Installation view, CAMERA Torino, 2023
Archivio di G.’ is a recent series produced as part of ‘Nuova Generazione. Sguardi contemporanei sugli Archivi Alinari a project curated by Camera Torino in collaboration with Fondazione Alinari ( Firenze).
The exhibit features 60 whimsical photograph cards, made in response to some original Cartes de Visite I found in Alinari’s storage boxes. The actual documents were produced by Giuseppe Wulz and date back to 1885 ca. Such visiting cards, as an early form of social media were commonly traded among families and visitors in the 1860s. In this series I revisit their purpose and convert it into a classification method of the present day where digital and analogue coexist.
‘Archivio di G.’ is divided into 4 subcategories: Mankind, Flora & Fauna, Machines and Text each containing a subtle reference to the realm of Nature. The 4 sculptures are a 3D printed rendition of each category and serve both as a dwelling and repository for the cards.
60 photographic cards, approx. A6 size, front and back
4 3D printed sculptures in resin
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