Sara Silks/A nostalgic trip down memory lane

by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Oboro, Natsukashi, 2024

Sara Silks is an American photographer whose images seem to emerge gradually from the depths of memory. Her works resolutely explore themes ranging from fragility to vulnerability, from memory to contemporary issues, and are characterized by dreamlike, nostalgic atmospheres that awaken unexpected sensations. All this is achieved through an experimental, alternative methodological process that employs analog and digital tools, blending multiple techniques and employing diverse materials. Read more

Monica Carrera/The gaze becoming narration

by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Sette cucchiaini per la fine del mondo (2020)

Monica Carrera’s artistic work is characterized by a minimalist language through which she investigates themes related to humanity, personal experiences, and the environment we live in. A conceptual art, indeed conceptually empathetic, intimate, and collective, achieved through the use of various mediums, but particularly photography. In fact, her photographic images are hybridized with other expressive forms and, transforming into installations or sculptures, they give life to true narrative works. Read more

Open dialogues: Giada Degortes

by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Let’s interview Giada Degortes, a young Sardinian photographer and director, who through her artistic imagery, manages to blend real, powerful and collective stories with her own inner and personal experience.

What does photography mean to you, and what do you want to communicate with your works?

For me, photography is a powerful means of expression. We know well that our subconscious operates primarily through images, clearly memorizing shapes and colors even after a long time. These images are the invaluable pieces that compose our imagination, fueling our fantasy and influencing our choices. This is why visual communication is so powerful.

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Open dialogues: Marta Scavone

by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Time Expired, Bazaar of the Unconscious

Marta Scavone is an artist from Turin, born in 1998, who blends various expressive means to create visually and conceptually stimulating images. In 2017 she graduated in Fashion Design at the art high school and in 2020 she graduated with honors in Photography at the IED institute in Turin. Multidisciplinarity is a key word in her artistic approach. In fact, her work combines photography, fashion, artistic installation and theatrical performance with the aim of exploring contemporary themes in a conceptual and creative way. Read more

Alessandra Baldoni/The word is the spark igniting every image

interview by Romina Ciulli and Carole Dazzi

Salva con nome, “Cade pioggia di stelle. Fugge il tempo nelle rose” (Antonia Pozzi)

The works of the writer and photographer Alessandra Baldoni are characterized by a sense of uniqueness and restless disenchantment, rendered through an intimate and personal approach. Her images speak to us of themes related to memory, awareness, feelings, and are true stories of the soul, made up of bonds that intertwine and emotions that reveal themselves. Starting from a conceptual context made of words, the artist in fact brings out a powerful and poignant flow of photo-stories, in which everyone can recognize themselves, everyone can feel their own experience and essence. It is the art of storytelling, of creating universes where everything remains and never stops echoing. Read more