Fear of Mirrors / Alba Zari
Fear of Mirrors by Alba Zari is an investigation into self-representation in the digital age. From the mirror to the screen, the project explores how the digital revolution has transformed the way we communicate with ourselves, placing the female image at the center and examining the social conditioning that shapes it.
Through a blend of photography, research, and experimentation, Zari analyzes the patriarchal dynamics that influence self-representation, questioning whether new technologies have truly liberated female identity or merely redefined old constraints in new forms.
The artist plays with the media, experiments on herself, and exposes the mechanisms of the web, confronting platforms and algorithms that perpetuate homogenizing aesthetic standards.
In Fear of Mirrors, Zari does not aim to provide solutions or answers but instead invites the viewer into an open reflection on contemporary society, where one question lingers in the digital void from which the project emerges: has the mirror finally shattered, or are we still prisoners of its reflection?
Words by Francesco Rombaldi
Fear of Mirrors by Alba Zari is an investigation into self-representation in the digital age. From the mirror to the screen, the project explores how the digital revolution has transformed the way we communicate with ourselves, placing the female image at the center and examining the social conditioning that shapes it.
Through a blend of photography, research, and experimentation, Zari analyzes the patriarchal dynamics that influence self-representation, questioning whether new technologies have truly liberated female identity or merely redefined old constraints in new forms.
The artist plays with the media, experiments on herself, and exposes the mechanisms of the web, confronting platforms and algorithms that perpetuate homogenizing aesthetic standards.
In Fear of Mirrors, Zari does not aim to provide solutions or answers but instead invites the viewer into an open reflection on contemporary society, where one question lingers in the digital void from which the project emerges: has the mirror finally shattered, or are we still prisoners of its reflection?
Words by Francesco Rombaldi
Fear of Mirrors by Alba Zari is an investigation into self-representation in the digital age. From the mirror to the screen, the project explores how the digital revolution has transformed the way we communicate with ourselves, placing the female image at the center and examining the social conditioning that shapes it.
Through a blend of photography, research, and experimentation, Zari analyzes the patriarchal dynamics that influence self-representation, questioning whether new technologies have truly liberated female identity or merely redefined old constraints in new forms.
The artist plays with the media, experiments on herself, and exposes the mechanisms of the web, confronting platforms and algorithms that perpetuate homogenizing aesthetic standards.
In Fear of Mirrors, Zari does not aim to provide solutions or answers but instead invites the viewer into an open reflection on contemporary society, where one question lingers in the digital void from which the project emerges: has the mirror finally shattered, or are we still prisoners of its reflection?
Words by Francesco Rombaldi
Artist: Alba Zari
Curator and Editor: Francesco Rombaldi
Graphic Design: Joana Durães
Texts: Francesco Rombaldi and Simone Brioni
Illustrations: Mattia Ammirati
Translation: Victoria Offredi Poletto and Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi
Prepress: Pedro Guimarães
Production: Tiago Casanova and Valentina Borgato
Printing: Grafiche Veneziane, Venezia
2025
Yogurt Editions + XYZ Books
208 pages
23 x 17 cm
Softcover
First Edition
Edition of 500 copies
ISBN 979-129-8521124
This project was developed and produced in the scope of the Creative Europe project Intergaláctica: books for the culture without borders, between 2024-25.
Awards:
- Shortlist for Prix du Livre “Authors Book Award” Rencontres D'Arles 2025