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The work is rooted in the research project The Y, initiated in 2016, in which the artist reconstructs, through digital technologies, the identity of her biological father whom she never knew. Using gaming software and 3D sculpture, Zari models his face and expressions, giving shape to a presence that is both artificial and intimate.
With the project We Have the Same Eyes, the artist establishes a virtual relationship with her father, developing an emotional connection that crosses the boundaries between reality and simulation.
The work begins with a single word “Daddy”, learned from her mother and visible in an archival family photograph. From this original fragment, the project evolves into a physical 3D sculpture of the father’s face, and then, through video, focuses on the complexity and variability of his expressions.
Alba Zari’s practice (Bangkok, 1987) integrates photography and virtual tools through a documentary-based approach to investigate social, cultural, and identity-related dynamics, with particular attention to themes of memory and mental health. Her work questions photography as both trace and construction of the gaze, balancing analytical rigor with poetic sensitivity. Biographical experience lies at the core of her practice. Continuous movement since childhood has contributed to shaping a perspective attentive to the social and political dimensions of places and to conditions of fragility and marginalization.
We Have the Same Eyes | Alba Zari
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from 28 January to 17 February, 2026 | h24
