＠Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale, Villa d'Arme(BG) Italy 2023

DE FILO -Exhibition of textile and contemporary art on the occasion of the 150th anniversary
curated by TG Next

This work of art uses materials dear to the company, namely linen cloths woven from yarns made by the Linificio, to engage in a dimensional and experiential reflection on the environment in which we live.

As the visitor walks up the stairs, he/she progressively discovers the artwork, which provides an overturned point of view and proposes a new global perspective, revising the dualistic relationship between above and below, between sky and earth. Realised through the ancient technique of xylography, the clouds displayed at the base of the work, step after step, give way to the ground and its roots like upside-down trees; conversely, on the way down, the spectator sinks into the sky, where the clouds live in space-time. The ether thus becomes an all-embracing concept, disconnected from the idea of "above", which also lives under our feet, surrounding us at 360 degrees.

The act of ascending and descending the stairs represents the passage of time in our lives, between past, present and future, spinning a connection "between here and there". It is precisely the shifting and elusive territory between the two dimensions, a recurring concept in the artist's production, that is investigated, in this as in her other works.

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