honorable mention
Silvia Palmi italy
title
A dimension of eternity
As you walk along a sort of itinerary of memory, passing through reinforced concrete structures, marble and expanses of clear water, you notice how the various geometric forms are repeated, forming a leitmotif that informs not only the construction and formal layout of the building, but also its intersection with the surrounding landscape. The organisation of the interior space, which at times includes and allows contemplation of the outside, and at other times conceals it and obstructs perception. The boundary wall is aligned, as G. Frediani says, at eye level to create an artificial horizon on which the nearest objects (cypress tops and the San Vito bell tower) blend with the profiles of the ridges in the distance (Asolo with its Rocca, the Grappa Massif). Entering this garden, the visitor certainly has access to a dimension of eternity; a space useful for rethinking life, death, individual and collective memory, in a pleasant, suspended atmosphere that helps the mind come out light.
After a three-year degree in Political Science in Florence and various life experiences abroad, I decided to undertake a degree course in design and editorial graphics in photography at the ISIA of Urbino. The two years spent at this small and stimulating reality, allowed me to develop skills related to visual storytelling, composition, aesthetic interpretation and the use and development of presentation strategies.
Along with the projects carried out within the school context, it was the internships and workshops that allowed me to understand more about my future goals. During the summer of 2019 I went to Matera, to do an internship at the Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, on the occasion of the exhibition Blind Sensorium - The Paradox of the Anthropocene, by Armin Linke and Giulia Bruno.My bond with the city of Matera turned out to be stronger than expected, and from the collaboration with my colleague Cecilia Rabeschi and the graphic designer Riccardo Savioli, was born the thesis work Identity beyond time: a photographic, editorial and exhibition project carried out under the supervision of the rapporteurs Armin Linke and Giovanna Silva. Starting from the figure of the flâneur, the approach has provided a gradual physical approach to the territory, with a cautious and respectful look at every story handed down and every person met.The city is not treated as an object in itself, but rather as the sum of several individual images that emerge from the interviews collected. The micro-stories, intertwining and finding points of contact, outline a network of signs, rewritable and potentially infinite. With this project I have completed my studies, graduating with honors last October 2020.
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entry description
Alone and silent in the Asolo hills is Tomba Brion, a burial garden on which Carlo Scarpa worked from 1969 until his untimely death in 1978.This architectural complex, which can be reached by crossing the cemetery of San Vito di Altivole, in the upper Treviso plain, is perhaps one of the Venetian architect's most complex works; the highest point of his thought, made up of borrowed landscapes and cultural syncretism.As you walk along a sort of itinerary of memory, passing through reinforced concrete structures, marble and expanses of clear water, you notice how the various geometric forms are repeated, forming a leitmotif that informs not only the construction and formal layout of the building, but also its intersection with the surrounding landscape. The organisation of the interior space, which at times includes and allows contemplation of the outside, and at other times conceals it and obstructs perception. The boundary wall is aligned, as G. Frediani says, at eye level to create an artificial horizon on which the nearest objects (cypress tops and the San Vito bell tower) blend with the profiles of the ridges in the distance (Asolo with its Rocca, the Grappa Massif). Entering this garden, the visitor certainly has access to a dimension of eternity; a space useful for rethinking life, death, individual and collective memory, in a pleasant, suspended atmosphere that helps the mind come out light.
about the photographer
I’m Silvia Palmi, I’m 28 and I'm a photographer.After a three-year degree in Political Science in Florence and various life experiences abroad, I decided to undertake a degree course in design and editorial graphics in photography at the ISIA of Urbino. The two years spent at this small and stimulating reality, allowed me to develop skills related to visual storytelling, composition, aesthetic interpretation and the use and development of presentation strategies.
Along with the projects carried out within the school context, it was the internships and workshops that allowed me to understand more about my future goals. During the summer of 2019 I went to Matera, to do an internship at the Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, on the occasion of the exhibition Blind Sensorium - The Paradox of the Anthropocene, by Armin Linke and Giulia Bruno.My bond with the city of Matera turned out to be stronger than expected, and from the collaboration with my colleague Cecilia Rabeschi and the graphic designer Riccardo Savioli, was born the thesis work Identity beyond time: a photographic, editorial and exhibition project carried out under the supervision of the rapporteurs Armin Linke and Giovanna Silva. Starting from the figure of the flâneur, the approach has provided a gradual physical approach to the territory, with a cautious and respectful look at every story handed down and every person met.The city is not treated as an object in itself, but rather as the sum of several individual images that emerge from the interviews collected. The micro-stories, intertwining and finding points of contact, outline a network of signs, rewritable and potentially infinite. With this project I have completed my studies, graduating with honors last October 2020.
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