Alice Babolin, known by her stage name of Aliteia (Padua, 1985).

Aliteia’s journey stems from a long introspective research. This experimentation has increasingly led her to approach art as a vehicle of knowledge and transformation. She introduces herself to the art scene through her first solo exhibition at the Fabbrica del Vapore, which immediately grasped the thematic, conceptual and aesthetic value of her research.

Aliteia is derived from the words Ali and Aletheia (ἀλήθεια): the literal meaning of the word ἀλήθεια is “the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident.” It also entails a meaning of sincerity, such as factuality or reality.

Aletheia is the truth that cannot be hidden, that cannot be concealed. Therefore the artist is a guide, as the evolution of the self can be an effective and real process in giving us the courage to walk along our own path which represents us alongside our fragility and diversity that is part of our identity. Hence, fragility discovers a new narration, not as something that is ought to be hidden, but as the highest manifestation of art as an expression of self.