I’m Berlin

I’m Berlin
Shazar gallery
Napoli 2015

Catalogue

Used oil drums, images of Berlin, webcam projections, videos. Paola’s ‘alchemical process 2.0’, thanks also to technology, consists of actions of transformation creating an existential, philosopher’s dimension, which is each time surprising and profound.

I’m Berlin – Vittorio Falletti

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Alchemy 2.0 and combustion

The very raw material of the drum is visually transformed and processed through the digital lens of the webcam and then is ultimately burned, through the real flame that consumes paper, color, plastic and creates space. I’m Berlin, city with two parts. “I’m like Berlin: I destroy myself, and rebuild myself,” clarifies Paola Risoli. […]. “Go and see I’m Berlin. Then … “close your eyes and start again”, as Jodo might say”.

I’m Berlin – Vittorio Falletti

Burning change

Flames engulf the floor, chairs and table to the notes of J.S. Bach’s Chaconne. The artist’s innermost alchemy expressed in the fixed gaze of mental combustion. Snapshots taken by Risoli in Berlin unfold, in a fragmented, yearned-for self-portrait.

Tecnhical Details

SCULPTURE
I’m Berlin 2014/2015 mixed media 59 (diam) x 90 (h) ed. u.

PHOTOS
I’m Berlin / frame 1, 2014 lambda print on Dibond 95,5 x 144 cm ed.3
I’m Berlin / frame 2, 2014 lambda print on Dibond 95,5 x 144 cm ed.3
I’m Berlin / frame 3, 2014 lambda print on Dibond 95,5 x 144 cm ed.3
I’m Berlin / frame 4, 2014 lambda print on Dibond 95,5 x 144 cm ed.3
Berlin cut / 1 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 2 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 3 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 4 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 5 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 6 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 7 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 8 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3
Berlin cut / 9 2015, lambda print on leger + iron frame 30 x 39 x 4 ed. 3

VIDEO
Burning change (I’m Berlin) 2015 digital video HD 3’45’’
I’m Berlin webcam captures 2015 video loop