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pre-phoenix

Apr 3, 2019
2 min

pre-phoenix

This was the place where, in a handful of weeks, I would have opened my exhibition CONSERVATION. The very first thought was drenched in pain. Reading the first posts on Facebook, the sharing of drama, the overflowing of emojis, the racist comments on what is going to built there instead, the uncountable “do you remember…”, the race to crown which memory is the best one, mine or yours?… all of the above took me straight back to 1976, to the days and weeks after the earthquake.

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memento mori

Mar 27, 2019
3 min

memento mori

Working on a piece which is all about legacy and memory, I explored some other remembrance pieces, such as The National September 11 Memorial, the Tsunami Memorial Park in Ban Namkem and the Sacrario di Redipuglia. The National September 11 Memorial This memorial commemorates the September 2011 attacks when 2977 people lost their lives. It was designed by Israeli architect Michael Arad who created a forest of swamp white oak trees with two square reflecting pools in the centr

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conservation

Mar 12, 2019
5 min

conservation

On 26.02.2019, in Blackburn, I have started creating the 111 pieces which represent the 1013 victims of varying ages deceased during the earthquake. The pieces will be cast in plaster out of jars, pots, bottles, or containers used to conserve food or any other perishable material. Today, on a very warm winter day, I began. I didn’t cry. I felt observed and hence tense. I felt examined, scrutinised, checked. I just wanted to be ignored. Funny, though, I was alone. Just me and

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mr+mrs dull – RWA

Feb 8, 2019
1 min

mr+mrs dull – RWA

I have decided to take a risk, and have applied to take my mr+mrs dull to the RWA in Bristol. Which meant making them! I have enjoyed the process SO MUCH! I went to the Making Rooms in Blackburn to have them cut first in acrylic and then in wood: here are some pictures: The ones in wood took more time to be filed and prep. I made 1 large couple, 1 medium couple, and 3 small couples. I have then given the large couple (height 120 cm) 2 coats of chalkboard black paint and let t

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when the ritual begins…

Oct 19, 2018
1 min

when the ritual begins…

… take me to Church. I have discussed the piece I want to create, in honour of my friend Marina Pedi who died that night in 1976 and hence, to honour everyone who passed away. I want to create a Church, using the plaster pieces I made, adding also some metal, wood, and the melted glass in order to create a balance within the elements. (bear with me, now, because I am brainstorming while writing) I also want to honour all the 978 victims, creating some 98 pieces of “something”

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3D – 02

Oct 19, 2018
1 min

3D – 02

3D Mon Amour… Again, what an experience! This time I worked more with plaster and a series of bottles and containers. I skipped altogether the exercise with clay, and dived heart first and hands second, into plaster. My mind was racing: can I colour / die plaster? What would happen if… why don’t I try… I have filled three little jars I had at home, and then found a lot of pleasure in control smashing them, in order to save the glass pieces and met them in the kiln (!). Then,

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[Ξ] my voice

Oct 6, 2018
2 min

[Ξ] my voice

How do I become what I want to become? Am I confident enough to say what I want to be? Eventually, one day, should I decide to go to Uni, would anyone of them take up the challenge to teach me? Understanding who I am as an artist, deciphering my own Manifesto, writing up and living my own Agenda, letting it come up from within my own sense of congruency and integrity, is not as easy as I would have thought. Still, I gave it a go, bearing in mind that this is a work-in-progres

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