opera ascolta come mi batte forte il tuo cuore, libribianchi

"Listen how quickly your heart is beating in me"

2023

Books, plaster, acrylic paint

33 x 32 x 12 cm

This line from the poem “Any case” by Wislawa Szymborska talks about empathy, that is, how we can be so close to a person that we feel their heart beating inside us.

dettaglio opera ascolta come mi batte forte il tuo cuore
dettaglio opera ascolta come mi batte forte il tuo cuore
Raw material: Paper

LibriBianchi are sculptures created using real books destined for disposal, giving them a new life. Covered in white, each book becomes an icon of all books, telling stories, emotions, and feelings. It may seem like a mute sculpture, but it is not; it silently screams to be read—not with the eyes, but with the heart, as the Little Prince says.

Discover other Paper Works

struck in the heart, a white paper hit by a clenched fist

“Hit in the heart - thinking of Alexei Navalny”

Opera Quale accoglienza, an open white paper caged in barbed wire

“What kind of welcome?”

Opera I Don't Want the Moon, a staircase leads to an open white paper

“I'’m not asking for the moon!”

opera un nulla nell'infinito, un cerchio di libri bianchi con un equilibrista in mezzo

"A nothing in the infinite"

Opera The Happiness of the Drop Is to Die in the River, LibriBianchi

“The happiness of the raindrop is dying in the river”

Opera Fahrenheit 451, a burnt white paper

“Fahrenheit 451"

opera in me ci sarà sempre un po' di te, piccoli libri bianchi incastonati tra di loro

"There will always be a bit of you in me"

Opera affinità electiva, two books linked together

“Elective affinities - thinking of Johann Wolfgang Goethe”

Opera and the now exhausted word broke down in tears, a book whose words are dissolving and coming off the page

“And the now exhausted word dissolved into tears - thinking of Fabrizio De André”

Opera the tightrope walker, a small tightrope walker balancing on the page of a white paper

"The tightrope walker"

Opera Infinity, LibriBianchi

“Infinity”

Opera il Nostro DNA, two spiraling columns of white papers

"Our DNA"

opera io e te, vento nel vento, un libro bianco piegato dal vento

"You and me, wind in the wind - thinking of Lucio Battisti"

Opera Between the Folds of the Soul, LibriBianchi

“Between the folds of soul”

Opera and Pluribus Unum, LibriBianchi

“E pluribus unum”

Opera Mar Mediterraneo, an open white paper covered in skulls

“Mediterranean Sea”

Opera Non è Amore, a white paper pierced by a huge golden nail

"It's not love"

Opera Towards the Horizon, LibriBianchi

"Towards the Horizon"

Opera Kintsuki, a broken white paper reassembled with the ancient Japanese technique

“Kintsugi”

Opera, lightness is not superficiality, an open white paper covered in feathers

“Lightness is not superficiality - thinking of Italo Calvino”

Opera de Divina Proportione, book inserted in a solid geometry

"De divina proportione"

Work Crucifixion, a white paper covered with nails

“Crucifixion - thinking of Giulio Regeni”

Opera I've Lost My Words, LibriBianchi

"I’m lost for words"

Opera di Vento e Di Mare, LibriBianchi

“Of Wind and Sea”

Opera 4 minutes 33 seconds, LibriBianchi

“4'33" - thinking of John Cage”

Opera Anima Mundi, a world of books on top of a large open white paper

“Anima Mundi”

Opera Piccolo Guggenheim, a book cut into sections that recalls the famous museum

“Little Guggenheim”

Opera Leggimi forte, an open white paper with stones instead of words

"Read me loud"

Opera Pages in the Wind, LibriBianchi

“Pages in the Wind”

Opera trilogy

“Trilogy”

Opera per Venezia, a typewriter 'sinks' into the white paper

“For Venice - thinking of Indro Montanelli”

Opera Anna P., a white paper pierced by bullets

“Anna P. - thinking of Anna Politkovskaya”

Opera You Can't See Well But With The Heart, a white paper written in Braille

“One can only see clearly with the heart - thinking of the Little Prince”

Other artworks and projects

Philosophy

LibriBianchi by Lorenzo and Simona Perrone are the expression of a personal artistic journey that has been evolving for over twenty years, exploring the world of books to strongly affirm the bond between books and culture as a synonym for civilization.

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dettaglio opera ho perso le parole, un libro aperto a cui si strappano le pagine

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