Dessislava Madanska
INTANGIBILE
Le sculture che l’artista ha realizzato, nate dalla sua esperienza percettiva nel borgo medievale, creano un percorso all’interno di questo luogo che sembra rimasto cristallizzato nel tempo
Dessislava Madanska, INTANGIBLE, 2022, Fumone (FR), Lazio. Ph. Danilo Donzelli Photography
Dessislava Madanska (Smolvan, 1991) is a Bulgarian artist. Educated in Architecture (BArch, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio/AR- CHIP), Product design (MA, Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design) and Spatial design (MFA, Konstfack), she has studied and worked internationally in Switzerland, Italy, Prague, Copenhagen, London and Stockholm.
She has participated in numerous workshops among which are the WAVE by IUAV in Venice (2013) lead by the Australian architect Sean Godsell; One Architecture Week Plovdiv (2014+2015); a 2 weeks trial at FABRICA-Treviso during a workshop with DOSSOFIORITO (2017); Experience design and Performance at Konstfack Research week (2018); and many more. She has also completed a professional course in Sound design and interaction (Konstfack 2020). Prior to dedicating herself to her own artistic practice she has worked as at NORD Architects Copenhagen and other architecture and interior design studios. She is currently working in the fields of Collectible design, sculpture and Installation art.
Her work is an exploration of rituals, of the cosmic, of the eternal beauty of raw materials. Her objects are made out of wood, brass, bronze, marble, travertine, granite and limestone. She creates objects that together form spaces for contemplative, meditative and mindful experiences.
Her work is represented by Galerie Philia-New York, USA and Delisart-Lugano, Switzerland.
Exhibitions: To the Moon and never back, solo exhibition, 2021, Bulgaria; Licking an orchid: Please do not come to the vernissage!,2020, Stockholm, Sweden; Transhumances, Galerie Philia, group shop, 2020, Chateau Barjak, France; New Rituals, Antilia Gallery, 2020, Don’t try this at home; New Rituals, Konstfack degree show, 2020; Galerie Philia Brussels, 2020; Galerie Philia NYC, 2020; Objects for contemplation, Konstfack, 2019; Collectible, 2019.
Fumone is a village of about 2,000 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, located between the Ernici and Lepini mountains. The origins of Fumone are ancient and fade into legend: it was mistakenly believed that it was the ancient antenna of the Ernici, the wonderful refuge of Tarquinio the Superb fleeing from Rome when it’s more likely that the geographically favorable position was taken advantage of first by the Ernici and then by the Romans. The name itself, Fumone, derives from a military defense practice dating back to the Middle Ages, which involved raising a column of smoke from the high watchtower, signaling the arrival of imminent danger. The town is accessed through two entrances: the main entrance Porta Romana, and Porta Napoletana, which instead was used more as an emergency exit. The most important building in the historic centre is the Longhi – De Paolis Castle, mentioned for the first time in a 10th century document, but probably dating back to an earlier period. First a military garrison, then a papal prison, the Castle was finally bought by the Longhi family to whose descendants it still belongs. Walking through the streets of the historic centre you will discover houses, walls, towers, and mullioned windows belonging to the medieval period, such as the remains of a kitchen in via Cavone, a robust portico in via Torricelle, as well as traces of polygonal walls in piazza di Porta Romana and along via della Croce.