A necessary companion. Which perhaps we can’t do without.

At the same time, she never leaves our side. She never leaves us alone, even when we try to forget about her. We can’t live for her anymore.

We would like to cast her out. Hide her. Burry her in a dark and far place, acting like she never existed. We lock her in a cell. Inside us. To forget her, buried and imprisoned. 

We will surely meet again, in every moment, suddenly and everywhere. It blends with what we love the most and to what we look up to, waiting for gratitude and hospitality.

Then couldn’t we overcome her or at least fight it? Maybe against her we all need an impenetrable helmet, to protect us when we dive in the word to come back up to surface unharmed. And how could we call it? Presumption? Prejudice? Intolerance? Or dignity? And why not call her grace? Not an armor but a simple vest. 

To be immediately untied. And letting everything pass through.

Even by something that looks menacing and obscure. Transforming fear in desire.

(Antonio Capaccio)

Federica Luzzi was born in Rome in 1970. She graduated at IV Artistic Highschool and then La Sapienza University majoring in History of Industrial and Decorative Arts. Her artistic education was marked from the encounter with Eventualist artists in Rome. In this environment, her attention is drawn to the essentiality of structures and shapes, using industrial materials, fibrous in appearance, expression of minimalist and Arte Povera. She decides to explore and retrieve textile processes. She specializes in “macramé” knots and traditional tapestry technique both in relief and tridimensional using a vertical frame in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Belgium and with Argentinian artists. She is currently teaching Tapestry – Vertical Frame at the Art School “San Giacomo” in Rome.

Personal exhibitions: 2012 Vetrina Ripetta Archivio Crispolti Arte Contemporanea, Rome; Arte e Pensieri Gallery, Rome. 2008 Musée de la Tapisserie, Tuornai/Belgium. 2003 White, Butò Experience n. 1, solo Butoh dance performance of Masaki Iwana and textile sculptures, costumes by Federica Luzzi, Teatro Sala Umberto, Rome. 2001 AOC F58 gallery, Rome. 2000 Rai Sat Art International. 1999 Galleria Il Politecnico XX Arte Contemporanea, Rome. 1996 Ex Snia Viscosa, Rome.