Fluid Identity is an immersive installation by Sara Ricciardi Studio and Luca Turelli Studio, presented at Villa Marie, Lucca during the exhibition Design in a Real World, and inspired by the thought of Victor J. Papanek.
A fragmented face—painted on glass with pigments and gold leaf—floats within a pool of water, continuously breaking apart and reforming. The work reflects on the instability of identity in contemporary times: fluid, permeable, and in constant transformation.
Through a poetic and visual language, it explores the tension between self and society, between reflection and disintegration. In a world that drifts between horror and beauty, Fluid Identity becomes a metaphor for our ever-changing selves—a face in flux, a fleeting trace, a mirror of our time.
Fluid Identity è un’opera di Sara Ricciardi Studio e Luca Turelli Studio, presentata alla mostra Design in a Real World presso Villa Marie, Lucca, ispirata al pensiero di Victor J. Papanek.
Un volto frammentato, dipinto su lastre di vetro con pigmenti puri e foglia d’oro, galleggia in una piscina, scomponendosi e ricomponendosi.
L’opera riflette sulla fluidità dell’identità contemporanea, mobile e instabile, in un gioco poetico tra riflesso e disgregazione, in un cubismo acquatico.
In un tempo incerto e in continuo mutamento, Fluid Identity invita a contemplare ciò che resta di noi: una traccia, un riflesso, un volto in trasformazione.