HELLO! (to)
And then here I am, to tell you something about this year's Sitges exhibition. It may be objected to me that more than a month has already passed, però, sapete com’è, I like to take it easy, and the management of this blog non fa eccezione. After all, I am sure that many images of the works exhibited in Sitges have already been posted on Facebook, some with exhibitions still in progress, so a few more weeks makes no difference.
At this point one might wonder what this could be for post, e, I will tell you, I have doubts too, but when I happen to review some photographs that we have taken, the temptation to describe arises irresistibly, to comment, conjecture, deciphering what a distracted glance might miss. You do it for the benefit of those who, for various reasons, they were not present, it is done to offer an original interpretation (and hopefully authentic) of what there was to see, it is done to give a further reason for satisfaction to those who have created those works, this is done to encourage a "person" visit to future editions of the exhibition, and finally it is also done for personal pleasure, almost as if composing this post was also making a patchwork, not cloth, questo è ovvio, but by stitching together images and words.
Sitges 2023 – Anteterza
Isabel Muñoz – Gaia-The origin
Sitges 2023 – Anteseconda
Hollis Chatelain – Girls are Strong
Detail
Sitges 2023 – Preview
Alice Lawrence – Low Poly Daisy Quilt
There is no prophet in the country
There is no prophet in the country, and in my case it means that I have received more satisfaction abroad than here. For the sake of truth, I confess I've never actually looked for them, ambition is not among my main faults, but more than a few times I had the impression of being invisible.
As it is, after years and years of managing the blog, finally someone noticed that my chronicles from the world of patchwork have their own specific value, and this someone stands, manco a dirlo, beyond the border.
It had already happened in Alsace, when I preferred to give up an active role (albeit temporary) as I have extreme difficulty expressing myself in a language other than my own (my travel agent takes care of that / sherpa / photographer / webmaster / ecc.). This time however it is the Czech Republic that gives me an implicit recognition by sending me the press accreditation for the exhibition of the Prague Patchwork Meeting to be held in Brno.
Bene, it only took twelve years of work, però, in the end, ce l’abbiamo fatta. Evviva!
Not long now
Gerlinde Merl – Biscuits
