Sguardi Wha?

Un titolo misterioso che racchiude un caleidoscopio di sensazioni, colori, atmosfere, catturati negli scatti di Chiara Tansini, raccolti allo spazio Tecniche Miste nel bellissimo chiostro S. Antonino di Corso Matteotti, nel cuore di Varese.

Le quaranta fotografie raccontano dei suoi viaggi, compiuti negli ultimi anni. "Non sono una fotografa - precisa Chiara Tansini - sono un'architetto con una forte passione per la fotografia".

Che sia una macchina professionale o la fotocamera del cellulare, Chiara Tansini cattura i momenti, ci mostra l'architettura da un punto di vista diverso dal solito, ci riporta le sue personali sensazioni. 

Indonesia, Marocco, Milano, Lugano, Mont Saint-Michel, Lourdes, Bordeaux, Tailandia, Pantelleria, New York, Marrakech, Los Angeles... sono davvero tanti i luoghi che ha visitato, e che scopriamo in maniera singolare attraverso il suo personale "collage" fotografico. 

"Sono tutti momenti del viaggio, non sono scatti progettati. Scatto perchè mi piace, per passione: un dettaglio che mi incuriosisce, dei momenti particolari che colpiscono...". 

Non importa dunque in questo caso la tecnica, questi scatti permettono al pubblico di scoprire, attraverso sguardi e scorci, quanto potente sia la fotografia nel fissare attimi della nostra vita e talvolta, come in questo caso, l'anima delle persone. Sguardi che sanno di esperienze vissute, di segni dimenticati, sguardi che si velano di libertà.

Matteo Bollini
www.artevarese.com

Le Mont Saint Michel, photo by Chiara Tansini

Le Mont Saint Michel, photo by Chiara Tansini

Info.
Sguardi Wha?
40 fotografie di Chiara Tansini
fino al 28 settembre 2015
Spazio - Tecniche Miste
Chiostro Sant'Antonino, C.so Matteotti, 53 - Varese
Orari apertura: da martedì a sabato dalle 16.30 alle 19.30

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‘Made by bees’ (red edition), 2007. 
Beeswax
24 x 16 x 16 cm
Private collection
photo © Raoul Kramer.

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photo © Paul Smith Limited

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