La terra e a lei concorde il mare
e sopra ovunque un mare più giocondo
per la veloce fiamma dei passeri
e la via
della riposante luna e del sonno
dei dolci corpi socchiusi alla vita
e alla morte su un campo;
e per quelle voci che scendono
sfuggendo a misteriose porte e balzano
sopra noi come uccelli folli di tornare
sopra le isole originali cantando:
qui si prepara
un giaciglio di porpora e un canto che culla
per chi non ha potuto dormire
sì dura era la pietra,
sì acuminato l’amore.
(Mario Luzi)
The land and in agreement the sea
and above everywhere a more joyful sea
by the quick flame of the sparrows
and the way
of the restful moon and sleep
sweet bodies half closed to life
and to death on a field;
and for those voices that come down
escaping mysterious doors and leaping
above us like crazy birds to return
over the original islands singing:
here it prepares
a purple bed and a song that cradles
for those who could not sleep
so hard was the stone,
so sharp was the love.
(Translation R.C.)
Bio
Born in Angera (Va) in 1973, graduated in Literature, Roberto Caielli is a professional photographer and fine art printer, Italian Canon Lfp Ambassador since 2014. Already author of literary texts, he conceived photography as an ideal continuation of writing. His images move from a philosophical premise on the representation of reality, of which photography is a mirror and shadow. Among his photographic works, Skyhole, a permanent installation inside a Swiss alpine dam, Autoritratto di lago, Il tempo a casa Colombo, Film Landscape. He collaborates and exhibits at important art galleries in Italy and abroad. He lives and works in his studio laboratory in Daverio (Va) and is a teacher of photographic technique and history of photography in various educational institutions.
Less then a second, (performance), Teatro dei Filodrammatici, Milan 2007
Time at casa Colombo, Fiaf Gallery Le gru, Catania 2009
Polaroid (installation), Ancient glaciers of Cazzago Brabbia (Va), 2010
Les pays des Reines, Grimentz (Vs, Ch), 2011
Self portrait of a lake (with Associazione Remolungo and Davide Niglia), Villa Borghi, Biandronno (Va), 2011
Tribute to the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, art collective (with Marcello Morandini, Giorgio Lotti and others, invited photographer), Civic Museums of Villa Mirabello, Varese 2011
Reflections (collective, with M. Mulas, L. Carrà, Gianfarioli, R. Calvino), monumental Sacristy of the Basilica of San Marco, Milan 2012
Skyhole, (installation inside the Moiry dam, CH), international photofestival "Rive gauche droite", 2012
Photissima art fair, Venice, Biennale 2013
Cinegraphy, Triestecontemporanea gallery, Trieste 2013
Top down and bottom up, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary, Turin 2014
Photissima art fair, Turin 2014
Mia Milan Image Art Fair, Sulla spiaggia dei mondi infiniti, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary stand, Milan 2015
Mia Milan Image Art Fair 2017, Progetto a quattro mani con Giuseppe Pagano
Mia Milan Image Art Fair 2018, Canon Ambassadors stand
Flow Photofest, Inverness (Scotland), 2018
Books
Lais, ed. Stapress, Milano 2003
Aldous, ed. Starpress, Milano 2006
Sluagh Ghairm, ed. Sedizioni, Milano 2009
Autoritratto di lago, Reil, Varese 2012
In riva al cielo, Varese 2013
Cinegraphy, catalogo della mostra, Milano 2014