From the series “Big Code”, oil and pencil on
paper, 70 x 44 cm, 2011 - 2012.
When we
consider a road map or a map of the territory we note that they contain
different information that are represented by different means, according to the
purpose for which they were created: each time we find colors, symbols and
words that recall a precise meaning. What happens if I take these techniques of
representation, these symbols, and take off the scope for
which they were created and mingle them with each other? Will it be for the
reader a text in a foreign language, that is meaningless, or through the world
of associations and references that each of us possesses, will generate a new
language and associate to those images a new meaning?
These drawings are similar to the series "Code" but
larger. While in that series the initial idea of the map is entirely invented,
here sometimes I start with the virtual exploration (via Google Maps) of a real
city, whose name then appears in the title of the drawing. But even in this
case the real city is only a pretext. Its forms are gradually modified and
reinvented. New symbols are added, the hierarchy of colors and the associations
between the various elements are gradually distorted and lose their original
meaning so that hardly an inhabitant of that city would recognize it as his
own. With this process of work I explore the possibilities of change and
evolution of the original language.
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| Kansas City |
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