Anatomia di una tensione

The exhibition Anatomia di una tensione (Anatomy of a Tension) brings together the research of Veronica Sponilli and Martina Taddeucci within the space of the Church of Beata Lucia, a place deeply rooted in the history of this Umbrian area in which body, time, and spirituality intertwine.
The church’s architecture features works that explore tension as a physical and symbolic condition, as a force acting on matter, and as a trace that time leaves on bodies and things.

In Veronica Sponilli’s work, tension manifests itself as resistance of the material. Precarious fibers, weights, and structures make an unstable equilibrium visible, in which the force of gravity becomes a measure of limit and duration. Alongside, Martina Taddeucci’s practice constructs images and surfaces through re-used fabrics, stitching, and layering, transforming the pictorial gesture into a process of sedimentation of memory. Her works are the representations of collective bodies, fragile archives in which time is deposited and continues to operate.