The project consists on an exhibition on loneliness and solitude in contemporaneity. It explores the paradox of feeling lonely while living in a frenetic society, with billions of individuals, where communication tools are constantly augmented.
The virtual world keeps creating new forms of sociability that are redefining the meaning of the word. An entire generation confident that each self is twofold - the real and the virtual, an existence experienced and curated. A colossal technological progress converting walls of zeros and ones into thick brick. While social media acts as an antidote to the suffering caused by loneliness, its users are only dodging the anxiety that interaction can generate. They have become merely actors in a popularity and happiness contest. Spontaneity weakens and individuals, despite being connected to a million people, cannot help feeling lonely.
Instead solitude, often mistaken for the same status related to lack of companionship, should be taken as a voluntary existential condition. The same information flood and fast-food relationships lead some people to seek shelter within themselves - an oasis of silence in a disturbingly loud fuss. From an isolation from ourselves – when the blurry line between our true and fabricated personas prevents us from knowing who we really are – to an inner one, serenity might emerge. Solitude may unfold reflection and creativity, key elements for the development of one’s personality – so bewildered currently.