The Mnemosyne: inside Luca Poma's curated moodboard
Inspired by Aby Warburg’s titanic visual atlas, – the oldest form of moodboard to date – The Mnemosyne: inside curated moodboards is where we ask artists to walk us through their artistic research with an archive of visual bits (archived images, camera roll pictures, book pages, videos), to contrast algorithmic feeds and restore the fun in personally-curated visual boards.
In this chapter, we present Luca Poma (b. 1998, Pesaro), an Italian intermedia artist whose practice originates in painting, subsequently expanding into sculpture, experimental cinema, and the development of ludonarrative experiences. His research focuses on the crafting of what he calls “sublimating sensations”: esoteric fissures within the contexts of warfare, nature, and in the memory of rural life. Because his work seeks to answer intangible questions, the route he accompanies us into is more image-based than verbal, with just a few indications to officially Enter the Void.
Image 1: Ritorno a Damasco
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.
Frame made with wood and ironThe fourteen angels are sculpted digitally, 3d printed in bronze, manually sanded and oxidised.
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Image 2: Yukawim
Oil and acrylic on cardboard.
Image 3: Ragnnarok
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, frame realised with iron, wood and sprayed plexiglass.
Image 4: Collare Bomba 1
A more sculptural approach to my work, an exploration of the absurdity of violence as a wearable iron device reminiscent of medieval instruments, based on the American "Pizza Bomber" case.
Clip 5: Clip Hyperarousal
A little extract from the new teaser of HYPERAROUSAL, a new ludo-narrative experience which I'm currently working on as part of Aion Interactive.
Image 5: Alnadaa
The lead frame from ALNADAA, my last experimental documentary filmed in Tunisia, following a traditional Arabic wedding at the end of time.
Image 6: Ewige Wiederkunft
"Ewige Wiederkunft", undisclosed painting.
Image 7: Make Us Whole
A taste of digital painting.
Image 8: Cypher
Handwritten cypher, a blend of drawings and graphic design.
Image 9: Modello 3D Angelo
The 3D concept for one of the angels in "Ritorno a Damasco".
Image 10: Concept
Early concept of a new, ambitious project regarding the genesis of a new kind of automata.
