The project revolves around an ongoing research aimed at graphically exploring the ways in which a body’s self-cast shadows interact, with the goal of generating organic structures that evoke a continuous morphological transformation. The development of these forms occurs through the combination of various parts of an existing body—my own—not so much to represent its external anatomical appearance, but rather my perception of it and its external dynamics: not the body in the mirror, recognizable and identifiable, but its double, which generates New Bodies—a sort of embodied projections of my shadow. From this endoperceptive analysis, alter egos emerge, endowed with their own physicality: objective, externalized entities that enable a form of self-awareness and, perhaps, mark the beginning of renewal.
These Metamorphosis stem from the reinterpretation of earlier works, with a primary focus on fragments of my body and the shadows they cast.
Shadows have always been a fundamental part of my work.
The-Outside-Metamorphosis project is based on a continuous reconstruction of these personal shadows, with the aim of creating bodies composed of old, reimagined shadows. This process involves not only a visual reinterpretation, but also an emotional and perceptual one—an attempt to give form to traces of myself that no longer exist in their original state.
The shapes I chose for these metamorphoses are predominantly circular—both as a new kind of surface to work on and as a visual guide that supported me during the creation process. The circle, with its symbolism of cycles and continuity, offered a natural framework for expressing transformation and fluidity.
These forms are not static representations, but rather evolving presences—each one capturing a fleeting state, a suspended movement.
The intended outcome of this work is to evoke a body in constant motion and perpetual transformation, mirroring the unstable and ever-shifting relationship I have with my own image and memory.
