Snapographer

This unusual piece of equipment was created to take the daily picture opposite my studio. It captures a point in the brick wall outside my studio in the canal where the water rises or falls depending on the tide.
This object will become a work as soon as I stop using it as a piece of equipment.
The date is connected to the moment I decided that this object would become a work whereas the year, 2011, alongside the title, refers to when this tool was first used. This was one year before I figured out how to take the pictures of the water. In fact, the first ‘waters’ box dates back to 2012.

Waters
The association between what I see in my painting and what I see right outside my space. Every day, as soon as I get to the studio I fetch the camera that I have mounted on a piece of equipment. Then I go onto the canal side in front of my studio, I put the camera down on the corner of the little wall and I take a photo of the same place. The frame captures the place where the water rises and falls according to the tide. The water that more or less covers the brick wall activates a strong relationship with my “Sedimentations”. The stale water, which remains, which enters and exits from the lagoon rises and falls, rises and falls. It fills and spills over. It empties and reveals.

Tool
Opere che possono essere utilizzate come strumenti per fare qualcos’altro nello studio e nell’archivio