Refuso

2021 | Genoa
210x150x150cm

second-hand plastic structure, self-made recycled paper with pandemic newspapers, lyocell wire, ink on paper.
in collaboration with Sartoria Sociale Ecopoetica.

Photo credits: Giulia Pellegrini, Mattia Pallanza

“Rebecca Sforzani’s research stems from a reflection on the language and the unjustified use of war terms used daily to describe the pandemic phenomenon. The lightness of some metaphors accentuates the sense of frustration, anger, and powerlessness. Hence the will to elaborate a “return” to concepts, an attempt to reshape, a need to be aware. Thus the house, symbol of the lockdown, becomes collectively habitable: the recycled paper walls made with newspapers collected by friends and relatives, recall the media dimension in which we lived. Looking carefully you can read some sentences taken from original articles. In rewriting, however, the artist dissolves the terms of war in an attempt to create a space in which to reconsider its value. The invitation to rebuild a narrative not mystified and propagandistic.” Giulia Giglio

The project was created for the exhibition Nostos, curated by Maria Laura Bonifazi and Giulia Giglio and held in Lazzaro Gallery, from October the 7th to November the 5th, 2021