work
State Of Mind
| category | Photography |
| subject | Political / Social |
| tags | Trittico, Fine Art, Artista dei Semafori, Semafori, Traffic Lights |
| base | 270 cm |
| height | 60 cm |
| depth | 2 cm |
| year | 2019 |
Like eyes in the fog, they gaze at us, questioning one another. The connection remains intimate and personal. Every state of mind shifts and will continue to shift throughout our lives, allowing different versions of ourselves to emerge—versions that are still us, yet sometimes struggle to recognize one another.
In the nocturnal silence of waiting, In the warmth of a body surrounded by damp space. In the moment when time is ours alone. We recognize which color and state carries us and where our deepest soul arrives.
The triptych opens the exhibition Another Perspective, which is presented during Turin Art Week at Paratissima 2022. The complete project consists of eleven photographs, one triptych, and one light installation.
“Another Perspective”. Daily busy performing acts, crossing cities, moving toward inexistent destinations, and then returning to the starting point and beginning again: this is how the stylized traffic light men, from their high vantage point, would read each person’s life.
Unable to figure out the reasons for a sometimes hurried and sometimes slow pace. They would assign the green color to pleasant actions shared by the rest of the community, and red to vices and taboos.
While yellow, often the most underestimated signal, represents choice, free will, and change.
In a play between real and imaginary, Matteo Cervone stages daily routines with common objects that, in their impartiality, highlight contemporary merits and flaws.
Private Collections
Alexander Museum Palace – Pesaro; La Semaforica Srl - Padova
Publications
“Man in the mirror” has been published in the following media: L’Opinionista digital – May 2025; La Semaforica Srl monograph Signal Art & Design onpaper March 2026
Technical notes
Digital Photography
Gliclée print in Fine Art Hahnemühle paper, on Di-Bond
Unique edition – 9 total print run + 1 NFT + 2 AP
Certificates of: authenticity, edition, product, origin
AAC (Self-Certification of Contemporary Art – Ministry of Culture Italy) – ‘Fine Arts’ export procedure: on request
In the nocturnal silence of waiting, In the warmth of a body surrounded by damp space. In the moment when time is ours alone. We recognize which color and state carries us and where our deepest soul arrives.
The triptych opens the exhibition Another Perspective, which is presented during Turin Art Week at Paratissima 2022. The complete project consists of eleven photographs, one triptych, and one light installation.
“Another Perspective”. Daily busy performing acts, crossing cities, moving toward inexistent destinations, and then returning to the starting point and beginning again: this is how the stylized traffic light men, from their high vantage point, would read each person’s life.
Unable to figure out the reasons for a sometimes hurried and sometimes slow pace. They would assign the green color to pleasant actions shared by the rest of the community, and red to vices and taboos.
While yellow, often the most underestimated signal, represents choice, free will, and change.
In a play between real and imaginary, Matteo Cervone stages daily routines with common objects that, in their impartiality, highlight contemporary merits and flaws.
Private Collections
Alexander Museum Palace – Pesaro; La Semaforica Srl - Padova
Publications
“Man in the mirror” has been published in the following media: L’Opinionista digital – May 2025; La Semaforica Srl monograph Signal Art & Design onpaper March 2026
Technical notes
Digital Photography
Gliclée print in Fine Art Hahnemühle paper, on Di-Bond
Unique edition – 9 total print run + 1 NFT + 2 AP
Certificates of: authenticity, edition, product, origin
AAC (Self-Certification of Contemporary Art – Ministry of Culture Italy) – ‘Fine Arts’ export procedure: on request
