Darnau o Ddaear
Eryri and Etna, two contrasting territories, both formed by volcanic activity, their cultures and landscapes have evolved through a strong connection between rural communities and the land.
Drawing inspiration from her home region in Sicily the North Welsh region Eryri, the artist Giovanna Vinciguerra brings into dialogue her work with the artist Moss Carroll to discuss their cultural identities and connections with their homelands.
The exhibition Darnau o Ddaear, creates cultural dissemination between these two territories connecting them through a series of exhibitions displayed in Wales and Sicily, Immigrating the visions of both artists bringing their experiential knowledge together to form a meeting of these two different places.
The gallery MoMa Machynlleth. Wales
Sellerine
These nails are typically used for stretching canvases. Each nail pins many stories. These blocks of school notebooks, nailed at different heights represent the time of dreams, hopes and the possibilities of each individual child; dictated by the social limits of development that can be found based on their places of belonging.
Adoration
Hope is the cradle of refuge; the joy of a new life, the sense of lightheartedness, the naive happiness that youth embodies in a blurred reality that is still incomprehensible to it.
Rings
Bonds that hinder personal growth; “Moviti femmu” – “Move still” is a Sicilian saying that expresses the desire not to move from where you are.
The walls of the city of Catania were characterised by the presence of these iron rings, commonly used to tie animals, such as: horses, donkeys and mules, and ensure their rest without being able to escape.
Thirty-six rings installed on the wall in a single row, each ring characterizes a bond: belonging to a territory, the family, the habits, the pains, the beliefs and fears.
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