTHER REMINDER OF THIS TRUTH, AS WELL AS OF THE FACT THAT THE IMAGES OF DESTRUCTION ARE SO FRIGHTENING THAT WE WOULD DO ANYTHING NOT TO SEE THEM, TO REASSEMBLE THEM THROUGH THE OPENAIR BURIAL OF THESE TRANSFIGURED ARTIFACTS, THE ARTIST OPERATES A RITUAL GIVING A RENEWED VALUE TO THE OBJECTS THAT REVEAL THEMSELVES, AS SECRETS, TO THOSE WHO LOWER THEIR GAZE TO THE GROUND.
