Me-Me

A Meditation on Absence

In this project, we are presented with a profound meditation on absence and the spaces we yearn for but never quite inhabit. Me-Me is born from a sense of nostalgia—a longing for a city I frequent but no longer call home. "Milano, I am often in the city, but I don't live there. My habits are taking root elsewhere."

Unlived Destinies

This exploration invites us to reconsider the nature of presence and absence, to ask: why not be in all places, in all forms? The work contemplates the untaken paths, the lives that could have been. It's an introspective zoom into potential selves—if only I had stayed, if only I hadn't left—what could I have become?

Here unfolds a continuous narrative of possible destinies. I place myself at the center of an infinite web of what-ifs, as we witness a proliferation of potential futures, each one manifesting as another "me."

Simultaneously Absent and Present

Yet, this isn't just a return to a physical place. Me-Me suggests that through art, one can be simultaneously absent and present: "At least during the exhibition, I am there with my friends, and even with those who might have been my friends had we ever met—because, in reality, I am not in Milan."

By weaving together memory, place, and multiplicity, this work creates a poignant tableau of belonging and estrangement, a reminder that we are always negotiating between the spaces we inhabit and those we imagine.

AI Yoga per Intelligenze Artistiche

Me-Me was exhibited at MEET Digital Culture Center in Milan as part of "AI Yoga per Intelligenze Artistiche", a collective exhibition curated by Valerio Borgonuovo in collaboration with Lenovo. The exhibition ran from September 19-29, 2024.

The show explored the unprecedented synergy between humans and machines in AI-generated art, highlighting how technology, far from being a substitute for human creativity, amplifies its expressive potential. The ten featured Italian artists created works realized or enhanced by devices equipped with neural processing units capable of processing up to 45 trillion operations per second.

Alongside Me-Me, the exhibition featured works by Accurat, Lorenzo Bacci and Flavio Moriniello, Roberto Beragnoli, Alessandra Condello, Francesco D'Isa, Lorem (Francesco D'Abbraccio), Katsukokoiso (Eugenio Marongiu), Andrea Meregalli and Mattia Piatti.