DUE GOCCE D'ACQUA
About twins and dualism
FINE ART Photography, Graphic Design
ISIA Urbino (Italy)
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“Due gocce d’acqua,” a typical Italian expression for two people who look strikingly alike, especially twins, inspires this project’s exploration of duality across genetics, maternity, mythology, semiology, and psychology.
A special focus is placed on twins in visual communication, inviting reflections on dualism, body symbolism, perception, and optical illusions. Starting with the question, “What does it mean to be born a twin?” this photographic project uses non-twin models in paired portraits to evoke the experience of existing in an indistinguishable body, prompting viewers to contemplate the essence of twinhood.
I handmade the final product, consisting in a textbook and a photobook. In the photo project I used transparent pvc paper for the first section, and cardboard masks on the second one, inviting the reader to play with it.
