Invisible Details
Beyond artistic residencies and official projects, whenever Pīnar and I travel for pleasure and work (which sometimes overlap!), we can’t help but be captivated by the stains and peeling walls of cities.
We see potential ‘works of art‘ everywhere… outdoors, free of charge… and on top of that, without the use of any substances!!!!!!
We wander through historic centers, lingering for a long time in front of walls and doors,
We photograph invisible details, look for hidden stories, and easily strike up conversations with the locals… who sometimes think we’re crazy and other times mistake us for municipal officials doing assessments for an upcoming restoration (which is almost always the case)!!!!
We enjoy finding similarities and differences between cracks in different cities, and searching for real elements of the history and traditions of a place in its peeling walls.
Collective Imagination
But sometimes it’s interesting to see how current events influence the collective imagination.
Last April, I was in an Artist Residency in Busca (CN) thanks to the Mirabilia Festival – Performing Lands. Recently, there had been a tragedy in Trentino where a person was killed by a bear in a forest… and many people saw a bear in a crack in Busca.
Interestingly, last August we saw practically the same crack (and bear) in a wall of the charming village of Malesco (VB).
Just as the remnants of a torn poster in the historic center of Turin easily remind us of student protests… We will explore all these things step by step… But in the meantime, a few days ago we were in France, in the Mercantour Park, a natural paradise on the Italian border. The park is home to various species such as deer, chamois, wolves, marmots, birds of prey, and birds. We found many of these animals in a magnificent peeling wall in the town of Tenda. We will draw it soon… but in the meantime, how many and which animals do you see in this image??
Write to us or draw it and then send it to us!!!!
See you soon….
