AbbeceDiariu

**Translation:**

On Saturday, February 1st, 2025, at 5:00 PM, SCD Studio (Via Bramante 22n, Perugia) inaugurates "AbbeceDiariu," the first project room of the 2025 exhibition season. The art project, created by Sardinian artist Luciana Aironi and curated by Barbara Pavan, explores the transformative power of language.

"AbbeceDiariu" is an artistic project that investigates the power of language and its impact on the intimate structure of the human being. The exhibition consists of twenty-five works created with embroidery and mixed techniques on X-rays, some of which are backlit by LEDs, where the dialogue between word and material explores memory, identity, and the relationship between body and language.

Aironi uses X-ray sheets as metaphors for body transparency and human fragility. She embroiders words in Sardinian dialect on them, a mother tongue rooted in both emotional experience and the context of the local community of belonging. Each embroidered term becomes an indelible sign of personal and collective experiences, evoking the transformative and sometimes traumatic power of language. The dialect, with its visceral authenticity, expresses a direct and unmediated truth, making the link between word and body tangible and powerful.

The choice of embroidery, a technique traditionally associated with the female universe, amplifies the symbolic value of the works. Each stitch becomes a reparative gesture, capable of fixing and mending the wounds of the past, evoking language as a tool both of healing and of potential harm. In this perspective, the body—represented in the X-rays—becomes a palimpsest on which words leave deep traces, shaping memory and identity.

With "AbbeceDiariu," Aironi invites reflection on the power of words to define the human being, both for better and for worse. In an era marked by polarizing and sometimes destructive communication, the artist urges a deeper and more responsible awareness of language use.

The exhibition will be open until March 1st, 2025. Catalogue available on-site.

**The Artist**
Luciana Aironi (born in Nuoro, 1977) was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of Sassari. Her works have been exhibited in numerous significant solo and group exhibitions. Among her solo shows are "E te ne farò dono" at Spazio e Movimento in Cagliari (2023), curated by Ivana Salis, "Indipendentemente dalle correnti" at Galleria Mancaspazio in Nuoro (2020), and "Istintivamente istanti" at Giardino degli Aranci in Sassari (2019).

Her works have been included in group exhibitions and projects such as the Sardinia Fiber Art Biennale at MURATS Museum in Samugheo (2020), the National Art Gallery of Sassari with "La rivoluzione del filo rosso" (2020), the Diocesan Museum of Oristano with "De Insula," a comprehensive show from the 19th century to contemporary (2022). In 2023, she was selected through an international call for "Forget Me (K)Not," a project dedicated to the denied rights of women at MuRTAC Museum of Ancient and Contemporary Embroidery and Textile in Valtopina and invited to participate in "Appunti su questo tempo" at CasermArcheologica in Sansepolcro. Among other recent participations: "Wunderkammer Insula" at Roma Arte in Nuvola (2022), "Money Money Money: the art of making money" in Terni (2023), and "Verba Creant" in the Vangi Room of Palazzo Pretorio in Barberino di Mugello (2024). Her works have also been included in the II International Biennale of Contemporary Fiber Art "Roots, Metamorphosis, Mixings" (2024). Her works are in public and private collections and published in catalogues and specialized magazines.

**The Exhibition Venue**
SCD Textile & Art Studio is an association dedicated to promoting contemporary fiber art nationally and internationally. The Studio has been committed for years to research, experimentation, and promoting innovative artistic languages, particularly in the field of fibers, with a focus on artistic practices that intertwine tradition and modernity, and recently with a focus on textiles applied to performing and relational arts and new technologies. The Studio organizes and coordinates events, temporary exhibitions, and cultural events in collaboration with artists, curators, art galleries, and institutions, both within its own venue and outside contexts. Its activity develops in a context of continuous exchange and comparison, aimed at exploring universal themes and contemporary reflections. Art, for SCD, is conceived as a living and dynamic entity, capable of stimulating dialogue with the public and with the territory in a space—real or virtual—fertile for growth and exchange for all who share its vision.

**TECHNICAL SHEET:**

Title: AbbeceDiariu
Artist: Luciana Aironi
Curated by: Barbara Pavan
Dates: 1.2 – 1.3.2025
Opening: Saturday, February 1st, 2025, 5:00 PM
Venue: SCD Textile & Art Studio, Via Bramante 22N, 06122 Perugia
Info: mob.+39 347 177 6001 | e-mail scdtextileandartstudio@gmail.com
Catalogue available in the exhibition
Web: www.scdtextileandartstudio....