Muta-menti consisted of two video projections presented along with a series of watercolor paintings and was presented at Cascina Nascosta in Parco Sempione on the occasion of Fonografia BITES, the second anniversary of the Milanese electronic music and visual arts collective.

 

The videos are collages of personal video diaries and archival material from documentaries on biodiversity. One presents mutating images of the sea, layered with POV shots from the bathtub from the time I was pregnant. The other one presents multiple layers of belly buttons, breastfeeding, internal images of the lungs, and underwater creatures. The editing was inspired by the way tracks are composed on Ableton with multiple layers and effects in order to create a well-balanced mix of movement and visual stimuli. I wanted to experiment with abstracting images of intimate body parts to the point of being recognizable without the social stigma often associated with them.

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The watercolor series started from observing how the white disappears into the color, blue. Using my photographs of ice details as a reference, I developed the work with watercolors on white paper, emphasizing the lightness and brutality of dissolution.

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