Playfulness

“Playfulness” is a visual exploration and an invitation to reconnect with the child within us. This multidisciplinary long-term project is a collaboration with my two daughters to build a bridge between childhood and adulthood.

Find more about the playfulness project here :

https://caterinasuzzi.com/contentplayfulness

https://caterinasuzzi.com/playfulness-experiences

© caterina suzzi - Image from the Playfulness photography project
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The captions are from my daughters' quotes and questions. They are originally in Italian but I add the English translation. "I puntini colorati rappresentano le mie emozioni quando ero nella tua pancia, poi sono nata e tutti i puntini si sono riuniti"‘The coloured dots represent my emotions when I was in your belly, then I was born and all the dots came together.’

© caterina suzzi - Image from the Playfulness photography project
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The captions are from my daughters' quotes and questions. They are originally in Italian but I add the English translation. For an exhibition we would like them to be handwritten. "Mamma, c'è un altro mondo?""Mum, is there another world?"

© caterina suzzi - Image from the Playfulness photography project
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“Mamma, prima che nascessi avevi due cuori e poi il tuo cuore si è diviso e me ne hai dato uno?”"Mummy, before I was born did you have two hearts and then your heart split and you gave me one?"

© caterina suzzi - "Non riesco più a respirare""I can't breath"
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"Non riesco più a respirare""I can't breath"

© caterina suzzi - “Con occhi diversi, vedrei il mondo in modo diverso?”"With different eyes, would I see the world differently?"
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“Con occhi diversi, vedrei il mondo in modo diverso?”"With different eyes, would I see the world differently?"

© caterina suzzi - "Il fuoco è il mio elemento perché è il più potente!""Fire is my element because it's the most powerful!"
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"Il fuoco è il mio elemento perché è il più potente!""Fire is my element because it's the most powerful!"

© caterina suzzi - "Posso trasferire tutta la mia energia nel pallone!""I can transfer all my energy into the balloon ! "
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"Posso trasferire tutta la mia energia nel pallone!""I can transfer all my energy into the balloon ! "

© caterina suzzi - Image from the Playfulness photography project
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"Quando sono nata, vedevo il mondo sfuocato o in bianco e nero ?""When I was born, did I see the world blurry or in black and white?"

© caterina suzzi - "Perché la natura è sempre verde?""Why is nature always green?"
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"Perché la natura è sempre verde?""Why is nature always green?"

© caterina suzzi - "Anche ad occhi chiusi, vedo tantissimi colori""Even with my eyes closed, I see so many colors"
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"Anche ad occhi chiusi, vedo tantissimi colori""Even with my eyes closed, I see so many colors"

© caterina suzzi - Image from the Playfulness photography project
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"Anche se da fuori sembriamo immobili, dentro di noi tutto si sta muovendo""Even if from the outside we appear to be motionless, everything inside us is moving’.

© caterina suzzi - "Accendi il buio""Light up the darkness"
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"Accendi il buio""Light up the darkness"

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"Noi bambini non abbiamo paura del buio ma di quello che si nasconde nel buio"‘We children are not afraid of the dark but of what hides in the dark’.

© caterina suzzi - "Foglia, riesci a sentire le mie carezze?""Leaf, can you feel my caresses?"
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"Foglia, riesci a sentire le mie carezze?""Leaf, can you feel my caresses?"

© caterina suzzi - "Siamo tutti un po' femmine e un po' maschi vero?" "We're all a little bit female and a little bit male, aren't we ?"
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"Siamo tutti un po' femmine e un po' maschi vero?" "We're all a little bit female and a little bit male, aren't we ?"

© caterina suzzi - " é da qui che inizia la vita""this is where life starts"
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" é da qui che inizia la vita""this is where life starts"

© caterina suzzi - "A cosa servono gli umani?""What are humans for? "
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"A cosa servono gli umani?""What are humans for? "

© caterina suzzi - "L'acqua è un luogo nascosto dove vivo una vita spericolata""Water is a hidden place where I live a reckless life"
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"L'acqua è un luogo nascosto dove vivo una vita spericolata""Water is a hidden place where I live a reckless life"

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