 Weaving ShadowsThe "Weaving Shadows" project is a journey in the universe of shadow meant as negative light, proto-image, form and deformation, double, Other that I am, that inhabits me, that follows me, prolongs me, haunts me — a source of uncanniness, of fairy dreams always in the imminence of becoming nightmares. |  Screen-PaintingsA series of paintings on transparent surfaces, whose looks changes according to the layerings the artist choses to put in place, and whose peculiarity is to be projectable in a way that creates an immersive media-environment incorporating the visitors by means of their own shadows. |  An Elephant's MemoryAn Elephant's Memory is a transmedial artwork inscribed in the Cultural Memory Project "I Remember, Therefore I Am." It includes writing, painting, installation, and video-art |  J(y)eux d'eau"J(y)eux d'eau" is a photographic and video project picturing the restless changes of reflections in the mirror of water. |
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 Messages in a Bottle"Messages in a Bottle" is a photographic series of macros depicting shapes or writings as seen through the distortions and reflections of a half-full plastic bottle. |  Invisible Made Visible"Invisible Made Visible" is a series of photographs picturing broken glass surfaces providing a visual reflection on mirrors as screens. |  Reflectionscapes"Reflectionscapes" is a series of mirror-inspired mixed media paintings. Each painting plays with distorted and fragmented shapes, and combines them into abstract compositions. |  Riflessi(oni)"Riflessi(oni)" is a series of paintings and drawings based on the theme of reflections in urban mirrors. |
A trilingual monograph on Marta's work is out now! Check it out here
Presentation in Italian @Artnomade Milan here
Don't miss Marta's RSI (Radio Svizzera Italiana) interview apropos of the protagonist of her novel and play, "Suonala ancora, Bombe"
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