Location 03 / An island as a bridge for memory
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Location 03 / An island as a bridge for memory

DI TUTTE LE COSE CHE TENDONO ALL’INFINITO (notes) – Islands of Time Location 03 / Aeolian Islands (IT) – Typescript prints/nail, 29,7 x 21 cm (2022)

 

Di tutte le cose che tendono all’infinito / As for all things tending towards infinity. Part of the project research trajectory Islands of Time – Location 03 / Aeolian Islands, Italy.

In collaboration with Curator Elettra Bottazzi, Associazione Culturale Amanei and Comune di Santa Marina Salina (IT).

Islands of Time Location 03 focused on the Aeolian Islands’ mapping and traces in relation to migratory processes, memory formation, and diaspora. The Aeolian Islands are seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea and North-East of the Sicilian coast, and together, they compose an archipelago of volcanic formation located at the bottom of the Italian peninsula. These islands are named after the Greek god of wind Aeolus, who, it is told, made the islands his home while teaching the natives to recognize and foresee meteorological phenomena. Due to its particular nature and inconvenient geographical position, the territory is simultaneously open to others and closed off to the rest of the world. As for all things tending towards infinity,” the title of this part of the project takes its name from the diaries written in the Aeolian Islands during the residency at Amanei, 2021. While collecting interviews and consulting public and private archives, the work done in the archipelago investigates the specificity of the Aeolian diaspora (second half of the Nineteenth century and half of the Twentieth century) and the emigration processes concerning its territory. The body of works produced during the research include objects, videos, works on paper, and site-specific installations. These works re-acknowledge the epistemological reasoning behind the understanding of the migrant, imagining its comprehension as a shifting phenomenon rather than a stable and predetermined resultant. As a result of the research phase in the Aeolian Islands and in collaboration with Aeolian native curator/researcher Elettra Bottazzi, the work done in the territory further developed into further research objectives: Islands of Memory. Further info: http://www.projectanywhere.net/islands-of-memory/

 

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DI TUTTE LE COSE CHE TENDONO ALL’INFINITO – Amanei Gallery – Islands of Time Location 03 / Aeolian Islands (IT) Italy (2022).

 

Jacob’s Ladder – trilingual tryptic – Framed risograph print 01/10, 46,5 x34,5 cm (2022)

 

Jacob’s Ladder – trilingual tryptic (detail) – Framed risograph print 01/10, 46,5 x34,5 cm (2022)

 

THE DREAMERS – Site specific installation, plexiglas, iron, neons lights and archival laser prints, 147 x 247 cm (2022), Amanei Gallery, 2022.

 

A WILL TO DANCE THE DANCE (installed view)  – Burned wooden ladder and single-channel video installation on vertical screen – 09’40’’ [looped].

 

DI TUTTE LE COSE CHE TENDONO ALL’INFINITO (details)– Amanei Gallery – Islands of Time Location 03 / Aeolian Islands (IT) Italy (2022).