A box set in a limited edition of 50, printed in intaglio from an aquatint copperplate. Made by hand, the box set contains a numbered reproduction of the anonymous photograph, Alessandra Piolotto's narrative in Italian and English, a presentation text and an audiocassette with the sound composition created by artist Gea Brown especially for the project, with a download code to listen to it digitally. Sancta Ratio Chaotica! is a multidisciplinary research work on the concept of translation and from diffuse photographic archives. From the discovery of an archive photograph, the project develops through a narrative, plastic and sound interpretation.
In this case, it is a dialogue made up of continuous evocative cross-references, between the written word of a story, the textile writing of a fragment of a tapestry and the visual representation of sound on aluminium and copper plates, immersed in the soundscape created in collaboration with sound artist Gea Brown.
A boxed set in a limited edition of 50, printed in intaglio from an aquatint copper matrix. Made by hand, the box set contains a numbered reproduction of the anonymous photograph, Alessandra Piolotto's narration in Italian and English, a presentation text and an audio cassette and Gea Brown's sound composition, with a download code to listen to it digitally.
Self, 2023
Box set 15.5 x 19 cm
Contains photographic print, text and an audiocassette
Numbered and signed edition of 50 copies
Italian and English language
The edition was realised by Alessandra Piolotto
collaborations for the book
Emiliano Biondelli (graphics)
Irene Monguzzi (layout)
A14 - Original Art Print (intaglio matrix)
Tipografie Reale (printing)
Hans Jenny archive photo from Cymatics - A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration, Hans Jenny - Revised Edition,