Un giorno, forse, riconoscerò il tuo volto
One day, maybe, I might recognize your facePhotography, print on acetate, site-specific installation
14,8 x 10,5 cm each
2023 - 2024
With the kind participation of Abdo, Aja, Alex, Alex, Alexandra, Antonio, Dimir, Dziugas, Emine, Evaldas, Fabienne, Federica, Francesco, Gaedre, Happy, Jorge, Keith, Laura, Leyla, Maja, Marina, Martina, Nadia, Roxana, Sean, Stefan, Thierry, Tomi and Virginio.
In an era of colossal overtourism, ironically, we find ourselves isolated when there are more people around us than ever before. Each person engages in a kind of distracted voyeurism, observing those around us while being observed in turn: yet this exchange of glances is an end in itself. Beyond the inherent difficulties of any interpersonal relationship, is it possible to give shape to forms of collectivity that do not shatter after a single glance? How can we give shape to a co-existence – both bodily and nominal – with the lives of others?
The artist asks various strangers to take a photo together, like a group of tourists wishing to capture their presence in a country far from home. The request becomes a pretext to initiate a connection that would otherwise be unlikely, between people who would never have had the opportunity to speak to one another.
Scattered throughout the exhibition space, the 14 photographs offer visitors brief moments of surprise and curiosity, sparked both by the faces of the people portrayed and by the names accompanying the images – foundational linguistic and identity-forming acts. The presence of the artist is subsequently removed from the various photographs: they act only as a mediator who brings the portrayed individuals into presence, allowing for a moment of encounter, of preliminary acquaintance.
Un giorno, forse, riconoscerò il tuo volto presents an attempt to build fragile relational bridges, to initiate a mechanism of mutual recognition rooted in a simple (yet unexpected) souvenir photograph.
In order to respect the privacy of the people appearing in these photographs, their faces have been censored for online viewing of the work.