My work draws from personal memories and my family archive, using them as a foundation to explore themes of home, belonging, and collective identity. Growing up in working-class communities and surrounded by social housing architecture, I became deeply aware of how physical spaces shape our lived experiences. Through my practice, I aim to reinterpret these environments by integrating sustainable methods of creating home with materials that evoke memory and connection. I work primarily in sculpture, crafting pieces from reclaimed and found objects that hold historical and emotional significance. This process reflects my interest in social practice- with my the ongoing project La Grazieria, engaging with local communities and fostering conversations about the meaning of home, memory, and heritage in everyday life. By merging the physicality of sculpture with communal narratives, I hope to challenge conventional notions of architecture and domesticity, particularly in relation to working-class environments, domestic labor and their rich histories.
A faded taste of what has never been but always dreamt of becoming
In this installaiton I've created dreamy dining room where every objects hold both emotional and material value. The central quesiton to this work is to reflect on how certain, sothern cultures specifically, are being commodified risking of becoming sub-objects only to be consumed by phenomenon like overtourism, social media trends and false pubblicity.
Think tangier
This work serves as a tangible manifestation of how collective memory weaves together to create a sense of home. The textile acts as a vessel for storytelling, a meeting point where the past and present converge. Each drawing on the tablecloth was created by participants during a Pop-up haircut session organized as part of my residency at Think-Tanger in Morocco. The act of giving haircuts became an intimate exchange, fostering connection and dialogue. In return, participants contributed their
La Grazieria summer edition
While exploring through different practices such as haircutting, karaoke, pasta making reading and drawing workshops and movie screenings, this residency focused on creating a series of events responding to Rib project 'the last terminal, reflection on the apocalypse part 1.
Project
During this residency, I focused on mastering the traditional craft and techniques of Ceramica Vietrese. I created an extended panel of ceramic tiles, replicating the facade of a social housing building. The designs on the tiles draw inspiration from various historical periods of Ceramica Vietrese, reflecting its rich artistic evolution
La Grazieria on tour
I spent a three-month research period in my hometown of Salerno, focusing on three interconnected areas to gain a deeper understanding of my own cultural heritage.
I delved into the Mediterranean trade history in ceramics, visited city archives to study local history on social housing, and began a new project on family archives, trousseaus, and embroidery, uncovering their significance in cultural identity. The outcome will be shown at the next Art Rotterdam for the Prospect exhibition.
La Grazieria hairsalon/ reading room
This session had hold an anti-capitalist approach to how domestic labor is essential in our lives as we all learn how to live together. Hosted in the Poortgebouw, the question of home is taken a step further. In a community built of many, resisting the injustices of the growing housing market, how can we actively find ways of being together for a community beyond the walls of the home?
La Graziaria Pasta workshop
La Grazieria is nomadic, can have multiple functions and has the purpose of bringing people together with the intention to create moments for sharing. For the workshop each participant was asked to bring a favorite ingredient. During the workshop some people worked together to make fresh pasta. Others based on the ingredients brought were asked to come up with new recipes for dressing the pasta. The workshop was an excuse to facilitate conversations between strangers.
La Grazieria hair dresser
Hair salons are those spaces that host verbal communications; most often these places become the reflectors for people seeking a new look/ identity.The hairdresser is one of these “social jobs” where people share their stories in a very casual way often not even being aware of exposing themself to a semi-stranger. La Grazieria reflects upon places of belonging related to migration and cultural heritage using the hair salon as a vassal for exchange information and create informal encounters
Avenida Encontrada
"This insight is not meant to make us feel melancholic or nostalgic, but rather calls for attention to fulfill these broken promises". SLAVOY ZIZEK (2008). Wondering around the city, encountering discarded objects and talking with the people of the neighborhood, Avenida Encontrada is the result of a month residency in Bueons Aires.