The main
character is a woman from Lucca, feminine figure that shaped her life based on her will. Doing so, she deprived herself of her own identity in order to become symbolic icons, the reflection of the
society she lived in.
What I want
to represent is her story and plumb the depth of her legacy that still affects our cultural heritage. For this reason, through a
sharp selection of objects, I recall the cultural context she lived in and, at
the same time, emphasize her contribution to the creation of Lucca’s social
and cultural context and local community identity.
The
mystery and the unknown around her let the public link to an imaginary world,
made up of ancestral fears and archetypes.
Starting
from the idea of community, intended as the set of stories, symbols, rituals
that identify it, this diptych aims to dig to the stereotypes and their
emblematic function, seeking especially the deepest fears mankind have to face
during their lives and the necessity of belonging to the Community. This is an
introspective project focused on mankind’s worries such as solitude, suffering,
incomprehension, detachment. These feelings ground the human being, unarmed and
defenseless facing loss and confusion.