Sandra Cattaneo Adorno: 10 Years

Artwork and text by Sandra Cattaneo AdornoOn April 20, 2024, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno unveiled 10 Years at the 7th edition of Personal Structures, which runs parallel with the 60th Venice Biennale. Organized by the European Cultural Centre, the 2024 edition focuses on the experience of foreigners, émigrés, exiled, and refugees, especially those who have moved between the Global South and the Global North. Throughout her practice, Cattaneo Adorno embarks on journeys around the globe with camera in hand, capturing glimmering flickers of daily life that evoke scenes from a dream, floating between reality and illusion. Hailing from Brazil, Cattaneo Adorno’s life, work, and worldview have been shaped by a lifetime of traveling the globe, fostering a sense of belonging in multiple places by the act of making art. Curated by the photographer and Andrea Verganti, 10 Years charts Cattaneo Adorno’s evolution as an image-maker and author, creating a new space for experimentation that elegantly bl