{"id":22588,"date":"2026-11-06T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/?p=22588"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:56:11","slug":"jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jago opens up in Venice: \u2018I\u2019m my own boss\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He shapes matter in a way not seen for some time, but don\u2019t call him Michelangelo: he is <\/span>Jago<\/b><\/span>. The internationally renowned sculptor from Anagni, born Jacopo Cardillo in 1987, who takes archetypes of classical art such as the Piet\u00e0 and reinterprets them, spoke in Venice on Friday 23rd as part of <\/span>the<\/b><\/span> <\/span>Festival delle Idee<\/b><\/span>, thanks to a collaboration with the<\/span> Ca\u2019 Pesaro Museum<\/b><\/span>, in conversation with Corriere della Sera columnist<\/span> Paolo Conti.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Pietas is a feeling, not a work of art<\/b><\/span>. There are millions of them, even if we are particularly familiar with just one,\u2019 Jago clarified straight away, explaining that in his work he starts with familiar images and well-known stories, so as to connect with the viewer immediately<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u2018True innovation may not be understood<\/b><\/span>. I start from what people already understand in order to say something new,\u201d he emphasised. <\/span>\u201cThere is never an attempt at comparison, but rather a desire to test myself<\/b><\/span> to see if I am capable of expressing myself on a new and personal level, seeking original solutions.\u201d <\/p>\n

In a world dominated by the immaterial and the virtual, <\/span>Jago demonstrates total confidence in the material every day and engages with the immensity of the marble<\/b><\/span> in which he seeks his own form<\/b><\/span>: \u2018Marble is the most interesting choice because, whilst the world is moving in the opposite direction, I have no competitors, and this gives me an incredible advantage.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":22538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1998],"tags":[3565,3437,3566,3567,3568,1999],"class_list":["post-22588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ve-nice","tag-benedetto-en","tag-exhibition","tag-ideas","tag-jago-en","tag-sculpture","tag-venice"],"acf":{"categoria":[1998],"categoria_source":{"label":"Category","type":"taxonomy","formatted_value":[{"term_id":1998,"name":"Ve-nice","slug":"ve-nice","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1998,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":35,"filter":"raw"}]},"sottotitolo_h2":"From a difficult start to the founding of the Jago Museum: the sculptor behind \u201cHabemus Hominem\u201d, who carved the deposition of Pope Benedict XVI into marble, spoke at the Ca\u2019 Pesaro Museum during the Festival of Ideas","sottotitolo_h2_source":{"label":"Subtitle","type":"text","formatted_value":"From a difficult start to the founding of the Jago Museum: the sculptor behind \u201cHabemus Hominem\u201d, who carved the deposition of Pope Benedict XVI into marble, spoke at the Ca\u2019 Pesaro Museum during the Festival of Ideas"},"immagini_principale":{"ID":22538,"id":22538,"title":"Jago 1","filename":"Jago-1.jpg","filesize":644837,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss\/jago-1-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"jago-1-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22588,"date":"2026-11-06 09:59:44","modified":"2026-11-10 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shapes matter in a way not seen for some time, but don\u2019t call him Michelangelo: he is <\/span>Jago<\/b><\/span>. The internationally renowned sculptor from Anagni, born Jacopo Cardillo in 1987, who takes archetypes of classical art such as the Piet\u00e0 and reinterprets them, spoke in Venice on Friday 23rd as part of <\/span>the<\/b><\/span> <\/span>Festival delle Idee<\/b><\/span>, thanks to a collaboration with the<\/span> Ca\u2019 Pesaro Museum<\/b><\/span>, in conversation with Corriere della Sera columnist<\/span> Paolo Conti.<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n\u2018Pietas is a feeling, not a work of art<\/b><\/span>. There are millions of them, even if we are particularly familiar with just one,\u2019 Jago clarified straight away, explaining that in his work he starts with familiar images and well-known stories, so as to connect with the viewer immediately<\/span>.\n\n\u2018True innovation may not be understood<\/b><\/span>. I start from what people already understand in order to say something new,\u201d he emphasised. <\/span>\u201cThere is never an attempt at comparison, but rather a desire to test myself<\/b><\/span> to see if I am capable of expressing myself on a new and personal level, seeking original solutions.\u201d \r\n\r\nIn a world dominated by the immaterial and the virtual, <\/span>Jago demonstrates total confidence in the material every day and engages with the immensity of the marble<\/b><\/span> in which he seeks his own form<\/b><\/span>: \u2018Marble is the most interesting choice because, whilst the world is moving in the opposite direction, I have no competitors, and this gives me an incredible advantage.\u2019<\/span>","introduzione_source":{"label":"Introduction","type":"wysiwyg","formatted_value":"

He shapes matter in a way not seen for some time, but don\u2019t call him Michelangelo: he is <\/span>Jago<\/b><\/span>. The internationally renowned sculptor from Anagni, born Jacopo Cardillo in 1987, who takes archetypes of classical art such as the Piet\u00e0 and reinterprets them, spoke in Venice on Friday 23rd as part of <\/span>the<\/b><\/span> <\/span>Festival delle Idee<\/b><\/span>, thanks to a collaboration with the<\/span> Ca\u2019 Pesaro Museum<\/b><\/span>, in conversation with Corriere della Sera columnist<\/span> Paolo Conti.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Pietas is a feeling, not a work of art<\/b><\/span>. There are millions of them, even if we are particularly familiar with just one,\u2019 Jago clarified straight away, explaining that in his work he starts with familiar images and well-known stories, so as to connect with the viewer immediately<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u2018True innovation may not be understood<\/b><\/span>. I start from what people already understand in order to say something new,\u201d he emphasised. <\/span>\u201cThere is never an attempt at comparison, but rather a desire to test myself<\/b><\/span> to see if I am capable of expressing myself on a new and personal level, seeking original solutions.\u201d <\/p>\n

In a world dominated by the immaterial and the virtual, <\/span>Jago demonstrates total confidence in the material every day and engages with the immensity of the marble<\/b><\/span> in which he seeks his own form<\/b><\/span>: \u2018Marble is the most interesting choice because, whilst the world is moving in the opposite direction, I have no competitors, and this gives me an incredible advantage.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n"},"paragrafi_articolo":[{"titolo_paragrafo":"Facebook was his first \u2018gallery\u2019","testo_paragrafo":"Getting to where he is now hasn\u2019t been easy; at first,<\/span> he couldn\u2019t find any galleries willing to represent him<\/b><\/span>, and it was thanks to the virtual world that he gained visibility. He was just a young lad when,<\/span> in 2007<\/b><\/span>,<\/span> he travelled to <\/b><\/span>Greece to work for a sculptor who didn\u2019t pay him; to make ends meet, he cleaned the toilets in a restaurant: \u2018One day I saw the restaurant owner using Facebook; I realised the potential of social media and <\/span>started using the photo gallery as a showcase for my work<\/b><\/span>. With technology, my creative process becomes a catalyst for opportunities,\u2019 he says. He then also began using videos to showcase his creative process, primarily to satisfy his own curiosity about witnessing the creation of things.<\/span>\n\n\u201cSocial media, however, has changed today; it\u2019s just self-congratulatory TV<\/b><\/span>. Anyone starting out now should think about what the next step is, rather than trying to fit into <\/span>a system that\u2019s already set in stone<\/b><\/span>. \u2013 he warns, explaining how he makes personal and judicious use of social media \u2013 \u2018My home page only shows me what interests me because <\/span>I don\u2019t want to be distracted or influenced<\/b><\/span>; the risk is getting caught in an endless loop and forgetting to live.\u2019 <\/span>","multimedia":"video","video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Kd0SAhHx5MA","immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22540,"id":22540,"title":"jago 2 jago-festival-delle-idee","filename":"jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee.jpg","filesize":287484,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22588,"date":"2026-11-06 10:00:42","modified":"2026-11-10 09:56:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-768x768.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":768,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":800,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee.jpg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1000,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":1000}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"\u201cHabemus Hominem\u201d: the process of stripping Benedict XVI of his honours, depicted in a sculpture","testo_paragrafo":"Having begun to make a name for himself at the age of just 24, Jago was <\/span>selected by Vittorio Sgarbi<\/b><\/span> in 2011<\/span> for the 54th Venice Art Biennale, where he exhibited \u2018Habemus Papam\u2019<\/b><\/span>, the marble bust of <\/span>Pope Benedict XVI<\/b><\/span> created in 2009. This early work was subsequently reworked by the artist between 2013 and 2016, after the Pope had abdicated the papacy. Jago <\/span>intervened on the work by literally stripping the Holy Father of his papal robes<\/b><\/span> with a chisel and renaming it <\/span>\u201cHabemus Hominem\u201d<\/b><\/span>: \u201cWhilst the sculpture was on display at an exhibition, I received a message from my father in which he told me: \u2018The Pope has undressed\u2019. I sensed that in that work there was an opportunity to say something better than the stereotypical portrait I\u2019d been commissioned to create. I could intervene again, and<\/span> perhaps the most interesting insight was to leave a trace of the process of stripping away the clothing,\u201d<\/b><\/span> says the sculptor, who, by reworking the material,<\/span> anticipated the signs of the Pontiff\u2019s ageing<\/b><\/span> with such precision in rendering the texture of the skin<\/span> <\/b>that it sends shivers down your spine.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA level of perfection for which<\/span> he has repeatedly been dubbed the new Michelangelo<\/b><\/span>: \u2018A ridiculous comparison. Even when Tokio Hotel first came onto the scene, people said they were the new <\/span>Beatles<\/span><\/span>, but the only thing they had in common was that they played music and used the same instruments. \u2013 he continues \u2013 \u2018Being called Michelangelo is no source of pride for me; <\/span>I want to be the next version of myself<\/b><\/span>,\u2019 he says, referring to the fact that marble is the only thing he has in common with the Renaissance master, given that the techniques and the rendering of the material are clearly different. However, he does not condemn those who compare him to the genius of the past: \u2018Today we have the great opportunity to <\/span>build on someone else\u2019s footsteps in order to find our own<\/b><\/span>; there is nothing wrong with being inspired by the greatness of others \u2013 <\/span>the only risk is finding oneself<\/b><\/span>.\u2019<\/span>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22542,"id":22542,"title":"Screenshot","filename":"Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia.jpg","filesize":153065,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss\/screenshot-31-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"Screenshot","name":"screenshot-31-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22588,"date":"2026-11-06 10:06:16","modified":"2026-11-10 09:56:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1791,"height":1008,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia-768x432.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":432,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":450,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia.jpg","2048x2048-width":1791,"2048x2048-height":1008,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Jago-3-Habemus-Papam-copia-1320x743.jpg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":743}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"A great physical effort","testo_paragrafo":"Marble is a material that requires time and great physical effort: <\/span>\u2018It\u2019s an act of translation which, in my case, creates dust and noise<\/b><\/span>. I have an image in my head and I satisfy my desire to see it realised by working on the material for up to three years.\u201d \u2013 he emphasises \u2013 \u201cThis is what makes me feel good and gives me a sense of fulfilment.\u201d \r\n\r\n<\/span>Sculpture works by subtraction<\/b><\/span>; indeed, it is only by removing the superfluous that one arrives at an image: \u2018Within that physical space there exists an infinite number of possible images, and from among them I take on the responsibility of choosing one and devoting myself to it for years\u2019. \r\n\r\n<\/span>Every creation he works on triggers a process of reflection<\/b><\/span>: \u201cEvery work is both a destination and a turning point, because it suggests to me what will come next.<\/span>\r\n\r\nI can\u2019t describe the creative process, but <\/span>I put myself at the mercy of a mechanism of sensitivity<\/b><\/span>. \u2013 and he jokes \u2013 \u2018My wife puts up with my absences and my staring into space,\u2019 he says, explaining that he continues to nurture the child within him because it allows him to <\/span>see the multiplicity of things<\/b><\/span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor Jago, Venice is a city of great inspiration: \u201cI enter a realm where it seems astonishing to me that so much beauty could exist, pouring down upon you,\u201d he says. \u201cI could spend a whole day sitting in front of a fa\u00e7ade, observing a glimpse or a passing ray of light.\u201d \r\n\r\nEvery time he leaves the city of water, various impressions settle within him. \u201cOne work in particular, <\/span>\u2018Still Life\u2019<\/b><\/span>, made up of weapons, was <\/span>conceived in Venice after I saw Canova\u2019s \u2018Fruit Baskets\u2019<\/b><\/span>.\u201d <\/span>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22544,"id":22544,"title":"jago 4","filename":"jago-4.jpg","filesize":744158,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss\/jago-4-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"jago-4-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22588,"date":"2026-11-06 10:06:59","modified":"2026-11-10 09:56:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1732,"height":1299,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4-768x576.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":576,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4-1536x1152.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4.jpg","2048x2048-width":1732,"2048x2048-height":1299,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-4-1320x990.jpg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":990}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"Jago is not only an artist but also his own boss","testo_paragrafo":"The only artist in the world to have sent a sculpture into space (his small <\/span>work <\/b><\/span>\u2018The First Baby\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/span> weighing <\/span>200 grams, which depicts a foetus,<\/span><\/span> which arrived at the International Space Station in 2019<\/b><\/span> thanks to the mission\u2019s lead astronaut, Luca Parmitano), what emerged about Jago during the conference is that he is also <\/span>a great entrepreneur who has managed to turn what he does best into a brand<\/b><\/span>. In 2023,<\/span> the Jago Museum<\/b><\/span> will open in the church of Sant\u2019Aspreno ai Crociferi, in the Rione Sanit\u00e0 district of Naples \u2013 formerly his workshop \u2013 where he employs many people: \u201cThe Jago Museum is an attempt to safeguard an idea of beauty. \u2019 he explains. <\/span>\u2018It<\/b><\/span> <\/span>is an exhibition format that, if desired, can be realised anywhere<\/b><\/span>. There is no single art system, but rather multiple art systems, and this opens up the possibility of new scenarios and major collaborations.\u2019 Indeed, this year he has also brought the format to the historic spaces of <\/span>Villa Lysis on Capri<\/b><\/span>. \r\n\r\nThe idea of co-ownership of the<\/span> works is his: <\/span>\u201cEach of my works is a 50-50 partnership.<\/b><\/span> I have investors from all over the world who are co-owners of certain works, which are then displayed in my museum,\u201d he clarifies, adding that this allows him to be his own boss and remain sustainable, because <\/span>everything he earns from the million-euro valuations of his works is reinvested in his company<\/b><\/span>. \u2018The young people who have been working for me in the museum\u2019s communications team have grown from 13 to almost 60 today.\u2019 \r\n<\/span>\r\nThe Jago Museum has welcomed <\/span>150,000 visitors<\/b><\/span> this year, including many school groups, and everyone has the opportunity to take a guided tour of his works. \r\n\r\nAlthough his works convey important meanings, Jago,<\/span> as an artist, does not feel a responsibility to convey certain messages to the contemporary world; <\/span>his art, in fact, responds to an imperative of absolute freedom<\/b><\/span>. Nor does he feel the need to explain his works: \u201cIf I were to impose my meanings and my inner world through words, it would be a complete betrayal. This does not mean there is no concept, but I keep it to myself.\u201d \r\n\r\nOn several occasions, the sculptor has seen his public works vandalised; most recently,<\/span> in 2022,<\/span> \u2018Flagella Paratus Sum<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u2019,<\/b><\/span> on display in the centre of Rome, was destroyed. Similarly, the sculpture <\/span>\u2018Look Down\u2019<\/b><\/span>, now in Rome in the courtyard of the Chamber of Deputies at Montecitorio, has been the target of various acts of vandalism. \u2018In 2020, when we installed it in Naples\u2019 Piazza del Plebiscito, a poodle immediately urinated on it,\u2019 recalls the sculptor. \u2018That was a great lesson for me. If you put a work of art in a square, you have to expect that sort of thing; I don\u2019t take it personally\u2019. So, <\/span>when some young people vandalised it<\/b><\/span> a few days later<\/span>, his reaction was to invite them to his studio to get to know them<\/b><\/span>: \u201cThey\u2019d made a gesture in a video without even realising it, and they were exploited on TV. I<\/span> recognised a lot of myself in them<\/b><\/span>. As a lad, I did far worse \u2013 I set fire to a palm tree in Anagni the day before my First Communion.\u201d \u2013 he recounts \u2013 \u201cWhen they came to the studio, it was a wonderful moment. <\/span>I gave them a hammer and chisel and let them experience what it means to sculpt<\/b><\/span>. They realised just how difficult and complicated it is to kneel all day long for years on end, and <\/span>they understood how easy it is, by contrast, to destroy<\/b><\/span>. They thus grasped the difference between a creative act that involves breaking things and the act of destruction for its own sake.\u201d<\/span>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22569,"id":22569,"title":"jago 2 jago-festival-delle-idee","filename":"jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1.jpg","filesize":287484,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/jago-opens-up-in-venice-im-my-own-boss\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-2-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22588,"date":"2026-11-06 12:58:31","modified":"2026-11-10 09:56:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1-768x768.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":768,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":800,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/jago-2-jago-festival-delle-idee-1.jpg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1000,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":1000}},"didascalia":""}],"paragrafi_articolo_source":{"label":"Article Paragraphs","type":"repeater","formatted_value":[{"titolo_paragrafo":"Facebook was his first \u2018gallery\u2019","testo_paragrafo":"

Getting to where he is now hasn\u2019t been easy; at first,<\/span> he couldn\u2019t find any galleries willing to represent him<\/b><\/span>, and it was thanks to the virtual world that he gained visibility. He was just a young lad when,<\/span> in 2007<\/b><\/span>,<\/span> he travelled to <\/b><\/span>Greece to work for a sculptor who didn\u2019t pay him; to make ends meet, he cleaned the toilets in a restaurant: \u2018One day I saw the restaurant owner using Facebook; I realised the potential of social media and <\/span>started using the photo gallery as a showcase for my work<\/b><\/span>. With technology, my creative process becomes a catalyst for opportunities,\u2019 he says. He then also began using videos to showcase his creative process, primarily to satisfy his own curiosity about witnessing the creation of things.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSocial media, however, has changed today; it\u2019s just self-congratulatory TV<\/b><\/span>. Anyone starting out now should think about what the next step is, rather than trying to fit into <\/span>a system that\u2019s already set in stone<\/b><\/span>. \u2013 he warns, explaining how he makes personal and judicious use of social media \u2013 \u2018My home page only shows me what interests me because <\/span>I don\u2019t want to be distracted or influenced<\/b><\/span>; the risk is getting caught in an endless loop and forgetting to live.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n","multimedia":"video","video":"