Lucia Barbagallo

My practice since 2005 focuses on the physical exploration of landscapes and its interpretation. In the current climate where the urbanism landscapes change its geography dramatically and the global warming influences the atmosphere, I find myself in a state of critical fascination and loss. In my varied and diverse approaches to making art, film, photography, walking, magazine or collective practice, through a contemplative approach, a political glance and a specific construction of the images, the context of the work would be inducting the viewers to be aware on reality surround and introduce them to cultivate own critical gaze. The pivot, which around I move and stare the gaze is the notion of Now and Here, where space and time determinate the nature of the work and its structure. Specifically, evoking the film set representation, taking inspiration from the german representation of the landscapes, the works focusing on the impact of human and geography, it tense to giving voice to those landscapes who are often at the edge, hide, abandoned or on their way to be demolished. The work takes on various forms intended to draw in the viewer as co-author and witness, create new and unpredictable cycles of thoughts and associations, providing an experimental chance to challenge one’s perceptions, perspectives and assumptions. Most of my projects are evolving together with the personal experience of living and sharing spaces. They could be considered as a collection of material edited and combine together in various shapes. All the projects are determinate by the steps between its start and its end, for this reason is often difficult predict at the beginning what is gonna happen. The projects I am working on taking inspiration from the personal experience of migration in foreign countries for working, upgrade professionals skills or to explore the worlds and people who are living it. Specifically, I am producing a group of works that are reflecting on my personal
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