Lucciole

/ 2023 _ ongoing
UV fluorescent pigments and varnish applied onto wall fragments. Portable UV-lamps.
Approximately 3 x 1,5 cm each.
Dimensions variable

Courtesy of the artist

^{_Installation view, detail}

Experimenting with luminescence, an optical phenomenon that releases a certain amount of light, which can
last for hours or days if exposed for a long time to UV or natural light, a constellation of images slowly unveil themselves.
They appear in the darkness like fireflies, lucciole, minuscule images that are glimpsed, shining for a few moments before
g radually dimming. Engaged in the creation of a site-specific installation, I daily painted glow-in-the dark images onto several wall pieces. These pieces, physically detached from my studio in Utrecht, were carefully carried in my luggage, layered amidst clothes and underwear.

Informed by restoration methods, my approach has been deeply influenced by the study of how conservator employ various imaging techniques. These methods such as the use of ultraviolet lights allow gathering information imperceptible to the naked eye. It provides
insights into material origins, its journey through time, offering clues about its provenance and historical trajectory.
Visitors navigating the exhibition using portable UV lights slowly activate the installation.
Images seem to emerge from the depths of an unknown space, appearing distant in the darkness.

The work in part on on ongoing project developed during a residency period at BEAST AIR on the island of
Bornholm during the month of December 2023.

^{_Lucciole, 2024
UV fluorescent pgments, and varnish painted on wall fragments.  Dimensions variable.

Poco a Poco, duo exhibition.
   Waterkant, Bunker, Den Haag (NL)
   Installation view
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2024}

^{_Lucciole, 2024
UV fluorescent pgments, and varnish painted on wall fragments. Dimensions variable.
Poco a Poco, duo exhibition.
Waterkant, Bunker, Den Haag (NL)
Installation view
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2024}

^{_Lucciole, 2024
UV fluorescent pgments, and varnish painted on wall fragments. Dimensions variable.
Poco a Poco, duo exhibition.
Waterkant, Bunker, Den Haag (NL)
Installation view
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2024}

^{_Lucciole, 2024
UV fluorescent pgments, and varnish painted on wall fragments. Dimensions variable.
Poco a Poco, duo exhibition.
Waterkant, Bunker, Den Haag (NL)
Installation view
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2024}

^{_Lucciole, 2023

Installation view at Beast AIR, Bornholm, DK
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2023}

^{_Lucciole, 2023

Installation view at Beast AIR, Bornholm, DK
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2023}

^{_Lucciole, Totem. 2023

UV fluorescent pgments, water and varnish painted on wall fragments
Approximately 75 x 40 cm
© Giorgia Lo Faso 2023}

^{_Installation view at Beast AIR, Bornholm, DK, detail}

Lucciole

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