The series Re Set explores the presence and impact of emptiness, reduction, and visual stillness. Departing from the visual density that often characterizes contemporary imagery, the works deliberately move toward minimal structures in which space, silence, and restraint become central compositional elements. Empty space is not treated as absence or background, but as an active and meaningful component of the image.
Through this reduction, the works shift the viewer’s attention away from narrative or descriptive representation toward a more contemplative mode of perception. The images exist in a subtle tension between presence and absence, between visibility and disappearance. What remains visible becomes more concentrated and precise, while what is absent opens a mental and perceptual space in which viewers are invited to project their own associations and interpretations.
The series reflects on the idea of a “reset” as a moment of interruption and reorientation—an opportunity to step back from visual and informational overload and return to a state of clarity and focus. In this sense, Re Set is not only a formal exploration of reduction, but also a reflection on perception itself: how we see, how we interpret images, and how meaning emerges from what is both shown and withheld.
A central aspect of the project is the extension of the traditional photographic image into a digital dimension. By using the Artivive augmented reality platform, each work can be activated through a smartphone. When the viewer scans the artwork with the Artivive app, an additional animated layer appears, subtly transforming the static image into a dynamic visual experience. This digital intervention does not replace the physical artwork but expands it, creating a dialogue between material presence and virtual space.
Through this interplay of stillness, reduction, and digital augmentation, Re Set creates a hybrid viewing experience that moves between contemplation and interaction, between the physical artwork and its immaterial extension.
Works from the series were presented in 2023 in Venice as part of the Biennale exhibition Time Space Existence, organised by the European Cultural Centre. Within this context, Re Set contributed to the broader discourse on spatial perception, architecture, and the evolving relationship between image, space, and technology.
