Quotes

Nazar Bilyk

Two quotation marks in pairs are a simple and universal typographical sign, usually used in writing to indicate quotations themselves, or to indicate that some words are to be understood with particular nuances of meaning. Positioning them in a frame of an idyllic alpine landscape, with a homely farmhouse in the Senes alpine pasture as focal point, the artist invites us to reflect on the concept of Heimat: in a time when many traditional attributes lose the meanings shared in the past, things are reduced to a more strictly subjective sensation and therefore to an illusory and changing interpretation.
In this moment of great transformation of anthropic landscapes there are places however that do not change, that seem to be quotations from a remote past, frozen and motionless - sacred, we could say. And the confrontation with the present provokes restless questions. Does identity still form through the place of residence when mobility is dizzyingly fast? And is experience formed by the environment if personal relationships are to be considered inferior to virtual ones.

Exhibit place Sennes

The Senes plateau is located in the northern Dolomites and is part of the Fanes-Senes-Braies nature park. Since 2009, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the foot of the surrounding mountains (among others, Monte Sella di Sennes, Croda del Becco and to the east Croda Rossa) extends a “malga” (farm) which still operates during the summer months.