Teloni a mare I, II, III, IV
Pigment print, framed with museum glass
4 x (80 x 120 cm)
2022
The reflecting sun on a blue tarp covering a construction
container referring to a landscape of waves with an invented
name recalling those of the Italian beaches in the summer.
“Teloni a mare” literally means “Tarp at sea”.
These photographs were taken close to my home, during a daily
walk part of a long revalidation process. The shimmering of
a late afternoon sun on the textured folds of this blue tarp
covering a construction container immediately made me think of
the setting sun on the sea. I was instantly transported.
Memories collided, those of an Italian beach at sunset, then
« Casanova », Fellini’s movie where the sea is a tarp that is
waved as special effects ... At times when my personal horizon
is shrinking due to health issues, these images allow me to
mentally escape and experience the sensations of a sea that
I can no longer physically approach.
Like a « madeleine de proust », this composition of multiple
images taken without prior intention, does not seek to imitate
the sea but give the sensation of it, evoking memories ...
to each one his own ...