Virna Marchese
IED Milano
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25 years old
Palermo, Italy
How has your everyday-life changed? What do you do to fulfill your day?
Everything has changed about my daily life: from living alone in Milan in 25s square meters, to being “stuck” in my hometown among the comforts of home; from a busy day to a day to get busy, from not being able to do everything I have to do in 24h, to really perceive the passage of time. I try to devote more time to myself through those little things that, because of the frenetic rhythms, I tended to neglect, thus also allowing myself new rituals: in the morning I like to "listen" to the silence and be caressed by the first hours of sunshine, I think of new solutions creative, I practice a little sport, and with friends we organize aperi-chats by comparing ourselves on the most varied topics.
Your work is built on creativity. While we’re all in quarantine, what is your solution to keep on being creative? Where do you find your inspiration in this moment?
Creativity can be born anywhere. I like to go beyond what is presented to me: the chaos of my room, the play of light and shadow, the old family objects, the movements and sounds of nature, the music. Everything can be a source of creative ideas, you just have to let yourself go to intuition.
What is your biggest fear right now?
The loss of real and pure moments such as looking each other in the eyes or touching each other and thus, rather than authentically experiencing the moment, find oneself increasingly connected to digital and in fact humanly disconnected.
What will you do once all of this is over?
I tend more to live the present and look with melancholy at the past, but on the other hand I am a daughter of the 90s: it was already difficult for us to imagine a future, with or without COVID-19.