Letizia Ardillo -La profondità dell'anima

Paratissima 2020 exhibition In Utero curated by Caterina Capantini and Giorgia Gibertini
The depth of the soul
A silver cone suspended in cosmic space becomes a staircase that allows the ascent towards the completeness of the soul, described as a circular shape. We enter the work through the words of a kabbalistic text by Adin Steinsaltz entitled the soul Mostly the manifestations of the soul are like a flash of light that appears sometimes - for a very short period of time or for a longer period - and then it goes out. This phenomenon can be compared to a fire that no longer burns but smolders under the embers and from which a sudden flame arises from time to time. Such flames, which to some extent ignite themselves, occur in different types of individuals and create a certain form of experience in consciousness, which in many cases is a sense of exaltation. It is not always accompanied by a feeling of happiness, but there is still a clearing of vision, similar to that of someone who is on top of a mountain and sees and breathes and feels different - like a sense of liberation or like peeking beyond. beyond a curtain.