What story does this poster tell? Certainly not that of ecclesiastical power and the parallel between the sacred and the profane, as ChatGPT suggested to me. It would also make sense, of course, because in every drawing you can imagine any story. But no, I wanted to arrange important Roman architectures on a sideboard, disguised as chalices, candles and kitchen utensils, to observe them individually and give them the right importance.
How many times have we taken the beauty and grandeur of Rome for granted? How many times have we passed by a monument, and, having seen it thousands of times, we have only grazed it with our gaze?
This poster is here to remind us that Rome is unique: a little piece to take home, to admire every day, to learn to never take the beauty and history of this incredible city for granted.
By stripping monuments of their grandeur and inserting them into everyday contexts, they are no longer just large and untouchable, but become close, personal, part of our routine. Rome is a city that breathes history at every corner and, with my illustrations, I try to tell a more intimate relationship with it. We must never forget to appreciate what we have before our eyes every day, as happened to me for a long time. It is an invitation to reclaim the beauty that surrounds us and to live it fully.
And of course I also had fun looking for the right places for the various utensils: the aqueduct for the blade of the bread knife or the floor of the Capitoline Hill for the hanging pot holder.
