Otherness gathers a large part of Nicola Constantino's photographic production. Each photograph is a carefully designed scene in which Costantino incarnates a different character, taken mostly from art or film history. The concept of otherness is related to the other and to the idea of acting. incarnating a character, being someone else. The idea of duplicating oneself and projecting oneself onto the other is bound to the notion of self-knowledge and experimentation. This is so because of the significance of impersonating the other, "wearing the costume" to feel the experience of the other.
The image of the artist is reproduced on multiple occasions, thus creating a sort of mirror game where her figure simultaneously becomes the subject and the object of representation. There are multiple and diverse references, and many of her works evoke images that mass communication has broadly installed in the collective unconscious. The references also include renowned photographers of the 20th century, such as Man Ray, Diane Arbus, Edward Steichen, André Kertész, Richard Avedon and Grete Stern. The show includes the video Trailer, in which the artist tells the story of her motherhood and the decision to "duplicate herself" to deal with this process on her own, with all the consequences that this entails.
