Roberto Bocchini
Never totally fulfilled, never completely satisfied, Roberto Bocchini (Trasposismi) witnesses a constant research performed on forms, on the distortion of them so much as to generate new boundaries. Introspective, shadowy, restless, his character leads him to continuous experimentation. His unquenchable investigation of materials led him as a teenager to the darkroom with photographic papers and tea-colored toning; to the projection of multiple slides on corroded and unusual surfaces, competing to create further mutations; to the painting of old objects. Pieces of old failed computers were burned, cut, deconstructed to reveal a source (atomic) form, totally different from the primary element. There is a foundational element in his production that runs through almost all of his works, viz. photographic texture and photography. Roberto Bocchini has never been particularly fond of the figurative painting genre, so he has always repurposed a personal vision of alternative identity. Using his images, fused with multiple drawing techniques, he induces a profound abstract process of reconstruction and contamination, aimed in some cases, even at showing the artist's more tormented side.
