Laura Valle
SUBSURFACE

Description

The volume investigates the space under the surface of the water, of the sea but not only, through photographs, writing, painting and videos, in particular that peculiar vision that, from below upwards, allows you to see the sunlight filtered precisely by the water, with its nuances and variations. The artist leads us through the narration of a path that from being thrown down into the deep darkness of the abyss allows us to go back towards purification and light, through knowledge and relationship but also through the relationship with such an irreplaceable and precious for our life which is water.
Subsurface tells, with the language of images, with sequences but also jumps, passing from wider shots to details, a story of water in which this element is the means for the regeneration of the body and mind through the descent towards the deep center of itself, passing from the surface to the absence of light of the abyss. It is a passage of colors but also of moods, represented as a journey against the laws of physics.
A figure of a woman has thrown herself into the water, struggles to free herself but at the same time goes down into the darkness until she disappears; reappears – and the writing accompanies the image making it more explicit – to retrace the reverse path until it meets the other. In the relationship with the other it is the key to the ascent, which takes place with the guidance of the sunlight filtered by the water, the source of life.