Description
Upright is housed within a metal box lined inside and out with analog and pinhole photographs from the artist’s personal archive, taken during the 1980s and 1990s and partially embroidered by hand. On the lid, a small raised metal compartment filled with tiny stones supports a pale pebble, a symbol of clarity, sincerity, and uprightness.
Upright belongs to the series Temporal artifacts, in which ordinary objects, worn materials, and autobiographical fragments are transformed into tangible traces of inner attitudes, memories, and ways of inhabiting time.
Folded inside the box is a vintage kitchen towel, thinned by use, frayed, and punctuated by small voids. Upon this fragile and coarse fabric, delicate parallel lines have been embroidered by hand, rising from bottom to top. At times the stitches cross tears and holes in the cloth, helping to hold it together, as though the consistency of an honest and coherent way of living might sustain a life inevitably marked by events and losses.
The underside of the box is covered with a layer of coarse salt painted in watercolor shades of blue, green, and turquoise. Salt, traditionally associated with preservation, purification, and protection, becomes here a symbolic deposit upon which the entire work rests, recalling our origins in brackish water. Affixed to the interior base is a page from an old dictionary opened to the Italian word dritto (“straight,” “upright”).
The materials used are delicate and irreproducible. Each element is selected for its evocative qualities and assembled with respect for its previous history. The artwork is shipped in a custom-made plastic-free package composed of natural materials. It should be kept indoors in a dry environment, away from direct sunlight and humidity, and handled with care. The embroidered textile may be gently machine washed at 40°C using a natural detergent and no fabric softener. To preserve the fragility of the materials, frequent opening of the box is discouraged.
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