So Comes Snow After Fire

VOGA Art Project, Bari, Puglia, IT
3 Feb - 18 March, 2023

Suported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia

photos by Flavia Tritto, Ola Hincapie, Sasha Tishkov

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⁰¹ An Abandoned Axe Left in the Stump of an Olive Tree by Some Folklore Forest Creature

Olive log, wooden handle, jute, onion dye, fence spikes

⁰² Let’s Start the Fire

Vulcan black stoneware, unfired clay
55 x 40 x 5 cm

⁰³ Droplets From the Sky

Parian Porcelain
300 x 200 x 50 cm (installation)

⁰⁴ Who Keeps the Ruins Warm

Video projection, 2:15 mins

⁰⁵ The Tentacles of Cthulhu

Oak wood, beeswax, laser cut old handsaw blade
50 x 20 x 4 cm

So Comes Snow After Fire introduces universal primordial practices like wood cutting and fire lighting into the exhibition space, guiding us into a speculative scenario that critically examines our contemporary reality. By expanding the imagination to encompass time travel—from primordial memories to alternative presents and utopian or apocalyptic futures—the exhibition explores the possibility of an imminent return to the essentials of survival. The show invites us to reflect on how close or distant each of us is from preparing the next fire, whether it be material or symbolic, imbued with hope or despair.