Carlo Zappella: The Seamless Switch at Stadtgalerie Raumimpuls
Carlo Zappella – The Seamless Switch
Exhibition Information
Carlo Zappella
Carlo Zappella – The Seamless Switch
The exhibition unfolds like a quiet construction site of images. Large photographic prints of suburban houses and artificial landscapes hang alongside sculptural elements that resemble props, transport crates, or fragments of stage design. The space feels both familiar and strangely provisional, as if the viewer had entered the backstage area of an image before it becomes believable.
At the center of Carlo Zappella’s practice is the subtle instability between photographed reality and digitally generated space. Several works exist in parallel versions, once as photographs of carefully built paper models and once as rendered simulations of the same scenes.
Carlo Zappalla: (left) Beach Art Crate, 2026, Pine, MDF, Paint, Nylon, Inkjet, Steel; (right) VFX Art Crate, 2026, Pine, MDF, Paint, Nylon, Inkjet, Steel. Image courtesy of the artist.
The viewer moves through a sequence of images where the distinction between documentation and fabrication gradually dissolves. This logic echoes the exhibition’s title: the “seamless switch,” a term borrowed from visual effects describing the invisible transition between filmed material and digital doubles.
Across the gallery, sculptural objects extend this logic into the room itself. Transport crates, artificial bushes and small architectural fragments appear like props that have escaped from the images. The exhibition ultimately operates less as a display of finished works than as a spatial demonstration of image production, where the illusion of realism slowly reveals its own mechanisms.
Exhibition Views
Carlo Zappalla: (left) Starter House (Photo Version), 2025 - (right) Close-Up of Paper Bush, 2025 - Image Courtesy of the Artist
Carlo Zappalla: Exhibition view, The Seamless Switch, Stadtgalerie Raumimpuls. Image courtesy of the artist.
Bio - Carlo Zappella
Carlo Zappella, born in Vienna in 1995, studied Fine Art Photography at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In the summer of 2025, he received his diploma from Gabriele Rothemann.
His focus is on the artistic process itself and the examination of perception and reality. His works combine various media, including photography, 3D rendering, sculpture, and video, and are intended to encourage reflection on the self within a broader context..
Bio written by Klaus Speidel
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