SKAP PROJECTS, in collaboration with Kunstgarasjen and Lygalleriet, invites you to the opening of a video exhibition by Rossella Nisio.
SKAP PROJECTS is an artist-run initiative dedicated to video art and art films. It serves as a dynamic platform for both emerging and established artists to showcase their work in these evolving mediums. Our mission is to foster a global community by bringing together video and film artists from around the world, igniting meaningful discourse on contemporary practices in these fields. Through curated exhibitions, screenings, and events, SKAP PROJECTS challenges traditional boundaries, offering a space where innovation and experimentation can thrive.
Rosella Nisio The Silent Ray
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The Silent Ray is a two-channel video installation by Italian artist Rossella Nisio that plunges into the depths of darkness—a darkness that speaks of absence. This darkness consumes the object and objectivity, distorting their roles as entities of existence. Nisio delves into the memories and narrative truths embedded in photographs, inviting us to experience the sensations of seeing, hearing, feeling, and even smelling in the void. In The Silent Ray, both darkness and light teeter on fragility, each capable of overwhelming the other. We remain confined inside, never glimpsing the outside, despite the presence of doors and windows that remain shut.
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The Silent Ray is a descent into the destructive desire to break free from mediocrity, rooted in Rossella’s research into her family’s history. The work draws from photographic materials in an album created by her grandfather, a volunteer in the fascist military during the 1935–36 conflict in Ethiopia. It also incorporates archival documents, writings, and records from those who fought in, narrated, or studied the war.
About Resella Nisio
Rossella Nisio is an Italian visual artist based in Rotterdam. Her practice focuses on human environments and imprints of human presence, reflecting on their endurance and representation. Spanning diverse media, her works are influenced by filmic, photographic and literary languages. She has a background in cinema and performing arts theory at the University of Roma Tre (DAMS), receiving practical training in photography at Ar.Co in Lisbon. In 2019, she earned an MA in Fine Art and Design in the Lens-Based Media program at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. She was a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 2021–2023. Her works have been exhibited in art venues and festivals around the world such as Rencontres Internationales in Paris and Berlin, International Film Festival Rotterdam, TIVA Biennial in Taipei, Go Short International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, IndieLisboa, and more. Her works have been included in the collections at the EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam and the CFMDC in Toronto.
This event is supported by Kunstgarasjen and Lydgalleriet.