The mushroom kingdom is known to have the ability to absorb air impurities.
And since pollution in cities is now a constant, I asked cosmetologist pharmacist Cristina Portinaro to create an
anti-pollution cream based on mushrooms, specifically Tremella fuciformis.*
Thanks to this product, I created the work Sintomo, a photographic series of panoramic views partly protected by a layer of cream, partly concealed by dark acrylic powders, precisely where the protection of the cream is absent.
The work confronts us with a society that creates palliatives to mitigate its sense of responsibility for the climate crisis we are experiencing.
An anti-pollution cream instead of more radical structural changes is an obvious symptom of this execrable approach.