Fabiana Dicuonzo
architect and curator based in Puglia, Italy.
What is the best thing that I love about my work?
Reinventing my ideas every day.
What is my idea of happiness?
Standing by the sea, listening to the sound of waves.
What is my greatest fear?
The idiom: “You need to make do with what you have in life”.
What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?
When I turn into a pessimistic attitude.
Which living persons in my profession do I most admire?
All the people who live of their own dreams.
What is my greatest extravagance?
The attention to the most meaningless details that I like to observe as a detective.
On what occasion would I lie?
I’m not so good in lying, my face and my eyes speak better than my mouth.
What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?
The possibility that everything could change from a day to another (that is also the thing that I prefer the most)
When and where was I the happiest, in my work?
The opening of my travelling independent art space Antilia. It was on the 5th of May 2018 in the little town of Gioia del Colle in my Puglia (IT), with my friends and the first artists.
If I could, what would I change about myself?
The moody mood.
What is my greatest achievement in work?
Working for what I love the most: art and cultural heritage.
Where would I most like to live?
Where the heart is.
What is my most treasured possession?
Love for all the impercetible things.
What is my most marked characteristic?
Sensibility.
What is my most inspirational location, in my city?
In my adoptive city, Rome, The National Gallery.
What is my favorite place to eat and drink, in my city?
My best friend’s house.
What books influenced my life and how?
Paolo Neruda, Poesie d’amore e di vita: the peaceful answer to all my questions.
Italo Calvino’s books: they give me always the inspiration for my job and my projects.
Oceano Mare, Alessandro Baricco: I discovered the deep human relationship with the sea.
You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?
1950 by Amedeo Minghi.
Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?
Fantaghirò, the heroine of the italian series of my childhood, originally based on Italo
Calvino’s Fanta-Ghiro, the Beautiful.
Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?
All the people who never give up.
Which movie would I recommend to see once in a lifetime?
Nuovo cinema paradiso, a never-ending movie by Giuseppe Tornatore. A deep and authentic story about love and life.
What role plays art in my life and work?
Art is the origin, the best vision of the world; art is what inspires me and give me the chance to express myself sincerely in life and work.
What do the words ‘You are the storyteller of your own life’ to me?
They remember me that I always have to listen to my earth.
Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?
My life and work partner, Giuseppe.
Which people or companies would I like to work with in 2020?
Even if I work every day with the best colleagues, my friends and my partner, I would like to meet the people that I don’t expect to. I like to believe that the surprise of not knowing is the best thing that could happen.
Which people in my profession who can make a real difference in my creative career would I love to meet in 2020?
As the previous question, I think that each person, met in the right moment and the right time, could give me the gift of making a real difference in the creative career.
What project, in 2020, am I looking forward to work on?
This lockdown upset all the projects, we live day bay day reinventing our vision about our work, art and architecture. But there is still an amazing project that I hope we will realize within 2020: Chim Chim is one of the projects that won the City Benches Competition of London Festival of Architecture 2020.
https://www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/city-benches-competition-winning-teamsrevealed/
Where can you see me or my work in 2020?
You can visit all the Antilia curatorial projects on the website http://www.antiliagallery.com.
As co-founder of the architecture think tank Profferlo, you can visit our projects on http://www.profferlo.com.
My personal artistic project on collages is on my instagram profile: @fabiana_dicuonzo
What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?
I have hidden my passion from myself for a long time, but you could never forget what identifies you, your personality and your soul.
Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story?
Martina Bliss, designer and founder of the art on-line magazine Artwort
Marta Marotta, architect and photographer
Melania Bisegna, architect and artist
Katherine J Plumb, textile artist
Esther Hoogendijk, artist
How can you contact me?
fabiana.dicuonzo@gmail.com
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