Francesca Artoni

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Francesca Artoni

About the Artist

Born in 1978 in Guastalla in the province of Reggio nell’Emilia, she has always been passionate about any creative form, despite her technical and scientific studies, she has always cultivated her passion for drawing, painting and writing.
By attending a basic photography course in Boretto (R.E) in 2013, a strong desire to deepen photographic culture arises.
Over the years she has dedicated herself to the deepening of themes such as origins, family, memory through the experimentation of various expressive techniques and languages ​​that lead her today to use photographs and recycled materials to tell new stories with a careful eye to enhance feelings and emotions.
Only recently has she approached the world of collage and foud photography.
in the various years the awards obtained in photographic award, many participations in collective and personal exhibitions at national level.

Artist Statement

These three images are an excerpt from a larger work entitled “Cryogenics”.
I used ice to stop the deterioration of the plants, flowers and small insects in my garden.
In the ice everything has thus remained unchanged, as if by freezing it has managed to freeze time.
I then wanted to freeze part of my family album.
To circumvent the unfair spending of time on my loved ones, on my family, on my memories.

“this is my little ice age ….
until the heat comes to melt we will remain like this ”

Martina Buiat

Martina Buiat

About the Artist

I was born in Trieste, a beautiful city on the sea, in the north-eastern Italy.
I’m a science divulgator, a physicist and a Museum operator.
During the lockdown, I started embroidering old postcards and photos that I collected at flea markets and antique shops.
Looking at these photos I wander about the past of unfamiliar people and places. With thread and needle, I trie to give them a new life by adding a colour, a particular, a phrase, in a “nostalgia operation” that makes you dream.

Artist Statement

Embroidering old photos for me is a form of meditation. The choice of the image, the material with which to embroider (cotton or silk), the colors and the stitches to use are for me a special moment, pervaded by calm and emotion. Adding color to a forgotten photo makes me grateful and makes me wander, in a nostalgia for times that I have never lived.