Barbara Ghidini
Light into Matter
About
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My work explores the material and immaterial dimensions of photography and cinematography, using light and photochemical processes as a means of transformation and introspection.
Through analog experimentation, I investigate the moment when the image ceases to represent and begins to become: a trace, a residue, a living surface where memory, time, and perception sediment.
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Bio
Barbara Ghidini is an Italian self-taught artist, photographer and experimental film maker based in Barcelona.
Her work explores the intersection of light, matter, and transformation through the experimental use of analog and photochemical processes. Working primarily with photosensitive paper and traditional darkroom materials, she manipulates the interaction between light and chemistry to create images that transcend the boundaries between photography and painting.
Ghidini’s practice investigates themes of impermanence, memory, and the alchemical relationship between body and image. Through her last projects such as Vaso Alchemico, Sedimenti, and Relitti Luminosi, she reflects on the transformation of the photographic medium itself—treating light as both substance and metaphor, and matter as a living agent of change.
Her visual language often arises from introspection and sensory perception, connecting inner experience with material experimentation. The resulting works evoke a meditative tension between creation and decay, revealing traces of time and the ephemeral nature of existence.
Ghidini’s images are characterized by their tactile quality and their dialogue with concepts of metamorphosis, oxidation, and rebirth. Each piece becomes an alchemical field where gesture, chance, and physical processes converge to shape an autonomous form of visual poetry.
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