Alétheia signifies truth, but while truth or veritas forces the correspondence between recognizable notions, alétheia, on the other hand, unhides. What is hidden becomes evident to itself, and therefore becomes intelligible. Walk consciously in your dreams, following the path of imagination and photographing the contradiction. The dream creates images; hence it is difficult to translate them into a logical language. Therefore, there is the need (inherent in this project) to transfigure reality without denying it, opting for unusual combinations or unreal deformations. Things and people unite in strange spaces to obtain a unique sensation, generating an unexpected vision that surprises us with absurdity and contradicts our certainties. To destabilize everything, create a new unknown, extravagant world, a fusion of reality and dreams, fears and certainties, fascinating wishes and frustrations.

About

Valentino Roberto was born in Messina, Italy, in 1978. He studied philosophy at the university and actively participated in the artistic and cultural movement of his city. He attended a master’s in interior design at the Calligaris Institute in Palermo. In 2012 he approached photography as an art form after several experiments in various artistic fields, from writing to music from performance to video art. He participates in various photographic competitions, and 2013 receives confirmations for his work at the event Corigliano Calabro Photography. In 2015 he moved to Valencia in Spain, where he opened Sofart Sounds Food which over the years became a cultural and gastronomic reference in the city. In 2021 he participated in the international VIPA contest with a nomination in the first six classified in the conceptual and photographic manipulation section. He is currently engaged in a new cultural, artistic project within an artistic research collective.