Un mare di carta, 2024

Valeria Manzi
Residence. Creation of matrices and monotype prints. Solo Exhibition. Acquario Civico (Milan Civic Aquarium), Milan, Italy.
Exhibition curated by Ida Terracciano
From the catalog Un mare di carta, publishing house La Vita Felice, an excerpt from Ida Terracciano’s introductory text: [...] Within this fluid vision lies the exhibition project A Sea of Paper, through which Valeria Manzi invites us on an imaginary sea voyage without any onboard instruments and with no islands or lands to reach. At the heart of the exhibition lies the total perceptual dimension arising from the crossing and mobility of the seas, from the erasure of terrestrial coordinates to the evocation of the transformations and sedimentations of the natural world. Valeria Manzi, drawing on a unique blend of graphic arts and poetry, invites the viewer to reflect on the concept of boundaries and their relativity, where the dividing line between natural elements, spatial concepts, and perceptions emerges as an indefinable threshold: the constant movement and infinite facets of water open the door to new perceptions. [...]
Art and Nature. A place open to the public and designed for participation.
The Milan Civic Aquarium presents the exhibition A Sea of Paper by Valeria Manzi, sponsored by the City of Milan’s Department of Culture and the Milan Civic Aquarium and Hydrobiological Station, and curated by Ida Terracciano.
The exhibition presents a new series of twenty works created using unique paper-folding and paper-crafting techniques, giving life to fantastical portholes, waves, and abysses, flowers and starfish, shells and mollusks.
A world that invites not only adults but also families, children, students, and school groups to explore, thanks to a calendar of educational activities organized in collaboration with the AD Maiora association, the Aquarium’s Educational Department, and Milan’s Civic Hydrobiological Station.
Valeria Manzi will guide participants through the culture of paper and drawing, using folds and chromatic accents to recreate the vital motions of water and the creatures that inhabit it.

Un mare di carta, 2024

Valeria Manzi
Residence. Creation of matrices and monotype prints. Solo Exhibition. Acquario Civico (Milan Civic Aquarium), Milan, Italy.
Exhibition curated by Ida Terracciano
From the catalog Un mare di carta, publishing house La Vita Felice, an excerpt from Ida Terracciano’s introductory text: [...] Within this fluid vision lies the exhibition project A Sea of Paper, through which Valeria Manzi invites us on an imaginary sea voyage without any onboard instruments and with no islands or lands to reach. At the heart of the exhibition lies the total perceptual dimension arising from the crossing and mobility of the seas, from the erasure of terrestrial coordinates to the evocation of the transformations and sedimentations of the natural world. Valeria Manzi, drawing on a unique blend of graphic arts and poetry, invites the viewer to reflect on the concept of boundaries and their relativity, where the dividing line between natural elements, spatial concepts, and perceptions emerges as an indefinable threshold: the constant movement and infinite facets of water open the door to new perceptions. [...]
Art and Nature. A place open to the public and designed for participation.
The Milan Civic Aquarium presents the exhibition A Sea of Paper by Valeria Manzi, sponsored by the City of Milan’s Department of Culture and the Milan Civic Aquarium and Hydrobiological Station, and curated by Ida Terracciano.
The exhibition presents a new series of twenty works created using unique paper-folding and paper-crafting techniques, giving life to fantastical portholes, waves, and abysses, flowers and starfish, shells and mollusks.
A world that invites not only adults but also families, children, students, and school groups to explore, thanks to a calendar of educational activities organized in collaboration with the AD Maiora association, the Aquarium’s Educational Department, and Milan’s Civic Hydrobiological Station.
Valeria Manzi will guide participants through the culture of paper and drawing, using folds and chromatic accents to recreate the vital motions of water and the creatures that inhabit it.