Why did I invite Silvia Codignola?

In addition to being linked by an old friendship, I share with Silvia Codignola, an artist of Ligurian origin but who has always worked in Rome, an aptitude for the representation of an atmosphere linked both to the ancient and contemporary Roman cultural tradition, as well as to the specific physical context of this city. For each of us, with its specific disciplinary tools - the work of art and architecture - there is an intention of establishing continuity with places and their meanings. This rootedness manifests itself, from time to time, through a radical evolution - introducing discontinuity to continuity - of some recurring or permanent elements of Roman culture. Certainly, for Silvia I believe that light and mass are decisive in the representation of places, like some elements referring to classic. Concerning architecture, the expression of this rootedness is expressed through the adoption of strategies of adaptation and connection between discordant elements, a lesson that Rome, in its complexity, has been teaching us for 2,000 years.