A friend once told me that ‘Camera Piena Camera Vuota’ sounds like a jingle. To me it resembled a moment filled with many doubts.
The exhibition title ‘Camera Piena Camera Vuota’ (Full Room Empty Room) reflects my interest in creating spaces from elements that, in many ways, are destined to become ruins, as well as my approach to engaging with this process. It forms part of a larger body of work I have been developing since moving to the Netherlands at the end of 2020, driven by a desire to transform the temporary into something permanent—a counter-narrative to the constantly shifting urban landscape I encountered.
The works I will present at Billytown, are united by a sense of visibility and invisibility, memory and erasure, resistance and resilience. They want to address the tensions between what is seen and what is hidden, between permanence and transience. This is because I do believe it can foster dialogue between the personal and the political, the tangible and the intangible, with the hope of inviting to question how we perceive today’s reality.
The exhibition ‘Camera Piena Camera Vuota’ is the result of my residency at Billytown, The Hague, which took place from March to June 2024 and at Duplex in Lisbon in July 2024.
This project is supported by Mondriaan Fonds and Stichting Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds.
Thank you also to all the Billytown members.
Opening 10.01.2025 - 23.02.2025
Thursday - Saturday
13:00 - 18:00
Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, 32512 ZB Den Haag
More info: https://www.instagram.com/_billytown/
Poster by Eva van Bemmelen
