Artist-in-Residence Giordano Cioni (@giordano.cioni) is an Italian artist working across sculpture, film, and photography, exploring Western symbolism, ritual, and myth through a queer lens.
Part of their practice investigates landscape as an archetypal force; a symbolic space charged with elemental presence where mythological narratives can unfold.
During the residency at Nes they are developing 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘢 (“Return”), an experimental short film recounting a journey of psychological transformation through dance, landscape, and sound, investigating how inner change can be mirrored by the raw elemental qualities of the Icelandic terrain.
Image Captions:
1.Portrait of Giordano
2. 𝘑ö𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘴á𝘳𝘭ó𝘯 (2024) inkjet print on plate & artist’s steel frame, 81 x 103 x 4 cm
3. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘜𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 (2025) epoxy resin, steel & iron oxide, 39 x 31 x 12 cm
4. 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 (2025) film still
