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CURITIBA

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Review byStefania Biamonti

Apart from its standing as a key commercial and industrial centre, Curitiba is a modern, cosmopolitan metropolis that is among the most populous cities in Brazil.
This city is a capital in every respect and Santioli flatters its architectural pedigree by zoning in on the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in particular, more popularly known as Niemeyer’s Eye.
In this series, the ‘Eye’ of the renowned architect is, in turn, dissected by the photographer’s eye. His camera, also skillfully wielded, becomes a scalpel, the image is etched and, if only momentarily, the space becomes ‘newly occupied’.
In his images, buildings tend to take on a slightly more ‘fragmented’ aspect than that of the original.
Lines deviate from the regular trajectory and squeeze the margins of already-narrow frames and, in so doing, assume entirely new forms, capable of evoking an entirely new set of feelings to what may otherwise be familiar subjects.
An interpretation of Curitiba’s architectural layout is here, too, quite a subjective one and in many respects, even dreamlike.
It could be said, however, that thanks to this approach -which is far more emotionally than analytically driven – that the viewer is able to finally able catch a rare glimpse of riveting facets of the city and discover details that are otherwise largely ignored.
Laid wide open for discovery and the viewer’s appreciation are the many subtle design correlations between buildings, architecture and context that are all usually overlooked.