STEFANO CERIO | Aquila
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On 9 June 2022, from 7 pm to 9 pm, the Studio Trisorio vetrine, situated on via Carlo Poerio 116, will showcase Stefano Cerio's photographic project entitled Aquila which marks the start of a series of exhibitions in this essential street-front space, just a few steps from Piazza dei Martiri.
A selection of large photographs and the video that is a fundamental part of the project in which the artist installed several whimsical, inflatable structures in various sites in the area of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region, including Piana di Campo Felice, Campo Imperatore and Pescasseroli will be shown.
Brightly colored sliding boards, fairy-tale cottages, little churches, and soccer fields are situated in deserted spaces, in the middle of a frozen plain, at the foot of a verdant hill, or on barren terrain. In photographing these structures as they slowly come to life far removed from their usual context, Cerio aims to produce a sense of estrangement and induce reflection on feelings of abandonment and the strong desire for rebirth in the very places which were so sorely challenged by the seismic events that took place between 2009 and 2012.
Biography
Stefano Cerio lives and works between Rome and Paris. He has been interested in research photography and video since 2001. He exhibited his Machine Man project in 2004 at the Lattuada Studio in Milan. One year later, the Codice Multiplo solo exhibition was dedicated to his work by the Città della Scienza (City of Science) in Naples. In 2008, Cerio realized an installation for the Porte del Mediterraneo installation for the Piemonte Region, Rivoli. In 2009, his Sintetico italiano solo exhibition was held at the charterhouse of San Giacomo, Capri. In 2010, he presented two showings at the Galerie Italienne in Paris and exhibited at the Madre Museum in Naples as part of the ’O Vero. Napoli nel mirino group exhibition. In 2011, his Winter Aquapark was exhibited at the Forma Foundation in Milan that took place in conjunction with the Aquapark volume published by Contrasto; that same year, he exhibited his video Summer Aquapark at the MAXXI, Rome. In 2012, the Night Ski series was shown at the Studio Trisorio in Naples (Vice Versa catalogue published by Contrasto). In 2014, his Cruise Ship exhibition was held during the Mois de la Photo in Paris. In 2015, Chinese Fun was published by Hatje Cantz and a showing was held at the Volume Foundation in Rome. In 2017, Hatje Cantz published the new Night Games catalogue which became a solo show at the Centro Italiano per la Fotografia – Camera in Turin. In 2018, the Pignatelli Museum – Casa della fotografia in Naples dedicated a major retrospective to his work and in 2019, the Italian Institute of Culture in Paris exhibited Constructions Instables. The Aquila project is the result of an assignment from the MAXXI Museum in Aquila, and some photographs from this series have become part of the permanent collection of MAXXI in Rome.
