#11 LOMBROSO (Danger is ubiquitous, ever-present)
Tridimentional Embroidery on Fabric
Interior fabrics embroidered with actions of threat and danger, photo-portraits from the criminal record of Cesare Lombroso and phrases taken from police notices and other public announcements by the authorities.
The rich interior decorating fabrics, with flowers and plants, correspond to the private sphere of bourgeois living, and to the increasingly present Gated Communities. These actions embroidered on the fabrics (using threads that match the colors of the fabrics) appears as the ghostly image of violence, always stalking in the shadows, a perpetual threat.
The project centers on the opacity of our perception of the world and on how our ability to recognize ourselves and others has weakened over the centuries. It is also about the continuous sense of danger, be it real or fictitious, in our lives.
We are constantly in a state of alert; The media constantly floods us with images and stories of danger related to terrorism, immigration, illness, and brutal crimes. The emphasis is on the effects of these crimes as opposed to their possible causes. As a result, we are encompassed by nebulous uncertainty and fear, which leave us dazed and distorted.
Interior fabrics embroidered with actions of threat and danger, photo-portraits from the criminal record of Cesare Lombroso and phrases taken from police notices and other public announcements by the authorities.
The rich interior decorating fabrics, with flowers and plants, correspond to the private sphere of bourgeois living, and to the increasingly present Gated Communities. These actions embroidered on the fabrics (using threads that match the colors of the fabrics) appears as the ghostly image of violence, always stalking in the shadows, a perpetual threat.
The project centers on the opacity of our perception of the world and on how our ability to recognize ourselves and others has weakened over the centuries. It is also about the continuous sense of danger, be it real or fictitious, in our lives.
We are constantly in a state of alert; The media constantly floods us with images and stories of danger related to terrorism, immigration, illness, and brutal crimes. The emphasis is on the effects of these crimes as opposed to their possible causes. As a result, we are encompassed by nebulous uncertainty and fear, which leave us dazed and distorted.
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