https://davidezulli.com davide zulli Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:09:20 +0000 https://davidezulli.com en https://davidezulli.com/Draconian-Era Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:20:29 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Draconian-Era ~ Draconian Era&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Kids car rug, Dungeons &amp; Dragons tower | 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In occasion of&nbsp;NON PLVS VLTRA curated by Atelier Faar at Keeizer Bastion (Antwrpen,BE). <img width="3982" height="5309" width_o="3982" height_o="5309" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0da92430e2a5a13d5fb2b82c8294e7e0f58154c80d43fc8a8e702c395776f52/20250602_NONPLUSVLTRA0627.jpg" data-mid="237370425" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0da92430e2a5a13d5fb2b82c8294e7e0f58154c80d43fc8a8e702c395776f52/20250602_NONPLUSVLTRA0627.jpg" /> <img width="7514" height="10019" width_o="7514" height_o="10019" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4703fd4193d5523ae516ec9fc94164cbd845eeb2dd05955f37f04807bdc86f0b/3.jpeg" data-mid="237370461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4703fd4193d5523ae516ec9fc94164cbd845eeb2dd05955f37f04807bdc86f0b/3.jpeg" /> <img width="11064" height="8298" width_o="11064" height_o="8298" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c57ff43271c7c9863335ab8412521e561fb400fc4b2cf6dafa8c6becc2b737b/2.jpeg" data-mid="237370462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c57ff43271c7c9863335ab8412521e561fb400fc4b2cf6dafa8c6becc2b737b/2.jpeg" /> https://davidezulli.com/Non-ti-hanno-visto-They-didn-t-see-you Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:09:20 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Non-ti-hanno-visto-They-didn-t-see-you Special project for ArtVerona at &nbsp;&nbsp; Rondella delle Boccare. Shoort text. The project, curated by Thomas Ba, investigated the relationship between body and urban landscape—two distinct yet deeply connected elements. Students from the Marco Polo Institute, with artists Lorena Bucur and Davide Zulli, reflected on their experience of urban landscapes to produce two artworks that were installed in the historical site of the Rondella delle Boccare. The objective was to put in dialogue individual and collective perspectives with memory and mainstream narrations.Autogeografie was realized in collaboration with the Ufficio Conservazione e Valorizzazione Sito UNESCO e Cinta Muraria and @istitutomarcopolovr. All text by Thomas BaPhotos by Lorena Bucur<img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67ddc42264bd46c8047fa2c930803d81ffa209a97309e36120d8c21895ec3593/2-lorena-bucur.jpg" data-mid="241212713" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67ddc42264bd46c8047fa2c930803d81ffa209a97309e36120d8c21895ec3593/2-lorena-bucur.jpg" /><img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9526ce6a0f3580f8e04f58763045f6844547d638e24fb2d5907df83844a8a3d/4-lorena-bucur.jpg" data-mid="241212712" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9526ce6a0f3580f8e04f58763045f6844547d638e24fb2d5907df83844a8a3d/4-lorena-bucur.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1ff82dc4c0b7a51a83f60a95d2705f0eb6106331a7ac9a953d3065866d62b0e/3-lorena-bucur.jpg" data-mid="241212714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1ff82dc4c0b7a51a83f60a95d2705f0eb6106331a7ac9a953d3065866d62b0e/3-lorena-bucur.jpg" />Cucurucucu, Lorena Bucur . ~ Non ti hanno visto (They didn't see you) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Veneto region and Dolomiti maps | 2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Site specific installation in developed in occasion of &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ‘Autogeografie: tu fai le foto ma sei parte del paesaggio’&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Curated by Thomas Ba. <img width="5446" height="3631" width_o="5446" height_o="3631" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cd837d909a23a1b532e8f055bc53ec75ef02c56951bed1d97517de027ea07b6/1-overview.jpg" data-mid="241212642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cd837d909a23a1b532e8f055bc53ec75ef02c56951bed1d97517de027ea07b6/1-overview.jpg" /> Autogeographies: you take photos but you are part of the landscapeTracing a path, sitting on a low wall, walking the same road every day. The landscape is made up of experiences that are often trivial and imperceptible, but it takes on a precise form in the mind of the observer. It depends not only on “what” but above all on “how” we look, as John Wylie points out: “the landscape is not just something we see, it is also a way of seeing things, a particular way of looking at and imagining the world around us”. Anthropological studies, particularly those by Christopher Tilley, have shown that the landscape directly influences people and the culture that a community produces. In fact, in Iron Age civilisations, rivers, hills and mountains became points of reference with which to engage in dialogue and not just passive spatial elements. It is therefore a relationship of mutual exchange where two elements influence each other, building themselves up over time and evolving in response to each other's movements. <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c6fae4245ff461596f89b6c1d0a34e7f0301c938f2bcabf54dc246d4d0ac19a/6-davide-zulli.jpg" data-mid="241212644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c6fae4245ff461596f89b6c1d0a34e7f0301c938f2bcabf54dc246d4d0ac19a/6-davide-zulli.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f85e16a41345f1e2dfcc3c828631d4ef91bc5d8390bce33f8a1c7c60b98ea6a/5-davide-zulli.jpg" data-mid="241212643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f85e16a41345f1e2dfcc3c828631d4ef91bc5d8390bce33f8a1c7c60b98ea6a/5-davide-zulli.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7e5f16e886c4793e1dc819db7ae87461a07ec2772c97898ea2e3eb69b5a498b/7-davide-zulli.jpg" data-mid="241212645" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7e5f16e886c4793e1dc819db7ae87461a07ec2772c97898ea2e3eb69b5a498b/7-davide-zulli.jpg" /> In February 1801, some citizens of Verona endured hardship and fatigue in order to persuade the French to spare [editor's note: the Rondella delle Boccare] from the destruction to which it had been condemned.Autogeographies: you take photos but you are part of the landscape, develops through the dialogue between three fundamental components: the Rondella delle Boccare, the students of the Marco Polo Institute, and the artists Lorena Bucur and Davide Zulli. Built in the first half of the 16th century, the Rondella was originally designed as a defensive bastion where cannons could be positioned, but over the centuries it has been used for a wide variety of purposes (from a space for army horses to an air-raid shelter). As archaeologist Lanfranco Franzoni points out, the Rondella is such an important place for the city that in 1801 the population rallied to prevent its destruction. An often forgotten symbol of Verona, it is the spatial hub of this project. The students of the Marco Polo Institute took part in a course introducing them to contemporary art and the theme, reflecting on the urban landscape and the way it is represented and experienced (especially by them). Through various workshops, they shared their perspective, which is that of those who experience the city and its contradictions every day. In her work with the students, Lorena Bucur explored the relationship between inside and outside. La Rondella, in fact, is an element that marked the boundary between the inside and outside of the city, a refuge that shelters from the outside world and at the same time divides it from it. Bucur uses the images produced by the students, both through the ancient method of printing with turmeric and with analogue photographs, to question the artist's external relationship with the city. The delicate and intimate images are a glimpse into life in Verona, while their editing and recomposition belong to an external gaze. Davide Zulli, on the other hand, has chosen to work on the map, a tool closely linked to the control and overdetermination of a territory. Zulli wanted to use the map as a space where students could write whatever they wanted, freely and instinctively, as they would on city walls. The goal is twofold: to reverse the power relations between those who describe and those who are described; and to highlight the link between the individual and the landscape. In fact, there is a mechanism of identification that leads individuals to recognise themselves in the places they live, even when it comes to seemingly abstract geographical maps. Finally, the element of the dry stone wall recalls both an ancestral technique of creating arbitrary boundaries and the role of the Rondella in defining and delineating the limits of ancient Verona.Student names: BARTOLOZZI VALENTINA BOHOTINEANU ERICA LUCIA BULHAKOVA YULIIA CAMPEDELLI ALESSIA COVRE ARIANNA DEGANI GIADA DEL COLOMBO GAIA JOSSETTY FASOLI ELISA FIORIO ALESSIA GALVAN SARA GRIECO ANAIS IMOLA CHIARA KURUMBALAPITI ARACHIGE MADUSHI ANGELIKA LARA FELIPE NAURIS NATIEL LAVARINI SARA LEDRO ELENA MAZZI KAROLINE PASSAIA ALESSANDRO PAVAN MARIKA PELANDA ESTHER MARIA PICCHI MELISSA PIETROBON EMANUELE PINALI BEATRICE SOGLIACCHI MARTINO SQUARANTI NICOLE TCHIENGANG NJANJIO LORENZO ZAMPINI VITTORIO https://davidezulli.com/Identification Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:58:33 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Identification <img width="1600" height="1066" width_o="1600" height_o="1066" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d86862b5c5d4612453ae353153a5e7bc21feafe29a5168f5acdbf256ee158c05/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-16-at-09.08.12.jpeg" data-mid="237370009" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d86862b5c5d4612453ae353153a5e7bc21feafe29a5168f5acdbf256ee158c05/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-16-at-09.08.12.jpeg" /> <img width="1600" height="1066" width_o="1600" height_o="1066" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1207452091d0264287e10cdbf6ceeeb84eefe0615d4c4c31eef033c8fe3d553/0.jpeg" data-mid="237369973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1207452091d0264287e10cdbf6ceeeb84eefe0615d4c4c31eef033c8fe3d553/0.jpeg" /> <img width="1066" height="1600" width_o="1066" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f346c3f3e09ab009756f019f48769b9d7ea21bffadf99dd21c1275b475b3215/1.jpeg" data-mid="237370008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f346c3f3e09ab009756f019f48769b9d7ea21bffadf99dd21c1275b475b3215/1.jpeg" /> <img width="1066" height="1600" width_o="1066" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffa730df6fb5f8a2121773365521caf3dd996cc61e46a6d5a9d4f9003a6c667a/2.jpeg" data-mid="237370007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffa730df6fb5f8a2121773365521caf3dd996cc61e46a6d5a9d4f9003a6c667a/2.jpeg" /> ~ IdentificationEpoxy, aluminium structure, decibel meter. 110x90x70cm. | 2024This work reflects on the concept of landscape as a social construction how, by identifying with a specific place, we become part of it and activate it as a landscape. Identification presents a place disconnected from any precise location. This landscape is empty and impersonal. It becomes active only through a decibel meter, which detects the intensity of human voices in the room. The presence and volume of people speaking around the work reveal how human activity reanimates the landscape, turning a “ghost terrain” into a lived and perceived space. In The Agency of Mapping&nbsp;(1999), James Corner distinguishes between the map as a fixed representation and the map as a creative process. For him, maps are not neutral tools but active models for constructing reality. This work takes up that idea, treating the map not as something static, but as something brought to life only through interaction and human presence. Urban theorist Kevin Lynch once stated, “Without orientation, man feels lost. But identification with the environment is even more important.” Identification&nbsp;questions precisely this: what happens when the map is no longer readable, when the landscape has no reference points, no symbols, no colors? What remains of the landscape when the only way to bring it into being is through human perception? &nbsp;<img width="967" height="1452" width_o="967" height_o="1452" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cce36d04d83b60cc8918c3c5563e43c5a024ef7f746719e1e347aade7d7bfca4/3.jpeg" data-mid="237369999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/967/i/cce36d04d83b60cc8918c3c5563e43c5a024ef7f746719e1e347aade7d7bfca4/3.jpeg" /> https://davidezulli.com/Landscape-Reinforcement-2 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:21:04 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Landscape-Reinforcement-2 <img width="3942" height="4928" width_o="3942" height_o="4928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a577bd1d7515aa247841c732e46ced44783f669d05b7a1086ec523aed717ec11/-Landscape-Reinforcment---totale_2024.jpg.jpg" data-mid="237367142" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a577bd1d7515aa247841c732e46ced44783f669d05b7a1086ec523aed717ec11/-Landscape-Reinforcment---totale_2024.jpg.jpg" /><img width="3920" height="4900" width_o="3920" height_o="4900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/570769fdb048507054e4e5bd52860fe5c4c5ab025fa261fcaaaf87886e82f9b7/-Landscape-Reinforcment---dettaglio-2_2024.jpg.jpg" data-mid="237367133" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/570769fdb048507054e4e5bd52860fe5c4c5ab025fa261fcaaaf87886e82f9b7/-Landscape-Reinforcment---dettaglio-2_2024.jpg.jpg" /> <img width="4016" height="5020" width_o="4016" height_o="5020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/335404bcc8e6c70b057ebc65b373dacf14cd29283a9a71bb4338ac6447fc1ead/SpellsAndPromises_LinaVanHulle-1-16.jpg" data-mid="226921731" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/335404bcc8e6c70b057ebc65b373dacf14cd29283a9a71bb4338ac6447fc1ead/SpellsAndPromises_LinaVanHulle-1-16.jpg" /><img width="5899" height="3938" width_o="5899" height_o="3938" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8acecef8b6ff20906d5c8e58d8c062d667d75c81993c256cd90459101d4a8b83/SpellsAndPromises_LinaVanHulle-1-1.jpg" data-mid="226921730" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8acecef8b6ff20906d5c8e58d8c062d667d75c81993c256cd90459101d4a8b83/SpellsAndPromises_LinaVanHulle-1-1.jpg" /> ~ Landscape Reinforcement #1Peltier cooling modules, aluminium casts, aluminium tubes,quartzite, butterfly, power supplies. Variable size. &nbsp;| 2024This wall-mounted installation embodies the idea of a digital landscape. Computer cooling systems are combined with natural elements: a stone, a butterfly, and aluminum-cast tree branches. The cold air produced by the cooling units creates a layer of ice—a fleeting link between what is symbolically artificial and what is natural. There is no true reinforcement here, but rather a forced attempt to keep nature in a controlled position. Nature is presented in an aseptic, sterile form. The organic components are transformed into hollow, lifeless bodies. Landscape Reinforcement #1 is, in a sense, a kind of taxidermy of a landscape. <img width="4016" height="5020" width_o="4016" height_o="5020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e5569b1898a6f00ba26b1ad9fcd1697300919eb1155277d211592a1bb5c04ac/-Landscape-Reinforcment---dettaglio-3_2024.jpg.jpg" data-mid="237367134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e5569b1898a6f00ba26b1ad9fcd1697300919eb1155277d211592a1bb5c04ac/-Landscape-Reinforcment---dettaglio-3_2024.jpg.jpg" /> <img width="4016" height="5020" width_o="4016" height_o="5020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/073f5b2a4d50f1b77902f3753ced1b3e7570707ba8f9e12b45b12870d91f56cc/-Landscape-Reinforcment---dettaglio_2024.jpg" data-mid="237367135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/073f5b2a4d50f1b77902f3753ced1b3e7570707ba8f9e12b45b12870d91f56cc/-Landscape-Reinforcment---dettaglio_2024.jpg" /> <img width="3809" height="4761" width_o="3809" height_o="4761" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3895d3fdde812f7e449dc15f30a20de49c53c9e7bdfbae195c5068e572388787/3.jpg" data-mid="237367145" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3895d3fdde812f7e449dc15f30a20de49c53c9e7bdfbae195c5068e572388787/3.jpg" /> ~ Landscape Reinforcement #2 Fern, plastic pot, holographic fan. | 2024 Landscape Reinforcement #2 reflects on our contemporary tendency to create simulacra representations that strive to appear more real than reality itself. A mesmerizing holographic depiction of a plant chips away at the leaves of a fern in which it is placed, highlighting a somewhat cynical observation. The work serves as a reminder that our obsession with imitating nature should not blind us to the natural world surrounding us; our pursuit of technological progress must not come at the expense of our environment.This &nbsp;two works where part of the group show ‘Spells and Promises’, curated by Brought together and curated by @mathias.mu and @marnixvansoom .Co-curated by @samulsu . The exhibition ‘Spells and Promises’ brings together seven artists who explore new technologies as artistic media, delving into the intersection of the physical and digital through a blend of fantasy and inquiry. <img width="3642" height="4553" width_o="3642" height_o="4553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a4a755a1d59c231687022ac35e4da7797302937ecad225dfe370cebf487b0ab/SpellsAndPromises_LinaVanHulle-1-2.jpg" data-mid="226921728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a4a755a1d59c231687022ac35e4da7797302937ecad225dfe370cebf487b0ab/SpellsAndPromises_LinaVanHulle-1-2.jpg" /> https://davidezulli.com/E-il-campo-di-nessuno-Is-Nobody-s-Field Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:29:41 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/E-il-campo-di-nessuno-Is-Nobody-s-Field Non succede mai nulla (nothing ever happens)Chapter 4 - sul muro (on the wall) The wall is intrinsically connected to its surroundings; it can never be separated and exists only in relation to architectural and environmental elements, voids, landscapes, people, etc. It is a liminal space that, just like a door or a window, is ancestrally linked to places inhabited by man. In fact, whether it is in a city and part of a building or in a remote countryside, it has a dividing function that paradoxically also makes it a point of contact between what divides. If you observe the wall while walking down the street, it appears as an obstacle, while if you look from above, it appears as a line that unites and creates connections between separate elements. Its nature is also made more complex by the fact that it has always been a place of expression free from any prescription, from cave paintings to the Viva Verdi of the Risorgimento up to the tags of writers and dedications of lovers today. A place, therefore, characterized by a strong syncretism and where personal expression often emerges in contrast with the community (especially in cases of vandalism). This chapter of non succede mai nulla is dedicated to the wall, to its being a place that connects (which can mean both in dialogue and in contrast) parts of different realities.Project by @_thomasbahttps://www.instagram.com/anonimakunsthalle/ ~É il campo di nessuno (Is Nobody’s Field) Varese province map, limestones. | 2024 <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42b76b6bcabd4d8bdd85b78b5f2ecd352130d121ee3688f4f5f94da563dd4c22/AK-DASE-5.jpg" data-mid="226922659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42b76b6bcabd4d8bdd85b78b5f2ecd352130d121ee3688f4f5f94da563dd4c22/AK-DASE-5.jpg" /><img width="3464" height="4330" width_o="3464" height_o="4330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2fbe56020bc1584178b9d14eb008db0c003d778209eae246fc9130922266322/AK-DASE-3.jpg" data-mid="226922648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2fbe56020bc1584178b9d14eb008db0c003d778209eae246fc9130922266322/AK-DASE-3.jpg" /> <img width="5952" height="3968" width_o="5952" height_o="3968" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad54f853c507e229f2fd35c7e65e4506a6488229e7b3be8d4685fc6a02a84db8/AK-DASE-1.jpg" data-mid="226922638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad54f853c507e229f2fd35c7e65e4506a6488229e7b3be8d4685fc6a02a84db8/AK-DASE-1.jpg" /> <img width="3663" height="4579" width_o="3663" height_o="4579" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d48255e42d7a431c696f4616927aa19f81235580d2dfec3327c031e1a7cd0f9/AK-DASE-8.jpg" data-mid="226922677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d48255e42d7a431c696f4616927aa19f81235580d2dfec3327c031e1a7cd0f9/AK-DASE-8.jpg" /> <img width="4102" height="5127" width_o="4102" height_o="5127" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44e4afe665cf846c0d31cdc928baffacdfaa4f3f61f5bd90c37ac430b3923466/AK-DASE-4.jpg" data-mid="226922653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44e4afe665cf846c0d31cdc928baffacdfaa4f3f61f5bd90c37ac430b3923466/AK-DASE-4.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="5200" width_o="4160" height_o="5200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb440732b12bd93756fd7e8432b062c5fedfdfa1e3d742cca34235d2c74a2ca3/AK-DASE-7.jpg" data-mid="226922671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb440732b12bd93756fd7e8432b062c5fedfdfa1e3d742cca34235d2c74a2ca3/AK-DASE-7.jpg" /> https://davidezulli.com/Urban-Legend Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:39:28 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Urban-Legend Urban Legend is an iron cast sword with an aluminium guard and handle shaped like bones and deer antlers from deer, drawn from a fantasy world. I want to display it in any setting and position it atop a high-point book shelf so as to obscure any correct viewing and, in a sense, remove all universal connotations such as justice, violence, arcane objects from fantasy books, and museum objects, but at the same time incorporates all of the them in it. Before being observed, it is already acknowledged. This object fascinates me since it takes on a whole new meaning and dimension depending on the type of setting or circumstance it is placed in. Because a sword is always full of diverse meanings, the object’s message changes as a result.Urban Legend was presented for the first time in occasion of the group exhibition ‘Impossible Enough to be an Art Space’. &nbsp;An exibition that brought the attention to “unconventional” art spaces; really tiny spaces. I was happy to collaborate with Benny Van den Meulengracht, in the “Flasher! Art space”. An iconic “Flasher” coat that hosted my sword (&nbsp;🙃️ ) and other aluminium casted objectd. &nbsp; The show was curated by&nbsp;Nadia Bijl, Pepa De Maesschalck and Tom Volkaert at Lichtekooi (Antwerp, BE).https://lichtekooi.be/ https://www.instagram.com/flasherartspace/Moreover, this work was selected as winnner for the cathegory ‘Galleries’ and ‘Poliart’ in occasion of the Premio Combat 2024.&nbsp; https://www.premiocombat.it/2024/vincitori <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c263c411f8780d1faa51a8a891f6ce57f3f4e934ceba3ab547515e41696ffe35/_Q4A2966.jpg" data-mid="226925523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c263c411f8780d1faa51a8a891f6ce57f3f4e934ceba3ab547515e41696ffe35/_Q4A2966.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b7d68e75e8a45686c060375cd41da23357a728ef3bfd8a2171bb9391f214b91/_Q4A2980.jpg" data-mid="226925527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b7d68e75e8a45686c060375cd41da23357a728ef3bfd8a2171bb9391f214b91/_Q4A2980.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a6467ebaeab780eaf176ce0b55543d3e6b34461854bdaa89008c274f28b7b8b/_Q4A2968.jpg" data-mid="226925524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a6467ebaeab780eaf176ce0b55543d3e6b34461854bdaa89008c274f28b7b8b/_Q4A2968.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d003849554b9a1eec8b5ce195dec6f448f07b543251b791baaeacedd23d4064/_Q4A2970.jpg" data-mid="226925525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d003849554b9a1eec8b5ce195dec6f448f07b543251b791baaeacedd23d4064/_Q4A2970.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8fd494d25da420c3a3a1e453d616140280f01801a05c9d93a79f9692a436cb5/_Q4A2972.jpg" data-mid="226925526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8fd494d25da420c3a3a1e453d616140280f01801a05c9d93a79f9692a436cb5/_Q4A2972.jpg" /> ~Urban Legend &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Aluminium, high-carbon steel. | 2024 <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1b42c2acc63dd64ad8e44be390be47d010e7d2aaa2b7cad60a7a8df4e851b25/main.jpg" data-mid="226925522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1b42c2acc63dd64ad8e44be390be47d010e7d2aaa2b7cad60a7a8df4e851b25/main.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f8f0aaf2c2fdb329cfc5638970880f61ac22e9c3b1fe115e7e0312b7a084a37/det-back.jpg" data-mid="226925521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f8f0aaf2c2fdb329cfc5638970880f61ac22e9c3b1fe115e7e0312b7a084a37/det-back.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d00555f0a205220f6537bf7255a1d413ceaacf0b4621af295596da75db8977a/totale.jpg" data-mid="226925528" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d00555f0a205220f6537bf7255a1d413ceaacf0b4621af295596da75db8977a/totale.jpg" /> https://davidezulli.com/Tempesta-di-Sabbia Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:29:23 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Tempesta-di-Sabbia | 2023 Sand-casting, Aluminum.260x66cm What Tempesta di Sabbia represents is a gloomy, dying forest that hides fragmented figures reassembled like splinters of an ancient artefact. The place I depict is a desolate heath that brings with it destruction and a melancholy of a time never lived. I like the contrast of the cold, industrial surface of the aluminium with the sense of spirituality that this landscape wants to tell. The design wants to be an almost magical tale that collides with the poor alloy used. ~Tempesta di Sabbia <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f14eddada6cc86abd70f4bd7f590851783f3fd13abc72a2d801342c7b8eaa9f/Davide-Zulli_Tempesta-di-Sabbia.jpg" data-mid="193003698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f14eddada6cc86abd70f4bd7f590851783f3fd13abc72a2d801342c7b8eaa9f/Davide-Zulli_Tempesta-di-Sabbia.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b44ea85774a4bcf3f271fa73863a4047e701bd86eb5001a40e0f25ae53d8b07/dettaglio-1.jpg" data-mid="193003697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b44ea85774a4bcf3f271fa73863a4047e701bd86eb5001a40e0f25ae53d8b07/dettaglio-1.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66914ea0da6057216f36060a79e7efe008f4429bcf6065017d6a6004ab213dbf/det-3.jpg" data-mid="193003696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66914ea0da6057216f36060a79e7efe008f4429bcf6065017d6a6004ab213dbf/det-3.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7407fa4ec6f1f4722b2dff67a9685873dfbdba297a426556bcafa9c420bf4206/det-2.jpg" data-mid="193003695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7407fa4ec6f1f4722b2dff67a9685873dfbdba297a426556bcafa9c420bf4206/det-2.jpg" /> https://davidezulli.com/Ill-Famed-Ocean Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:55:44 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Ill-Famed-Ocean ~ Ill-Famed Ocean <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afd36521ad7c3f14e9d69aa672e80a3c49f491938957eaae8af5239ce7710be0/IMG_1315.JPG" data-mid="168116243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afd36521ad7c3f14e9d69aa672e80a3c49f491938957eaae8af5239ce7710be0/IMG_1315.JPG" /> <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de1d2a6356f5fb549c350bd7a3deecf82224e929582b893d42bbe40addaec791/IMG_1313.JPG" data-mid="168226544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de1d2a6356f5fb549c350bd7a3deecf82224e929582b893d42bbe40addaec791/IMG_1313.JPG" /> Biennale delle Accademie-Monza (IT)| 2021 200x200x250cm Fiberglass, wood, spray-paint, led light, sprinklers, concrete manta raysculptures, metal shelves. <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f5b8b323a7ddd0fe55546c15dffe904d635d0b66603300291f5aebcbe1d127b/IMG_1299.JPG" data-mid="168226540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f5b8b323a7ddd0fe55546c15dffe904d635d0b66603300291f5aebcbe1d127b/IMG_1299.JPG" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13428b052b1ba5d43d4f9534a31a5ec86f440e839d74ea1a31130eb6dcd143da/IMG_1278.JPG" data-mid="168226541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13428b052b1ba5d43d4f9534a31a5ec86f440e839d74ea1a31130eb6dcd143da/IMG_1278.JPG" /> <img width="3474" height="2448" width_o="3474" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e39199981e074d636b87cd970a22b590336c8b7110f6bd7671313d77bdd1b513/sketch-3-outside-view.jpg" data-mid="168226551" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e39199981e074d636b87cd970a22b590336c8b7110f6bd7671313d77bdd1b513/sketch-3-outside-view.jpg" /> <img width="3477" height="2448" width_o="3477" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2bb2bba2fe19cb6fa348be0766a68ffe77de09df311699c589d7bcb61eb408b/sketch-2-inside-view.jpg" data-mid="168226550" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2bb2bba2fe19cb6fa348be0766a68ffe77de09df311699c589d7bcb61eb408b/sketch-2-inside-view.jpg" /> <img width="3483" height="2448" width_o="3483" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14d5efe95bfd220df70e9630aa5b840a50c0d3e0942c25f98870a75b8452859f/sketch-1.jpg" data-mid="168226548" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14d5efe95bfd220df70e9630aa5b840a50c0d3e0942c25f98870a75b8452859f/sketch-1.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddac24227e5de8d6811ce9f8d22087ef16f3011436fea97f158988e9d1f44def/IMG_1280.JPG" data-mid="168226542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddac24227e5de8d6811ce9f8d22087ef16f3011436fea97f158988e9d1f44def/IMG_1280.JPG" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63bb8e8a9973807d413b3e1dfb4bd69b5d367908531e43f05ef4f5353597d011/IMG_1293.JPG" data-mid="168226543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63bb8e8a9973807d413b3e1dfb4bd69b5d367908531e43f05ef4f5353597d011/IMG_1293.JPG" /> By creating a speculative fiction, I present a perspective outside of ourtime that reflects on current issues, leading the viewer to think aboutthe present. Ill- Famed Ocean deals with the spectacularization of certain crimes,such as the intensive exploitation of animals and the clandestine andillegal production of drugs. I was inspired by true stories of criminalsof the past. The stories about their lives, as well as evidence of their cri-mes, were collected and exhibited as if they were objects in a museum.I want to reflect on how men, unconsciously intrigued by criminals andtheir deeds, have always, in some ways, spectacularised their actionsas if they were heroes of a myth. The work shows how certain drug dealers can extract an enzyme frommanta rays that causes very strong hallucinations and sensations com-parable to the heaviest drugs available. Over the years, several hutssimilar to the one displayed have been found along various coasts ofthe world. Regardless of whether it is fictional or not, viewers will linkthe numerous references in the story to their everyday lives, makingthem realize that what they are observing is something that might aswell have happened. The inner space of the work is only visible througha few holes and by trying to peek through the chained main entrance. The idea is to prevent the spectator from freely entering this hut, al-lowing him to discover what the structure hides just by spying, fuelinghis desire to sneak inside. https://davidezulli.com/Fuoco-Fatuo Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:36:14 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Fuoco-Fatuo ~ Fuoco FatuoEpoxy, concrete, holographic fan.300x20cm. <img width="3147" height="4720" width_o="3147" height_o="4720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/088606e94348c6264bdcfbc4efeff1e5179a570d1508aa3eb45badf056710e0e/_DSC2158.jpg" data-mid="168114467" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/088606e94348c6264bdcfbc4efeff1e5179a570d1508aa3eb45badf056710e0e/_DSC2158.jpg" /> <img width="3457" height="5186" width_o="3457" height_o="5186" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cb227e753d95b37e791ad4988b4d6872a1d3e7807f4f3de54a804d5d76eb3e7/_Q4A0329-kopiren.jpg" data-mid="168114682" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cb227e753d95b37e791ad4988b4d6872a1d3e7807f4f3de54a804d5d76eb3e7/_Q4A0329-kopiren.jpg" /> A memorial to nature, Fuoco Fatuo is formed like lapidary stone and is a monument to nature. The ologramma then portrays his fantasy as being unstable and false. The persistent search for lost objects produces a surreal vision—a fantasy world filled with contradictions or anomalies. In the vast majority of horror films that deal with the topic of necromancy, the goal is to bring the plant back to life, and the outcome is always something terrible that only returns to hunt down the living for some wrongdoing. https://davidezulli.com/Last-Season-Purity Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:19:07 +0000 davide zulli https://davidezulli.com/Last-Season-Purity ~ Last Season PurityEpoxy, concrete, holographic fan, copper objects.Variable sizes. <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d909a768b44fb1da14deb932cfe00a3dbe87b5f4c23c29646a48772b0494b5e/_Q4A0427.jpg" data-mid="169648198" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d909a768b44fb1da14deb932cfe00a3dbe87b5f4c23c29646a48772b0494b5e/_Q4A0427.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91e57f6aa5053336af7ae66fcdec67591bf4306a6dba95208d6b5e3f6868deba/_Q4A0395.jpg" data-mid="169648196" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91e57f6aa5053336af7ae66fcdec67591bf4306a6dba95208d6b5e3f6868deba/_Q4A0395.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42072f1e3909896c6bb1bf51ac8fca9aabe81f07ed6df801c1a364df2c34f77f/1.jpg" data-mid="169648197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42072f1e3909896c6bb1bf51ac8fca9aabe81f07ed6df801c1a364df2c34f77f/1.jpg" /> Steps of Humankind is a section of a larger composition that depicts a dead forest, with each petal bearing a different symbol, such as amulets or talismans, some inspired by sacred objects and others influenced by fantasy culture. This installation's goal is to recreate a sacred site that once served as a significant spiritual goal. Despite the fact that this tree represents death, the visitors' determination to bring it back to life draws even more attention from the dead and focuses their attention on how damaged it is. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb5594a20d4aa832f8ad007642d1c46710ca88ffd86f51851864488a2904628f/_DSC0133.jpg" data-mid="169648224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb5594a20d4aa832f8ad007642d1c46710ca88ffd86f51851864488a2904628f/_DSC0133.jpg" /> Exhibition view at ‘REA! Art Fair’| 2022 Milano (IT).