FRAGRANCES OF SHADOWS

"UNVEILING THE UNSEEN"

20.02.2025

“Does what we cannot see truly exist?”

“Like dark matter, the invisible holds the universe together.”

Between light and shadow lies a liminal realm, a boundless space where fleeting impressions and whispered perceptions dwell. Intangible streams of images flow like elusive thoughts, fragrant molecules weave invisible patterns in the air, and breaths of wind, like omens, brush the skin, evoking memories beyond time. Perceptions transform into mental insights, and what we experience with the five senses becomes imbued with meaning. If we pay close attention to our lives, an entire world eludes our eyes: the scent of a flower, a shifting shadow gliding across a wall, a sensation moving through the air without leaving a tangible trace. This immaterial and elusive world is the protagonist of this exhibition—a misty territory where perceptions become revelations, uncovering hidden truths. The five senses, often confined to the visible and the tangible, become ajar doors to a secret universe, where every experience transforms into a whisper of the absolute, a call to what lies beyond. The scent of a flower is not merely fragrance but the breath of the earth, a silent song of absence, distant spaces, and springs that once danced through time. A shadow, fleeting as it moves across a wall, is not merely the absence of light but an eternal dialogue between day and night, between what is revealed and what remains concealed. It is an invisible language that speaks to those who listen. Each perception, in its manifestation, is a reflection of the intangible, a call to what transcends matter, a fragment of eternity vibrating within impermanence.  

Here, between the folds of shadow and the intangibility of scent, the mystery of existence unveils itself. Much like dark matter, which permeates the universe unseen, the world of intangible sensations is invisible yet powerfully present. FRAGRANCES OF SHADOWS: Unveiling the Unseen invites us to explore what we cannot touch or define, yet which defines our experience of the world. Reality is shaped not only by the images we see but also by the shadows slipping beyond our field of vision, the scents dancing in the air, and the sensations we cannot name.   Here, art becomes the expression of the formless, resonating like a hidden vibration. In this liminal space, between light and shadow, between the known and the unknown, every perception becomes an echo of the invisible. And like a breath lost in the air, we realize that perhaps the invisible is what is most essential—a fragment of reality without contours, questioning our being and our place in the world.  

In a world that exalts the tangible, FRAGRANCES OF SHADOWS: Unveiling the Unseen opens the doors to a realm of whispers and intuitions, where the essence of things reveals itself not through form but in the breaths of the imperceptible. Every scent, every shadow, every sensation is a reflection of an intangible universe—a mirror where our being dissolves and renews itself. It is a dialogue between senses and intuition, a memory rising and vanishing in an instant, leaving us suspended in the mystery of what we cannot grasp. Perhaps it is in what escapes our sight and our grasp that the truest essence lies. Will we learn to listen to this silent, invisible whisper? Will we have the courage to follow the trail of scent, letting go to rediscover ourselves beyond the limits of what we can see?

Concept by Lisa Galletti Senior Artcurator