Monica Biancardi - The Catalogue of Huts

Light shapes the world and our perception of it. Depending on where it falls, it casts shadows and stirs emotions. To capture light is to transform understanding. We must learn to illuminate things in order to see beyond their darkest surfaces. 'The Catalogue of Huts' addresses violence against women through a striking visual language that merges past and present, memory and material. The project employs a dual technique: photography in its most elemental form and hand engraving on Plexiglas, a medium that is fragile, transparent and resilient. Each piece exists as a singular object, revealed only when light touches it. This mechanism is both aesthetic and symbolic. Images that speak of pain and invisibility emerge into view only when illuminated, reminding us that bringing truth to light is a necessary act of recognition.