Alice Cattaneo was born in Milan, Italy, where
she continues to live and work. Cattaneo creates sculptures
and animated videos using commonplace materials such as wood,
cardboard, felt and masking tape. Within her works, everyday
objects take on a life of their own, often acquiring
anthropomorphic qualities. At once ephemeral and playful,
Cattaneo’s installations seem like opportunistic entities, growing
out of any available surface – floor, wall and ceiling alike – as
if living microcosms springing forth against all odds from the most
unlikely places. Her work’s organic quality shifts the significance
of her DIY approach away from its usual pragmatic functionality.
While precarious and poetic, Cattaneo’s delicate constructions
appear as both unruly self-generated growths and didactic science
models.
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