Forewords
Bologna is the city with the longest porticoes worldwide, that has been declared a UNESCO Heritage Site in 2021.
Starting from the study of the architectural features of several of those porticoes (portici – ita), Vortici (Vortices – eng) is a project that develops their depiction according to an artistic view. With a wordplay (Vortici – Portici), Vortici aims to represent the magic of the sequentiality, at times hypnotic, of this ancient urban architectural work that became iconic due to its unicity.
Porticoes show perspectives tending towards infinity, either walking downtown or climbing to the hilltop. Getting to the Saint Luca Basilic looks like walking the “Stairway to Heaven” (cit. Led Zeppelin).
Date
2025
Awards
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Description
Vortici comes from an idea shared with Mariangela Scuderi (journalist, photographer and videomaker). Around 150 works have been created by composing more than 50 photographs in different ways: one single frame repeated several times in the same work.
Some works show unfinished figures at the edges, such to provide the pattern with a sense of limitlessness, inspired by the sensation of infinity of the porticoes.
Due to the large number, works have been divided in more galleries based on the layout (portrait/landscape) or the composition complexity (number of single frames). Click on each image for the full view.
Gallery #1 – Landscape Extra Large ( > 70 frames)
Gallery #2 – Landscape Large (50 <> 70 frames)
Gallery #3 – Landscape Medium (10 <> 50 frames)
Gallery #4 – Landscape/Square Small (< 10 frames)
Gallery #5 – Portrait Small (< 10 frames)
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