Michela Forte,1900 SPIFFERI

Room 15

My paternal grandmother was a seamstress, the most famous seamstress in the neighbourhood, she was the one who sewed all those little skirts for the vain little girls I used to show off at school, she made them from scraps of many types of fabric, and so polka dots were mixed with little flowers, stripes with little squares; if I think about it I was unconsciously punk, alternative, today they would be vintage and would sell like hot cakes, at the time they were just cheerful and colourful, except for one time when for Christmas she had some black velvet left over and sewed me an outfit with a matching waistcoat. I was crazy about that Zac Zac Zac noise of big scissors, it sounded like a clapperboard at the end of a take and it was her daily film, a plot that filled present and absent spaces. ZAC
Michela Forte

To enter Michela Forte’s world, you need a key… And you have to enter slowly, silently, with a slight bow of the head.
Intimacy and depth of a feminine and sacred world, the works chosen for this exhibition tell of her fragility and extraordinary strength. It is difficult to separate the images from the artist in this case.
Intense blacks and whites that refer to the sublime power of life, to the roots of a past that helps us live in the present. I have always loved the deep drama of these images which have a sense of grace. Truth and beauty in a quick, fast and deep shot. Black and white photograms that tell of life, roots, emotions, memories, purity, beauty, pain, strength, tragedy, intimacy, passion, music.
Scissors that cut to sew and scissors that cut to save. The painful, tragic and saving power of love. The thread that saves the heart in the operation room becomes a crown of passion so alive and real. The pomegranate, sacred and royal fruit, placed next to her body, unites sanctity and beauty, fertility and the abundance of life.
Everyday objects that are transfigured into a profound meaning, to the point of making the everyday sacred, monumental, timeless.And always, even just a detail, reminds us of her presence, because she puts herself on the line and reminds us that those are her eyes, which portray, remember and love.
Alessandra Klimciuk

Michela Forte was born in 1980 in Erice (TP). She lives and works in Milan.