Dislocated familiarity
2022
Inkjet printing on 120 gr paper, oil on drywall panel
variable dimensions
The photographs represent rural landscapes and places where the artist lived. In a photograph, the father collects Chinese celery (Shui Qin) in a suburban canal of Reggio Emilia. This vegetable is typically used in southern Chinese recipes and is a rather resistant plant present in large quantities in wetlands, growing spontaneously in shallow waters or on rivers. In another photograph taken in the summer of 2022, it can be seen how the growth of celery has drastically reduced due to drought and human intervention, with consequent biological, culinary and cultural changes.