Artist statement

Susanna Costantini is an artist of tactile memory. She explores the world through the rhythmic cadence of the loom, focusing on the silent narratives of materials, the wisdom of the hands, and the intersection between ancestral craftsmanship and contemporary digital logic.

By initiating projects rooted in "material archaeology"—such as the Spigolature series—her practice is inseparable from the connections she weaves with the fibers she salvages and the territories she maps. Whether through the lunar-inspired topographies of Terrae or the symbolic presence of her Flags, the artist offers the spectator an interpretive threshold, transforming the rigid grid of the warp into a fluid stream of consciousness.

Theoretical Framework

My practice is guided by what I call the "wisdom of the hands"—an ancestral knowledge that resides in the body rather than the intellect.

Weaving is a rhythmic, meditative process where the physical gesture precedes the conscious thought.

As Henri Focillon profoundly noted:

"The hand is action: it takes, it creates, at times it would seem even to think."

The loom imposes a rigid framework: the intersection of warp and weft.

To the untrained eye, this might seem like a constraint, a binary prison of vertical and horizontal lines.

However, I view this structure as the very foundation of freedom.

Within the strict geometry of the warp, I find the space to escape the rules.

By manipulating textures, tension, and materials, the loom becomes a system of infinite creative potential.

The framework is not a boundary, but a launchpad for evasion—a way to subvert the grid from within, allowing the unexpected to emerge from the order.

“ My process is an act of poetic reclamation, I often work with residual warps —the remnants of an entire year of labor— to create 'interior landscapes' where every knot and thread functions as a chronological record of my creative journey.”