The Astronaut 02
roberto rodolfo cami
contemporary visual and conceptual art since 2008 (low resolution, have a look on Instagram)
THE ASTRONAUT
I developed the Cave/Spelon project as I consider it an important point of attraction and study for me, although it has certainly been addressed several times in literature, but it has stimulated me to interpret it visually.
There is certainly a reference in the myth of Plato's cave and in all the subsequent symbols also found in the Divine Comedy, as well as in the meaning of knowledge, meditation and individual journey. For me it is both an emotional and conceptual theme, we could say. The two aspects are strongly integrated. Without neglecting the questioning sense of attraction, of immersion and journey linked both to the entrance of a dark place, of a narrow, silent and mysterious ravine, and to that of an exit from it towards the light, with an enrichment or a personal impoverishment.
The project is carried out on six works of which three identify the entrance to the cave and three will be dedicated to the exit. The minimal and conceptual approach to which I belong is characterized here by an extreme simplicity used for the representation only of color spaces enclosed in the broken line used to try to stimulate thought and emotion.
Prints on paper 1 edition.
La Caverna
Ho sviluppato il progetto della caverna/spelonca in quanto lo ritengo per me un punto di attrazione e di studio importante, sebbene certamente affrontato più volte nella letteratura, mi ha però stimolato a interpretarlo visivamente.
Si trova riferimento senz'altro nel mito della caverna di Platone ed a tutte le successive simbologie trovate anche nella Divina Commedia, oltre ché al significato di conoscenza, di meditazione, di percorso individuale. Per me è un tema sia emozionale che concettuale, si potrebbe dire. I due aspetti si integrano fortemente. Senza tralasciare il senso interrogativo, di attrazione, di immersione e percorrenza legati sia all'ingresso di un luogo buio, di un anfratto stretto, silenzioso e misterioso, sia a quello di un' uscita da esso verso la luce, con un arricchimento o un impoverimento personale.
Il progetto è realizzato su sei lavori di cui tre identificano l'ingresso della caverna e tre saranno dedicati all'uscita. L'approccio minimale e concettuale di mia appartenenza é qui caratterizzato da una semplicità estrema utilizzata per la rappresentazione solo di spazi colore racchiusi nella linea spezzata spesi a cercare di stimolare il pensiero e l'emozione.
Stampe su carta unica edizione.
The Climate Action Day - 2019/2024 anniversary
5 years later
Started a small hand draft on paper on the occasion of the action day for the climate of the 15th of march 2019, the work in digital is now drawn, re-proposing some themes of climate changes.
A cosmic light beam highlights two different characteristics caused by them. Earth is in fact symbolically represented in two parts; one barren, without seas, emptied by the drought and atmospheric pollution, the second one instead totally under water.
A Nature suffering and disoriented for that is expressed by the screaming and injured flower which also rebels against pollination, perhaps not recognizing bees as allies, thus also introducing the theme of the risk of their extinction. These, drawn with broken lines and cubic shapes, take a micro-robotic appearance, by growing a doubt...
SPACE CITY 06
The Space Cities are located in the imaginary and they are timeless. Here the robotic city takes shape as the evolution of a stylized zoomorphic figure (gorilla, duck, elephant, seahorse, jellyfish, and giraffe) and gives meaning to the composition. An expressive language, realized through the research of other mind meanings and a new articulated, structured drawing that with inclined surfaces, crystal blocks for light, line tensions and dialogue of the colors gets to the minimal and conceptual aspect.
Project/Collection of 6 works started in 2012, completed in 2024 with the last digital work, Space City 06.
UNEXPECTED SCENARIOS
DAY BY DAY 05
digital artwork by photography
CONTEMPORARY GROUP SHOWS THE 1ST JUNE - THE 31TH JULY 2023
THOMSON GALLERY FINE ART
Contemporary Group Exhibition
the 1st June - the 31th July 2023
Zurig/Switzerland
NICOLETA GALLERY
Contemporary Group Exhibition
the 1st - the 31th July
Berlin/Germany
CASA DEL ARTE PALMA
Contemporary Group Exhibition
the 1st - the 31th July
Palma/Spain
FINITY GALLERY
Contemporary Group Exhibition
the 1st - the 31th June
Berlin/Germany
JOHNATHAN SCHULTZ
Contemporary Group Exhibition
the 1st - the 31th June
Miami/Usa
SPACE CITY 05
DAY BY DAY 04
digital artwork by photography
DAY BY DAY 04
The original to be printed
BETWEEN HEART AND REASON
digital artwork