Senza titolo, 2012
GaetanaTrippetti, UK
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GaetanaTrippetti, Stockport, United Kingdom, May, 2012 The inspiration behind the physical aspect of my work was an exhibition at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, where I saw ancient palm-leaf manuscripts of South Asia written in Sinhalese, the literature language of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). The intended meaning of the artwork is the enduring power of literature: fire and water cannot destroy the written word, because by reading a book we commit its meaning to memory and we are therefore able to perpetuate its enduring power through the oral tradition. . Gaetana Trippetti was born in Perugia, Italy. She is a poet, actor and conceptual artist and lives in Stockport, UK. Her poetry has appeared in many anthologies and journals in Italy, the UK and Canada. A collection of her poetry "Random" was published in 2009 by YouWriteOn.com. She is a member of World Wide Workshop, a company of international actors based at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. In 2008 she appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where she performed her "random acts of poetry". She is extremely proud and honoured to be part of this project. Mixed media (marbled paper, handmade coloured paper, singed old newsprint, aged photocopies of pages torn from book of poetry, fine sandpaper, green garden twine, red beeswax). Dimensions: 21 x 10 cm approx gaetana@alumni.manchester.ac.uk |