MIA PIGNATARO

SPACE 1

Exhibition dates : 19 - 31 May 2026
Opening reception : Wed 20 May 2026, 6:00 - 8:30pm

The Dancer, 35mm Photography

35mm film photographs depicting a girl, replicating and using the art of Japanese rope tying as an thematic inspiration and as a reference to modern themes of fetishism and bondage. Playing with the concept of intention and perception, these images are filtered by retrospect. The subject alone in a low lit house, sometimes bound by literal ties, and in others standing still in a sullen house. Despite the intimacy fostered by her surroundings the girl at times stares directly at the camera almost occupying the viewers of an involuntary voyeurism. The composition fluctuates between mundane and overtly sexual, but remains in a subdued colour pallet, creating a false sense of uniformity and comfort. The woman depicts and suggests feelings of voyeurism questioning if innocence and beauty are born and the idea of unconsciously being our own voyeur in our most private moments.

Photographer - Mia Pignataro, Model - Eve Vardy