Elisabetta Falanga, L’ALTRO LIVELLO DELLA TERRA

Room 3

“I observed the shoes of some sick people. Their soles had little wear, sometimes intact”.

Elisabetta Falanga started from the experience of illness, from living with it on a daily basis. She realised that there is a distance from the world, not only in the absence of contact with people, but also, and above all, with the ground. The artist reproduced and readapted the room of a sick person, introducing in an overbearing way what defines this isolation: the earth, which marks a new horizon and, at the same time, the absence of a horizon. A claustrophobic environment in which, once again, contact with the natural element is prevented, mediated by a cold sheet of glass.

The project was carried out as part of Mentorship, promoted by Sisal and the Art for Business association, to guide young artists in the development of their creative ideas with the support of two masters: Marco Ghezzi and Paolo Rosa, founder of Studio Azzurro, who died suddenly in August 2013.