A Study on Waitressing
Eleonora Agostini
Visit by Appointment
Wednesday to Friday
10am–1pm
4pm–7pm
Saturday
10am–1pm
A Study on Waitressing looks at the phenomena of self-representation, by questioning the fictionalised image of the waitressing woman through the metaphor of theatre and the three dimensions that define it: the stage, the backstage and the performative.
The work presents itself as a collection of photographs, archival images, collages, moving images and texts where each work responds to notions around photography, visibility, process and performativity.
The relationship between the image and performativity is investigated through the figure of Agostini’s mother, her postures, movements, and behaviours during her job as a waitress. The restaurant becomes the space where the body acts as a connector between the observer and the observed.
A Study on Waitressing explores the different layers and meanings of existing within a social situation, engaging in face-to-face interactions, and playing a character that moves between individuality and social structures and exists between the real and the staged.
The show is curated by Rocco Venezia.
Eleonora Agostini
(Italy, 1991) works primarily with photography, while also incorporating collage, performance and installation within her practice, to create works that explore themes of identity in relation to private and public spaces. After graduating with an MA from the Royal College of Art in London, her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, museums and festivals, such as FOAM Amsterdam, Venice Biennale, South London Gallery, MAR Ravenna, Peckham24, Getxophoto International PhotoFestival, Fotografia Europea, Circulations Festival, among others. Agostini was selected for Futures Photography 2021, FOAM Talent 24, and Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019. She was shortlisted for the Foam PaulHuf Award in 2024.
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