Carlotta
Proietto

Society and its problems are the fulcrum of my artistic practice and research. My goal has always been to deeply understand the issues of the world that I perceive as crucial and urgent. Immigration, prostitution, morality and ethics in diverse cultures are some of the main themes I work with. I try to feel and live deeply when carrying out research for my artworks, as I believe that it is essential for an artist to get involved psychologically, emotionally and even physically when representing and working —visually— on these problems and topics. 

Many of my works are different from each other and my corpus might not seem coherent at first sight. I do not have a preferred technique. I change materials, colours, settings, models depending on the message I want to convey. I've always wondered: why rely on just one technique? Why must there be limits? More techniques allow me to represent a broader range of feelings, issues and topics, and to address more kinds of public. I find comfort in changing technique as I am also attracted by the idea of my work not being recognised by a concrete style. My creativity changes, mutes and evolutes, and it allows me to innovate and find a new me in every artwork. 

My works can be read as commonplaces in a first instance. The commonplace is often distorted by an intrusion: something in the image that does not belong there (Tavolino da caffè, 2019, performance, then video), a traditional object used in a new —and disturbing— way (Gioiello per bocca, 2018, jewell/sculpture; Confessionale trasparente, 2018, installation), an out of context space that has been reproduced (La camera, 2021, installation). Many other meanings are hidden behind the most immediate one. There are as many meanings as spectators. That way a common —and, in some way, objective or universal— meaning becomes subjective. The phrase “sense of disturbance” has been used in the past to describe my work. I do feel identified with this description, as my ultimate aim is to provoke disturbance in the viewers, obliging them to think, to wonder, to speak with others, finding new meanings and ideas but never arriving to a definitive one.