Singapore International Photography Festival

• Country: Italy
• Title: Theatre Sets

Gennuso chose theatre as subject because of its close association with the notion of artifice and drama. For 10 months, Gennuso photographed theatre sets prior to performances to explore the role played by artificial light in creating poetic estrangement. Her aim is to represent theatres as psychological spaces, where artificial light with its reverberating hues creates surreal scenes, transforming the ordinary into something bold and dramatic. In photographing theatre sets without human presence, she captures the quality of the inanimate object bathed in artificial light, which evokes a sense of poetic estrangement, where the familiar takes on an entirely new façade and perception.