Serie of five photographies, 150 x 100 cm. 2012
Dresses by Clara Daniele

Occupava il mio pensiero uno stanchissimo Ulisse. Circondato da marinai sfiniti, isolati volontariamente dal suono, dimenava le membra, come alle bestie si conviene, legato all’albero di una nera nave.
Qualcosa è emerso dal buio. Una chioma? Una radice? L’albero maestro, forse. Un ciliegio piombato a terra.
Nessuno si ergerà sull’unico albero rimasto, ombra obliqua della colonna d’Ercole. Con corde molli l’animale dibatterà la propria natura sull’altare dell’Irresistibile Tentazione: il mercato (delle sirene). Fine dell’in/canto. Laddove la conoscenza s’arresta.

A tired Ulysses was occupying my thoughts. Surrounded by exhausted sailors, voluntarily isolated from the sound. He wiggled his limbs, tied to the tree of a black ship.
Something emerged from the darkness. Branches? Roots? The mainmast, perhaps. A cherry tree fallen to the ground.
No one will stand on the only tree left, slanting shadow of the column of Hercules. In soft ropes, the animal will debate its nature on the altar of the Irresistible Temptation: the market (of the sirens). End of enchantment. Where knowledge stops.

Exhibition
– The series has been presented at StudioDieci City Gallery (VC) on the occasion of the solo show Ultime stanze, curated by Roberto Mastroianni for Katastrofè, la crisi e le sue forme. 2014
– The series has been presented on the occasion of XX Giornata FAI di Primavera – Palazzo dell’Arsenale (TO). 2012