So Comes Snow After Fire

VOGA Art Project, Bari, Puglia, IT
3 Feb - 18 March, 2023

Suported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia

photos by Flavia Tritto, Ola Hincapie, Sasha Tishkov

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01 Abandoned Axe In the Stump of Olive Tree By Some Folklore Forest Creature
Olive log, wooden handle, jute, onion dye, fence spikes

02 Let’s Start the Fire
Vulcan black stoneware, unfired clay
55 x 40 x 5 cm

03 Droplets From the Sky
Parian Porcelain
300 x 200 x 50 cm (installation)

04 Who Keeps the Ruins Warm
Video projection, 2:15 mins

05 The Tentacles of Cthulhu
Oak wood, beeswax, laser cut old handsaw blade
50 x 20 x 4 cm

So Comes Snow After Fire introduces universal primordial practices like wood cutting and fire lighting into the exhibition space, guiding us into a speculative scenario that critically examines our contemporary reality. By expanding the imagination to encompass time travel—from primordial memories to alternative presents and utopian or apocalyptic futures—the exhibition explores the possibility of an imminent return to the essentials of survival. The show invites us to reflect on how close or distant each of us is from preparing the next fire, whether it be material or symbolic, imbued with hope or despair.