The Opposite of Here / L'opposto di Qui
A work-in-progress series.
In 2023 my husband and I purchased a home in the southern Salento region of Lecce Province in Puglia, Italy.
There are approximately 1000 inhabitants in Barbarano del Capo, a frazione of the larger comune of Morciano di Leuca.
The property, indeed the entire region is the opposite of life in my hometown of New York City*.
With these works, for the first time in my practice, I am using visual and conceptual content based on my personal life.
I am truly grateful for the opportunity to live in this duplicitous manner, jet-setting between NYC and Italy.
However, I miss and am nostalgic for the New York I could recognize and am sad about the latest incarnation of the city as the "New" New York, playground for the über-wealthy.
*where I was born & raised and where we live and work for over 6 months a year.
Sogno [Dream]
Dammi la mano e ti porto nel sole [Give me your hand and I'll take you into the sun]
Restaci dentro e impara a brilliare [Stay in it and learn to shine]
Non credi sia vero? Tu scegli un colore [Don't you think it's true? You choose a color]
Dipingere un mondo che spegne paure [Paint a world that extinguishes fears]
Il girono più lungo sarà il mio ritorno [The longest day will be my return]
Promesse d’inchiostro nascoste in un m--- [Ink promises hidden in a m---]
Vederti felice è quello che sogno [Seeing you happy is what I dream of]
Un raggio di strada sarà il nostro eterno [A ray of the road will be our eternal]
Icaro primo [Icarus the first]