in progress from 2024

gilding in the forests.
Documentation in 15 photographs

Various sizes

Immersed in the wilderness, man often loses himself in its immense dimensions, perceiving only brushstrokes of color, generic shapes, and volumes, neglecting and failing to notice the details that actually give life to everything he sees.

With the ‘One Glance’ project, I tend to draw human attention to the small details that catch my eye. By applying gold leaf to living leaves, mushrooms, and bark, I wish to show how just a drop of attention, a fleeting glance, can transform the invisible into the visible, revealing the beauty of the work of art already created by the greatest artist – Nature – and becoming its co-creator.

The project was developed during my residency at Domaine de Boisbuchet in March 2024, thanks to the Nuovo Grand Tour, an initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris and the Contemporary Creativity Directorate General of the Ministry of Culture of Italy, with the institutional collaboration of the Institut Français Italia.