Tell me what you see
Tell Me What You See A journey through the emotive and sensorial universe of the ones between us who can feel, but not see, light. This almost 2-year long project explores the story of piano player and music teacher Silvano, blind since adolescence, and his partner Manuela, singer and sculptress, blind since childhood. Opening up a threefold relationship between the lovers and music, the project raises questions, accepting the inherent/obvious limitations of the medium, on the photographic structures of not seeing and blindness. In the midst of this menage à trois, music manifests itself as central, it binds Silvano and Manuela in a continuous dialogue that is at the same time inspiring muse and language of their relationship. Through the sense of touch, Silvano elevates his connection with the musical instrument, bringing it to its full expression: from his fingers flowing across the music sheet. to the weight they impart on the keys. What could be a simple expression form turns thus into language and form of emancipation. In a parallel fashion modulating air into music becomes for Manuela a way to find the right note, almost like taking aim. Thanks to these synesthetic moments the quotidian gains new values, and a “melodic” outlook on the world and things penetrates scents, gestures and emotions, revealing a light that eludes and goes beyond our ordinary concept of “seeing”.