At the end of the road, among the oldest buildings, there is a little church, now deconsecrated, which was once dedicated to the Madonna della Tosse. This is where Lena Papadaki has her own studio. There is a strange atmosphere, otherwise unique, between these walls, where the gestures of men and the result of their intentions, both new and antique, are combined. Firm and precise, the hand follows the profile of a figure that slowly emerges. The artist’s devotion stands in the shape that she obtains in the end.
The material, asleep, will start singing again after passing through the fire.

Francesco Giardinazzo
University of Bologna – Forlì Campus

Nella casa di una Madonna antica,
ove il tempo ha cancellato le icone
e gli echi di preghiere ha disperso,
una poetessa, venuta da oriente,
con alchimie di fuoco e fumo
raccoglie e fissa scintille di luce
su vasi d’ apeiron primordiale,
come laiche richieste di redenzione
a Chi ritirò la sua luce, in principio

Guido Zauli