ISLAND #5: FEDERICA SALA
ISLAND
\ ˈī-lənd \
#5
An island is something that can be spotted at a distance, encircled by the sea and by the horizon.
An island is a place that changes as its limits are always redefined by the growing or shrinking of its coastline.
An island distinguishes itself from all those that surround it for some particular characters.
ISLAND \ ˈī-lənd \ is a section that consists in highlighting a series of works by contemporary jewelry artists within the space of the gallery providing them with a special display.
Island #5 presents a work by Federica Sala called Time to Play, an ongoing research on the role of play as a learning tool.
Time to play is a collection of play-boxes for grown-ups, inspired by well-known children's games and designed to reflect on contemporary themes for which it is difficult to find an explanation.
Time to Play was first exhibited in March 2019 during the group show “A room of one's own” at LOT62, Schleißheimer Straße, 80333 München and hosted by 84GHz, below, pics of the exhibition by Lilian Mattuschka
Federica Sala, Time to Play, 2019 - ongoing. Pic.: Federico Cavicchioli
From the artist’s statement: “Everyday life defines who we are, through new experiences that generate future thoughts and actions. In a time where the boundaries between personal space and working life have become increasingly blurred, eventually disappearing, thanks to my children I had the chance and the opportunity to think about the action of “play” as a learning opportunity.
Federica Sala, Time to Play, 2019 - ongoing. Pic.: Federico Cavicchioli
In the playful dimension, mechanisms belonging to reality are re-proposed and recreated, so that the child, while playing, acquires rules, concepts, information and dynamics that will help him in understanding and facing everyday life.
Federica Sala, Time to Play, 2019 - ongoing. Pic.: Federico Cavicchioli
The return to the dimension of the game is on the one hand the desire to understand, on the other the need to evade from a reality that escapes our understanding but which continues to touch us, leaving us more and more overwhelmed.
Federica Sala, Time to Play, 2019 - ongoing. Pic.: Federico Cavicchioli
Once opened, the box offer objects with which it is necessary to interact in order to understand their meaning and functioning. Among the plausible activities is the possibility of wearing those objects, with solutions to be discovered by trial and error (which are also part of the game).
Portrait of Federica Sala by Federico Cavicchioli
Federica Sala (b. 1986 Italy, lives and works in Milan) holds an MFA in Contemporary Jewellery and Body Ornament from Alchimia in Florence (2015) tutored by the Mexican jewellery artist Jorge Manilla, and an MA in Fashion Design from the Politecnico in Milan (2011). From 2010 to 2012 she has been the assistant of the Italian artist Giorgio Vigna, working among others on projects for the Biennale of Art in Venice. Her work has been exhibited at the Mad Museum in New York, at the American Glass Weekend, at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, SOFA in Chicago and ZIBA Prague Museum among the others. With her piece “Unbearable lightness” she has been nominated for the Stanislav Libensky Award in 2015. Her body of work True Lies has won the Marzee International Graduated Prize in 2016. She currently teaches contemporary jewellery in IED in Milan. Her work is part of the Marzee Permanent Collection.