Spazio Oltre by Filly Cusenza
installation curated by Filly Biz
“Spazio Oltre” is an installation by architect Filly Cusenza that welcomes you on an emotional journey through Fiber Art.
“I spent the afternoons of my childhood making unconventional clothes for my doll Gennifer, I built her household objects that could give her happiness. Then I embarked, like all women, on the path of life yet to be discovered, marked by simple daily gestures, by the transformations of the body during pregnancies, an unknown path that led me to discover ever new emotions. Fiber Art, the needle, the thread and the fabric, in my journey, have become the means of communication, my word for sharing experiences and highlighting important themes. “Spazio Oltre” is the place of emotions where the thread of a story made up of meeting places is rewound, microcosms that take us back to emotions and memories: the bed, the sofa, the objects, the sheets, the bodies, the mendings. Today my works of art, through fabric, are worn to invade new spaces of everyday life, leaving museums and galleries. in this installation for the ten years of Animaphix, they merge and tell their story.” Filly Cusenza.
BIO
Filly Cusenza was born in Rivoli (To) in 1964. In 1990 she completed her studies at the Faculty of Architecture from Palermo, she is attending a course on International Baroque and in Sicily. In 1999 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo. she for several years she has collaborated with magazines dealing with art and architecture reviews. Her visual and cultural background is rich in numerous experiences in different countries, particularly on the continent African. For over 40 years you have been involved in Fiber Art, creating clothes, books, sculptures and elements fabric furnishings. She has presented her works in prestigious venues such as: the University of Sydney in Australia; the museums of Maracay and Valencia in Venezuela; Italian Cultural Institute of Cordoba (Argentina); Museo Provincial Arte Moderno, Mendoza (Argentina); Museum Provincial de Bailas Artes of S. Miguel de Tucuman (Argentina); the Technische Universitat Karis from Vienna; London Biennial; Museum of new art Mona, Rochester USA; Algiers Museè National des Arts; Kreis Galerie Nationalmuseum Nuremberg; Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, England; Guttuso Museum, Villa Cattolica, Bagheria (Palermo), Theatre Massimo, Palermo; GAM Milan. In 2003 you were present at the XIV Quadrennial in Rome, Preview-Naples. Since 2016 she has founded the fashion brand Filly Biz with her two daughters, where they design and create wearable art. Since 1990 she has lived and worked in Bagheria (Pa).