Tilisman: il potere magico delle parole

SCD Studio presents ṬILISMĀN - The Magical Power of Words, an exhibition project that investigates the transformative power of language - between word and symbolic potency - through the talisman-object as a threshold between art and ritual.
The exhibition explores the performative dimension of the word, understood not merely as a vehicle of meaning but as a force capable of shaping reality. Since ancient times, words have been regarded as magical instruments, formulas of protection or desire: from the Greek magical papyri to medieval amulets inscribed with verba sacra, up to contemporary mottos that take on the role of personal mantras or statements of identity. Twentieth-century linguistics and anthropology have reaffirmed this ancient intuition, recognizing in language a power of action as well as of description - a “saying” that makes things happen.
In ṬILISMĀN, the word takes form and becomes matter: a sign to be worn or kept close, an inscription that unites gesture, memory, and intention. The works on display engage with this legacy, translating the idea of the ritual formula into contemporary forms as spaces of resistance and metamorphosis.
The talisman, in its broadest genealogy, is not merely an ornamental object but a symbolic device - that which connects the visible and the invisible, the material and the conceptual. Through diverse media - textile, sculptural, graphic, performative - the artists restore to the word its original function as a creative and generative act.
The term ṬILISMĀN, of Persian origin, refers to an object imbued with signs and inscriptions to which a propitiatory power was attributed. In ancient times as today, the talisman embodies the human desire to orient fate, to make tangible a wish for beauty and for good. In this perspective, the works presented by SCD Studio inhabit a space suspended between language as incantation and art as a practice of knowledge.
The exhibition catalogue, published by Al3vie Editore and conceived in its customary pocket format, renews the idea of the book as a small talisman to carry with oneself - a gesture of symbolic continuity.
Artists on view are Elham M. Aghili, Rita Albertini, Mariantonietta Bagliato, Einav Benzano, Isobel Blank, Susanna Cati, Cenzo Cocca, Rosita D’Agrosa, Andrea De Carvalho, Barbara Grossato, Sonia izn Piscicelli, Virginia Ryan, Andrea Sbra Perego & Federica Patera, Olga Teksheva

Venue:
SCD Studio
Via Bramante 22N, Perugia, IT – MAD Monteluce Art District
Info: e-mail scdtextileandartstudio@gmail.com | mob. +39 347 177 6001
Opening: Saturday, 22 November 2025, 4:30 p.m.
Exhibition dates: 22 November 2025 – 6 January 2026
Catalogue: Al3vie Editore https://www.al3vie.com/prodotto/tilisman/


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