Carlo Miele's Photographic Mise en Abyme at Current Milano
Carlo Miele (born 1989, Naples) presents a project at Current in Milan that explores transformations in image perception. The installation centers on two luminous contact lenses placed inside a model of the exhibition space, creating a mise en abyme. Suspended images reproduce photographs from an old travel album, overlaid with web-sourced pictures of the same locations printed on transparent paper. The work juxtaposes analog photography's physicality with digital image fluidity, both aiming to preserve memories and emotions in an elusive spacetime. Overlapping maps form a complex network describing the internet's image flow, with Miele distorting the computer's loading symbol to illustrate the time of postmodern digitality.
Key facts
- Carlo Miele is born in 1989 in Naples.
- The exhibition is held at Current in Milan.
- The project features two luminous contact lenses inside a model of the space.
- Images include reproductions from an old travel album.
- Web-sourced images of the same locations are printed on transparent paper.
- The work explores the overlap of analog and digital photography.
- Overlapping maps create a network representing internet image flow.
- Miele distorts the computer loading symbol to illustrate postmodern digital time.
Entities
Artists
- Carlo Miele
Institutions
- Current
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Naples