CUT LOOSE

In my work I often travel, from above, exploring and analyzing the complexity of the human soul and its continuous adaptation (acceptance, resilience, care) to changes in social morphology and cultural and moral identities. My goal is to highlight in a very specific form (that of faces/maps) the phenomena of malaise and sharing, observed and experienced, and how this is deconstructed and recompacted perfectly in relation to the characteristics of the natural and/or artificial environment in which we live. On people's faces, which for me become canvases on which to paint, I add layer by layer the generational imperfections, the beauty of character, the fragility of man. The differences but also the similarities, of all of us. In the CUT LOOSE project, in the -almost- total absence of human intervention in the natural landscape, I tried to outline a sense of abandonment, numbness, immaterial lack of trajectories or goals. But also, relaxation and lessening of the soul. Inviting the viewer to a deep meditation inside the inner part of each of us. All layers placed and melted over eyes closed faces are telling us different things. They are telling us what to learn from our stories, they are telling us how to let things go when you can't hold on them. They are evoking and suggesting a feeling of human belonging. They are teaching us the wisdom, the resilience, the strength, but mostly the flexibility to adapt and to cope with the times we are living. Faces are also infinite puzzles and labyrinthine games for me. Very small or gigantic ones, where I like to hide and guard curiosity and possibilities. Directions. Hopes. Sofia Bianchini - January 2025