Hylonicum

Light and its residues, by Nicola Polloni

REFIGURATIONS

Pierced Apparatus

A session about the machinery of appearance itself: costume, colour, pose, flash, gaze. The subject enters the apparatus of showing and at first commands it. Then, the apparatus begins to wound the fiction it produces. The surface bends, slips, darkens. What was arranged as display becomes exposure.

Portrait of a red-haired model in a white cowboy hat, with one eye seen through the circular opening of a camera lens held towards the viewer.
Red-haired model in a white cowboy hat and blue outfit holding a camera flash and a metal object against a bright blue background.
Red-haired model in a white cowboy hat holding two wigs, one pink and one blonde, against a blue studio background.
Red-haired model taking a self-portrait with a vintage camera while holding her hair against a blue background.
Red-haired model in a white cowboy hat smiling while aiming a vintage camera towards the viewer.
Red-haired model bending forward in dark light while holding a white cowboy hat, with her hair falling across her face.
Red-haired model in a white cowboy hat seated in darkness, turning towards a hand holding a camera flash behind her.
Close portrait of a red-haired model in a white cowboy hat with eyes closed, emerging from a dark background.
Red-haired model seated against a dark background, looking directly towards the viewer with a shadow behind her.
Dark frontal portrait of a red-haired model with long hair falling straight beside her face and a blue bow visible behind her shoulder.

Places and dates
Messina, 2026

Model
Claudette