QUANDO
MI VIDI
NON C'ERO

“Quando Mi Vidi Non C’ero” (“When I Saw Myself I Wasn’t There”) is an autobiographical project that explores the theme of identity and interpersonal relationships.

It is a confession, a visual psychoanalysis of the past as a form of liberation.

The exhibition explores the complexity of human life, highlighting how a psychiatric disorder can influence one’s self-perception and the perception of others.
The story takes us through an emotional journey in which real events blend with fictional elements, flashbacks, evocative figures, atmospheres and sensations.
It is a retrospective look at the past as an opportunity to reflect on the themes of loss, the quest for one’s identity, the annihilation, the ties with other people, and our own place in the world.
The subject of the photos are the passions, disillusions, sorrows and farewells.
The sequence of photos is presented as an inner visual narrative that stems from the urge to put all the pieces back together and take into account what has happened so far.
The title of the exhibition, borrowed from a work by Vincenzo Agnetti, symbolizes the complexity of defining oneself and claiming one’s own existence.
Neglecting oneself in light of other individuals and dwelling into bodies and faces that are not our own.
Behind each portrait lies a desperate need to exist, a hopeless search to find oneself and recognize our real identity.
The narrative does not follow a chronological timeline but rather embodies a mosaic of feelings and memories.
 
There is no beginning, but there is an end.
The end of a chapter and the starting point for a new future.
A self-portrait in the mirror, a figure that emerges naked and vulnerable, the image of a rebirth.
“I can finally see myself.”