Alice Frattali's 'Voragine' Explores Identity as Fluid Transition Through Fashion Photography

Alice Frattali's project 'Voragine' examines identity as a dynamic, evolving state rather than a fixed condition. The work investigates how the human body serves as a transitional space where control fractures, creating opportunities for transformation. Through visual and textual elements, the project presents identity as constantly negotiated within tension between presence and disintegration. The void is conceptualized not as absence but as a fertile, suspended space where matter has not yet formed. Accompanying fragmented text mirrors this instability, referencing error, memory, and malfunction to suggest a body existing between material and systemic realms. Control, fear, and rebellion coexist within the same structure, with revolt redefined as a dismantling process rather than destruction. The project was developed in collaboration with photographer Federico Gherardi, with art direction and styling translating conceptual concerns into visual language. Garments from emerging fashion brands Pecora Nera and Etere contribute to exploring relationships between body, material, and transformation. The work appears on C41 Magazine's platform, presenting a photographic series that challenges conventional notions of fixed identity through imagery and accompanying textual fragments.