ALESSANDRA SPRANZI

Opening on Friday, April 10th at Kappa Noun in San Lazzaro di Savena (BO), In aria per terra presents a captivating duo exhibition by Alessandra Spranzi and Antonio Rovaldi.

Objects suspended between sky and earth exist in a fragile, silent equilibrium. In aria per terra is a delicate journey into the instability of things. Bent forks on the pavement, skeleton umbrellas that seem to dance, glasses stacked precariously, and motionless balls defying gravity: precarious balances that transform into architectures of desire and memory.

From the intimate visions of a Milanese studio to memories of the fringes of New York City traversed on foot, the encounter between the gazes of Alessandra Spranzi and Antonio Rovaldi constructs a dialogue between photography, minimal gesture, and language. Here, every detail—a shadow, a letter, a fleeting movement—becomes a clue to trace the outlines of a broader, more intricate design between air and earth.

Many of the images in the exhibition speak of a moment where everything could collapse at any second, yet everything still holds—within the frame of a photograph, in a minimal bodily gesture, or upon the surface of a sculpture.

The dialogue between Spranzi and Rovaldi tells of brief appearances and sudden absences, of what remains on the ground and what escapes, of a memory clinging to seemingly insignificant details that are nonetheless vital to the light illuminating them.

Suspended between lightness and tension, whether around the edge of a table or on a patch of pavement, the observed objects transform into architectures of waiting—conscious of their position and, at the same time, profoundly vulnerable.