In his work, Marco Tagliafico operates on original photographs of landscapes and objects, altering them through printing processes, collage, graphics and pictorial interventions. In the clash between reality, representation and post-production, his work produces images that resist any specific definition of space and time, questioning the perceptive capacity of the interactions between the human beings and the environment that surrounds them.
Text from "Da Guarene all'Etna 2019, Boiling Projects" - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
In his work, Marco Tagliafico operates on original photographs of landscapes and objects, altering them through printing processes, collage, graphics and pictorial interventions. In the clash between reality, representation and post-production, his work produces images that resist any specific definition of space and time, questioning the perceptive capacity of the interactions between the human beings and the environment that surrounds them.
Text from "Da Guarene all'Etna 2019, Boiling Projects" - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Rivolgersi al Cielo
Il titolo assume molteplici significati: Rivolgersi al Cielo si riferisce al tentativo di comunicare con il divino, alla contemplazione della volta celeste, a una richiesta d'aiuto con lo sguardo rivolto verso l'alto e al posizionamento fisico delle opere che vengono rivolte verso il cielo durante il processo.
Sono tele dipinte con un'emulsione fotosensibile derivante dalla tecnica di stampa della cianotipia, preparate nel buio della camera oscura e successivamente portate all'aperto. La superficie delle tele si modifica reagendo con la luce solare, l'acqua e le intemperie che ne alterano il colore in maniera incontrollabile a seconda del tempo durante il quale rimangono esposte. Sono corpi fotosensibili orientati verso l'alto che seguono il ritmo del cielo e un tempo diverso da quella che regola le nostre vite.
The title assumes multiple meanings: "Rivolgersi al Cielo" refers to the attempt to communicate with God, to the contemplation of the sky, to a request for help with the gaze turned upwards, and to the physical position of the works during the process.
The canvas is painted with photosensitive emulsion resulting from the cyanotype printing technique, prepared in the darkroom, and then placed outdoors. The surface of the canvas reacts with sunlight, water, and weather and uncontrollably alters its color, depending on the time of exposition. They are photosensitive bodies oriented upwards, they follow the rhythm of the sky, a different time from the one that rules our lives.

























