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Sirene

Dido Fontana, Erato Van Doe

Editorial: Fontana Editore

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Sinopsis

Who is the siren today? Can the actual materialistic world contemplate this legendary figure? We believe so! Like all things in the world and nature, mermaids (and most mythological figures) do not disappear, they simply adapt. Open your eyes! The essence of a mermaid is not in the finned tail, in its scales but in its silence or in its song, in its contemplation, in its gaze, in its expectation, in its promise. Out of the water, the mermaid is free to be herself, she chooses to abandon her tail and face the world at a steady pace. With this project we have found, pursued, flattered and immortalized them in their current appearance: we wanted to document their existence, we believe in them... and we have lovingly fallen prey to them.

The publisher

La sirena, oggi, chi è? Può il mondo materialista attuale contemplare questa figura leggendaria? Noi pensiamo di si! Come tutte le cose del mondo e della natura, anche le sirene (e la maggior parte delle figure mitologiche) non scompaiono, ma semplicemente si adattano. Aprite gli occhi! L’essenza di una sirena non è nella coda pinnata, nelle sue squame, ma nel suo silenzio o nel suo canto, nel suo contemplare, nel suo sguardo, nella sua attesa, nella sua promessa. Fuori dall’acqua la sirena è libera di essere se stessa, sceglie di lasciare la coda e di affrontare il mondo a passi decisi. Con questo progetto le abbiamo scovate, inseguite, lusingate e immortalate nelle loro attuali sembianze: volevamo documentarne l’esistenza, noi ci crediamo… e ne siamo caduti amorevolmente prede.
Disponible desde: 10/11/2022.

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