About Us. Tracey Snelling for the Human Safety Net
About Us. Tracey Snelling for The Human Safety Net
curated by Luca Massimo Barbero
The Home of The Human Safety Net
Procuratie Vecchie
Piazza San Marco 128 - Venezia
Exhibition Period: 13.04.2024 - 28.04.2025
‘About Us’ takes the visitor through a surprising city teeming with life, where inhabited spaces contain stories, images and voices. A vibrant microcosm to explore, made up of people within their communities, which speaks of our strengths and how we can grow and make an impact.
The artworks represent urban conglomerates, made with craft materials and techniques and simple technological insertions, such as photos, sounds and lights. Through them, Tracey Snelling addresses some of the major themes at the heart of The Human Safety Net's mission, first and foremost the right of everyone to be able to improve their living conditions and those of their families and communities, even from a condition of vulnerability.
Through articulated, small-scale sculptures, the artist captures the essence of everyday life, from the most banal moments to the most intimate narratives behind closed windows, recreating environments and buildings inspired by places she has actually visited and investigated during her travels around the world. The observer is thus stimulated to confront the challenges of society and, through sociological observations, to discover different cultures and experiences that unite human beings even behind apparent disparities. The encounter with ‘A World of Potential’ invites to an experience of ‘coexistence’ through collective and tangible action in reality.