Night Walk

This installation transforms the vitrine into a threshold: a space suspended between interior and exterior, intimacy and exposure. The glass is opaque, revealing only partial glimpses of a wallpaper, visible through cut-out silhouettes in the shape of orchids and everyday objects.

The work draws from the vernacular aesthetics of Dutch windowsills, where carefully arranged objects create semi-private exhibitions for passersby. Inspired by personal experience of living in the Netherlands, the project reflects on the window as a site of silent communication, a way of negotiating belonging without shared language.

The threshold is seen as a hybrid space, where two distant worlds meet: a point of exposure and intimacy. It evokes a sense of precariousness, both physical and psychological, echoing a broader weakening of the idea of “home” as a place of protection.

The installation also references Pippo Delbono’s Orchidee, where the orchid, a flower of elegance and bourgeois status, becomes a symbol of contemporary ambiguity: “You can’t distinguish the real one from the fake one. Like our times.” The orchid becomes, for the artist, a way to question what is authentic, what is performed, and how we navigate visibility and vulnerability through objects and ornament.