A Place to Live
The economic, environmental, political, and global crises have enormous repercussions for housing. Housing policies need to be rethought. Homelessness is increasingly linked to the crisis we are experiencing. Since I have been to Portland, in Oregon, I haven’t stopped thinking about what not having a home means.
Having a place to live, a house, and our connection to a place, or to more than a place, is fundamental to developing our lives. Every artwork is personal, about our experience, our existence, and our being in this world. This concerns my fears of losing stability and support and ending up on the street. I tried to establish a relationship with the homeless community in Portland, Oregon, and the portraits are of some of the people I managed to connect with, even if briefly. They are appearances, like the tents; they come and go, with their burden of memories and suffering.
The weekly campsite report (Dec. 13-19, 2021) of the Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program is a metaphor of our human condition; we are not permanent. And we could find ourselves very easily houseless, especially now, as we are all experiencing a global crisis.
Exhibition
21 September - 30 November 2023
Via F. Pelli 13 - First Floor - Lugano - Switzerland
