Born in Acireale (CT) Sicily in 1971, Elettra Ranno lives and works between Rome and Athens. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania, she attended the annual course at the School of Visual Communication IED in Rome. Her photographs are single images taken in reversible film and are still hand printed in "Cibachrome". Her photographic survey, without any digital intervention, is carried through a deep existential and thorough investigation which shows an unusual and authentic sensitivity.
In 2005 she wins the 1st price at the "FotoLeggendo" photo festival in Rome and has participated in many solo and collective exhibitions both in Italy and overseas. "FotoLeggendo" is "twinned" with the Festival Les Boutographies - Rencontres photographiques de Montpellier, France. Her last solo exhibition was in 2008 at the "Manifesta7" the European Contemporary Art Biennale in Merano, Italy with "Diario Onirico in Metamorfosi" and in 2009 she was one of the contemporary artists selected to take part in the "Spinola Contemporanea: The contemporary artist interprets the historical palace ", edited by Farida Simonetti and Gianluca Zanelli - Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola - Genoa, Italy.
Elettra Ranno "Labyrinths of Light"
The houses of the ancients were always built based on the position of the sun and the word temple hides in its etymology the wise idea of choosing a portion of the sky to be "cut" and projected on the earth so that the high and low, the spirit and matter may merge into one single harmony. This has a profound meaning and tells us that living in a space does not only signify occupying it, but establishing both a physical and psychological relationship with the environment and investigating the many possibilities that such a relationship implies.
Looking at the plan of an ancient house is proof enough: its like being confronted with a maze constructed not to deceive those who walk through it but as an invitations to walk along inside so as to discover the many unex...