Solo Exhibition:
Una Notte in Bianco
Sleepless night and other memories from Matera
14.–31.10.2023
Studio Mältinranta, Tampere
Solo Exhibition:
Una Notte in Bianco
Sleepless night and other memories from Matera
14.–31.10.2023
Studio Mältinranta, Tampere
Una Notte in Bianco - Sleepless Night and Other Memories from Matera is an exhibition based on a five weeks trip in southern Italy, mostly in an artist residency in the old cave town of Matera. I approached the place both by drawing and getting to know its most dominant material, the soft calcarenite sandstone. As a result, the exhibition featured a series of small stone reliefs and two larger drawings on cotton. Reduced color scheme and diary-like observations with everyday objects followed through the exhibition works.
From a diary, June 2023:
In the heat of the sun, the stone city looks very dry, but the rock has absorbed all the water that rained yesterday. It's cool in the cave apartment and the humidity gets to the bones and core. Clean but damp pyjamas feels like putting on freshly worn jogging clothes. At night, worries and hopes crawl and flutter inside me like bugs. I learned that in Italian a sleepless night is called a night in white: “notte in bianco”. Despite the darkness, I can see clearly, only the colors have dimmed.