work
Man In The Mirror
| category | Photography |
| subject | Political / Social |
| tags | Traffic Lights, Semafori, Fine Art, Fotografo dei semafori, Trittico |
| base | 180 cm |
| height | 60 cm |
| depth | 2 cm |
| year | 2024 |
This is the final triptych of the visual project Un-Perfect. Like in the fairy tale of Snow White, people question digital mirrors and social media, seeking confirmation of what they want to see. However, a real mirror, one that we cannot control, could reveal something unexpected. Might we learn something about ourselves from this unexpected reflection?
The panel is part of the “Un-Perfect” project, which was presented at Paratissima 2024 during Turin Art Week. The complete visual project consists of eight photographs, one triptych and one interactive installation.
The project focuses on the self and the ability to recognise flaws as an integral part of the whole. Recognition is the first step towards making a change, if desired, or accepting oneself as one is.
“Perfect people do not fight, do not lie, do not make mistakes and do not exist”, Aristotle claimed from the heights of his wisdom. Yet in today's society, looking your best seems to have become an inescapable dictate, the only way to gain consideration and acceptance.
It is the result of a primal survival instinct that drives the individual to behave and appear as and better than others in order to fit in.
In a parallel world, my traffic light men, with their luminous contours, appear without filters or frills, authentic in their simplicity. Reflecting the light they have within them, they manage to give value to their own originality, and this is enough to identify them to the eye, to make them perfect.
This project focuses on the self and the ability to recognise individual flaws as part of the whole. Recognition is the first step to change, if you wish, or to accept yourself as you are.
Digital Photography
Glicée print on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper, on Di-Bond
Single serie – 9 paper prints + 1 NFT + 2 AP
Certificate of authenticity
The panel is part of the “Un-Perfect” project, which was presented at Paratissima 2024 during Turin Art Week. The complete visual project consists of eight photographs, one triptych and one interactive installation.
The project focuses on the self and the ability to recognise flaws as an integral part of the whole. Recognition is the first step towards making a change, if desired, or accepting oneself as one is.
“Perfect people do not fight, do not lie, do not make mistakes and do not exist”, Aristotle claimed from the heights of his wisdom. Yet in today's society, looking your best seems to have become an inescapable dictate, the only way to gain consideration and acceptance.
It is the result of a primal survival instinct that drives the individual to behave and appear as and better than others in order to fit in.
In a parallel world, my traffic light men, with their luminous contours, appear without filters or frills, authentic in their simplicity. Reflecting the light they have within them, they manage to give value to their own originality, and this is enough to identify them to the eye, to make them perfect.
This project focuses on the self and the ability to recognise individual flaws as part of the whole. Recognition is the first step to change, if you wish, or to accept yourself as you are.
Digital Photography
Glicée print on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper, on Di-Bond
Single serie – 9 paper prints + 1 NFT + 2 AP
Certificate of authenticity
