Ombre Bianche
Ombre Bianche is an art installation that captures the frenzy of contemporary time and the essence of our urban living.
White bodies—evanescent and elusive—dissolve into perpetual movement, chasing something that often escapes the eye.
We are White Shadows: intangible presences that exist only for a moment. If they are not grasped, they dissolve, transforming into new forms. In this continuous appearing and disappearing, our urban condition is reflected: made of quick passages, fleeting encounters, fragments of time consumed in waiting or in haste.
The work invites reflection on our relationship with time, space, and impermanence. A metaphor for our being in the city, opening a suspended space in which to slow down, pause, observe, and reconnect.
Exhibited at Spazio DID | Fabbrica del Vapore – September 2024.
RESEARCH AND PROCESS
The research phase begins with a reflection on elements of everyday life that generate STRESS and take away TIME.
From INFINITE SCROLLING —an automatic and compulsive gesture in search of gratification — to the constant bombardment of SOUNDS, NOTIFICATIONS, and DIGITAL REMINDERS, and even the “phantom” noises produced by the mind itself.
From this emerge the concepts of SEARCH, CHANGE, and PASSIVITY, connected to the release of dopamine and the UNINTERRUPTED PRODUCTIVITY that characterizes contemporary life.
The DIRECT OBSERVATION of people in urban spaces — bodies moving quickly or STANDING STILL IN WAITING — helped shape the imagery that gave rise to the installation.
SCHIZZI PRELIMINATORI
SCHIZZI PRELIMINATORI
SCHIZZI PRELIMINATORI
All the visual elements of the installation were created personally. They originate from observing the city at selected moments of the day, capturing the shadows of passersby. The photographs, transformed into negatives, render the silhouettes white and evanescent, highlighting three key themes: time, waiting, and emptiness.
Editing and motion work on each individual shadow.
INSTALLATION
The work develops in two complementary parts: a sculptural component and a video component. The two elements interact with each other while also creating a contrast: the sculpture represents fullness and seduction, while the video evokes emptiness and transience.
SCULPTURE
The sculpture is composed of 12 stacked iPhones displaying an automatic scrolling of black-and-white images and videos. The images—also present in the main video on the monitor—vary between sharp, blurred, pixelated, or glitched, with a variable scrolling speed. At the same time, the devices emit sounds related to WhatsApp messages and notifications, generating a sense of disorientation and discomfort in the viewer.
VIDEO
It presents an edited sequence of the photographs in negative, like a window to the outside world, where the shadows of people become the protagonists, gradually crumbling and disappearing.