About the artwork
The table lamps presented in the exhibition are personifications of anguish and nightmares that come to visit us even in the serenity of our homes. The aim of the work is to transform fear and sadness in household objects, in the attempt to make them harmless and tame them.
Yes, they sleep right next to you, but you can now reach out your arm to switch the light on at night.
About the Artist
Giulia Seri (b. 1988) is an Italian interdisciplinary artist based in Florence. She holds a Master’s degree in Biology from Florence University and in 2023 was awarded the Medal of Arte dei Vasai della Nobile Contrada del Nicchio in Siena, recognizing her contribution to contemporary artistic practice. Seri’s work is deeply personal, functioning as both exorcism and exploration: a means to materialize, understand, and transform trauma, fragility, and fear.
Her creative process prioritizes intuition over rational thought, tapping into the most emotional and unconscious parts of herself. Through this approach, she recovers a childlike language—unrestrained, pure, and deeply expressive. Seri’s work addresses illness, disability, death, loss, and despair, often functioning apotropaically, as a way to confront past and future ghosts through symbolic acts resembling prayers, votive offerings, or spells.
Exhibitions
This artwork was part of THE HOUSE WE CARRY exhibition in November 2025.
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