Federica Balconi's 'Impalcature affettive, uso domestico' at Traffic Gallery

Traffic Gallery in Bergamo presents 'Impalcature affettive, uso domestico', the first solo exhibition in the city by artist Federica Balconi, curated by Sara Parolini. The show runs from April 11 to June 20, 2026, featuring mostly new works that explore the tension between function and dysfunction. Balconi recontextualizes formal repertoires from architecture, mechanics, classical decoration, and domestic material culture. Key pieces include 'Toc Toc' (2026), where two battering rams face each other without impact, and the 'Capitello' series (2026), which merges Ionic capitals with domestic printer forms producing blank pages. 'La noia' and 'La gelosia' (2026) isolate classical frieze fragments on aluminum scaffolding, associating them with ordinary emotions. 'NOTE 02' (2024) uses a marble slab as a temporary memo. 'La piccola battaglia' (2026) reduces combat iconography to a repetitive graphic exercise. 'Autoritratto' (2026) traces identity through continuous line. Balconi, raised in an engineering family, draws on mechanical components to create 'impossible machines' that retain the appearance of functionality while remaining inoperative. The exhibition title references scaffolding as a support for ongoing processes, not stabilization.