Beatrice Scaccia is a visual artist based in New York. She seeks to amalgamate painting, drawing, animation and writing in the construction of her multidimensional works. At the heart of her practice is the need to create various characters as a means to reflect upon the absurdity of the human condition and the fragility of our identities.

In the artist’s words: “I decided to make a bust for the first time. I usually work with paintings, drawings and digital animation, but I have been visualising these busts in my mind for quite a while. I am an Italian in New York (double-stressed then), ‘sheltered-in-place’ in my small apartment since the end of March. Embracing something new and challenging seemed like a great idea, plus, Magazzino Italian Art (a beautiful Foundation upstate New York) asked me to produce an artwork during these isolated times.

In my imagination, my bust was dynamic, grotesque, fun, and disturbing... until I faced the medium and everything changed. I decided to work using some material/objects I have hoarded in the last year or so, intrigued with the concept of hoarding – so much around these days on the news. But the bust wasn't enough for me, and It didn't stand on its own; probably because I remain a 2D artist, but I don't know for sure. I therefore decided to turn the ‘working on the bust’ in to an animation. I built a set, I organised the lights and I started. All the dynamism I thought I could give to the form itself was added to the space around the form.

I'll keep going; but I have a feeling that the bust will never be finished, attracted, as I am, to the idea of failing over and over again.”

Concept & Performance | Beatrice Scaccia
Musician | Lionel Laquerriere
Curator of The Long Minute | Bronwyn Lace