Cristiano Carotti. The whole is more than the sum of its parts

Cristiano Carotti (Terni, 1981) investigates the aggregative power of symbols within communities, according to Jung necessary for the construction of a collective consciousness.

Stimulated by René Guénon's texts on a possible erroneous evolution of mankind, studies the mechanisms that led to a progressive detachment from an active knowledge path towards a passive modality.

The research develops around the study of secular and religious iconography, to the historical transformations undergone by symbols in the socio-political sphere, emptied and filled with new meanings often in an instrumental way.

Through painting, ceramics and installation interventions, reworks contemporary archetypes and fetishes with a language in balance between academic anthropology and post-internet aesthetics.

This monographic project, edited by White Noise Gallery, shows the artist's work, not through the images of his works, but through a visual and conceptual "flow of consciousness" that tells and reveals Carotti's creative process, from research to the method underlying his artistic production.