honorable mention
caterina gradi netherlands
title
L'atto di coscienza della materia
This experience is depicted within a limbo, presented as a confined room, in which it's captured the instant that defines the passage from matter to non-matter; and it is at this moment that the body takes consciousness of its death.
For every image is used a different geometric shape, called regular convex polyhedra. These regular solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron) are associated with the five fundamental elements (fire, earth, air, water and ether) of Platonic philosophy.
The philosophical bond between the shapes and the elements contributes to the visual effect of the work.The colors and the atmospheres of each image are strictly bonded with the element and the shape presented in it.
The opera has been realized in Milan in 2016.
Every object present in the images is real and not added trough post production. The opera is the result of complex staging and light design. Every image shows a different model even though covered with a white cloth.
After finishing her studies she moved north, choosing Amsterdam as her destination, where she’s been living for more than one year.
Caterina uses photography to represent stories of surreal dark poetry, such as life, death, dreams and subconscious feelings.
She doesn’t like what is usually perceived as beautiful, she prefers to look for the aesthetic features that make the dark and the macabre attractive.
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entry description
'L'atto di coscienza della materia' is a project based on the staging of a hypothetical experience at the threshold of death.This experience is depicted within a limbo, presented as a confined room, in which it's captured the instant that defines the passage from matter to non-matter; and it is at this moment that the body takes consciousness of its death.
For every image is used a different geometric shape, called regular convex polyhedra. These regular solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron) are associated with the five fundamental elements (fire, earth, air, water and ether) of Platonic philosophy.
The philosophical bond between the shapes and the elements contributes to the visual effect of the work.The colors and the atmospheres of each image are strictly bonded with the element and the shape presented in it.
The opera has been realized in Milan in 2016.
Every object present in the images is real and not added trough post production. The opera is the result of complex staging and light design. Every image shows a different model even though covered with a white cloth.
about the photographer
Caterina Gradi is a young Italian artist born in Florence. She studied photography and visual art in Milan.After finishing her studies she moved north, choosing Amsterdam as her destination, where she’s been living for more than one year.
Caterina uses photography to represent stories of surreal dark poetry, such as life, death, dreams and subconscious feelings.
She doesn’t like what is usually perceived as beautiful, she prefers to look for the aesthetic features that make the dark and the macabre attractive.
back to gallery