ELAPSED TIME

Elapsed Time is a series of works created by Daniela Busarello during the COVID-19 pandemic, while she was in different places and seasons (winters in Paris, autumns in the Luberon, and summers in the Mata Atlântica). During the lockdown, when ordinary social life was interrupted, long quiet walks became an opportunity to notice the flora underfoot and all around. Busarello began, almost subconsciously, to “draw closer” to nature, depicting plants at life size on large sheets of paper. Using water from the Esmerças River, she painted delicate branches and flowers at full scale, connecting them with fine lines, dots, and cutouts that form a circle. The wreath—over millennia a symbol of innocence, youth, prosperity, victory, and the endless cycle of life—became the central element of these works. Similarly, small watercolor drawings were made using water from the Ligurian Sea. These works are a kind of meditation on time, nature, and the continuous cycle of life, underscored by the beauty and fragility of plants.