Eternal Campfire
Time goes by, I wanna rise up
And I know why things change
And I know why I stay the same
Artist: Stefania Carlotti
Year: 2022, 9 + 3 AP
Media: Glazed ceramic
Production: Ceramiche Gatti, Faenza
Measurements
Height: 32cm
Width: 32cm
Depth: 31cm
Weight: 3 kg ca.
© Courtesy Andrea Rossetti
© Courtesy Tommaso Tanini
© Courtesy Tommaso Tanini
© Courtesy Tommaso Tanini
© Courtesy Tommaso Tanini
© Courtesy Tommaso Tanini
© Courtesy Tommaso Tanini
Eternal Campfire is scene frozen in time in a freeze frame that freezes the moment eternally. Likewise, this process of temporal undoing, mirrors its production. When shaping ceramics, one stands still for hours on end to shape volumes and details. The ephemeral image of the burning flames has expanded, expanding in time to enter an infinite dimension. It refers to the scenario of a fantastic story that goes beyond the symbol of the urn and is allowed to be personally developed through affective relationship.
But nothing fades like the light
Time goes by, I wanna rise up
And I know why things change
And I know why I stay the same
Some say I should learn to cry
But I only learned how to fight
And I know everything must die
But nothing fades like the light
No, nothing fades like the light
See Italian Translation below.
Technical details
Credits
Artist: Stefania Carlotti
Title: Eternal Campfire
Year: 2022
Media: Glazed ceramic
Details: 9 + 3 AP
Production: Ceramiche Gatti, Faenza
Measurements
Height: 32cm
Width: 32cm
Depth: 31cm
Weight: 3 kg ca.
Biography
Stefania Carlotti
Stefania Carlotti (b. 1994, Carpi) lives and works in Lausanne.
In 2019 she obtained a MA in Visual Arts from ECAL, Lausanne, and a BA in Visual Arts from NABA, Milan, in 2016.
Her work is the result of a combination of memories, fantasy and ordinary life from which she takes objects and situations, appropriating them through reproduction; as an attempt to rationalise her place in the world and to give meaning to her existence.
Her work was presented in several exhibitions, including VITA-MINE, Sonnenstube, Lugano(2022); PARAPHERNALIA Before the fire, Forde, Geneva; Primary Domain, Ordet, Milan (2021); A Beautiful Life, Wallstreet, Fribourg (2021); Lemaniana. Reflections on other scenes, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Ginevra (2021); Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis, Kunsthaus Langenthal (2021); Grand miniature, Sentiment, Zürich (2020); Usefulles, Galerie Crèvecœur, Paris; Garantie, Wishing Well, Lausanne (2019); and Ending Explained and DOC!, Paris (2018).
Carlotti is the founder, together with Margaux Dewarrat, of 13 Vitrine, a showcase exhibition space inaugurated in 2021 in Renens.
Eternal Campfire, è una scena bloccata nel tempo di un fermo immagine che congela l’attimo eternamente. Allo stesso modo, questo processo di annullamento temporale, rispecchia la sua produzione. Quando si modella la ceramica, si resta immobili ore ed ore per dare forma a volumi e dettagli. L’immagine effimera dell’immersione del cavallo e del cowboy si è espansa, dilatandosi nel tempo per entrare in una dimensione infinita. Rimanda allo scenario di una storia fantastica che va oltre al simbolo di un’urna e a cui è permesso di essere sviluppata personalmente attraverso il rapporto affettivo.