"Vortice" by Ottavia Tracagni

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Ended:May 6th 2020, 12:00pm EDT

Winner: CinziaL

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exibart, contemporary art and culture magazine, is supporting the #WeWin initiative with works created by young illustrators.

"Vortice"

- 40x40 cm

Limited edition work - #1/9

"It is together that we will accept the uncontrollable, it is together that we will look elsewhere, to far away places and very close places, those that you would not dream of facing alone. Together we will look to that far point over there."

Born in 1991, Ottavia Tracagni is a young artist and designer.

Her work as a designer runs parallel to her research activity within and beyond the boundaries of visual communication, where her works are transformed into art and narration.

In 2010 she began to become aware of the usefulness of drawing as an expressive and narrative medium and since then she has never stopped drawing to talk about travels, thoughts and what surrounds her, increasingly reaching a style that makes an image that is powerfully communicative and expressive.

The final result is always unexpected, her rounded and minimal signature style is recognizable.

Her illustrations are essential, expressive, simple, impactful, at times ironic.

She trained in Rome and Bristol, most recently at the University of West England. In 2018 she inaugurated her first solo show in Rome at the City of the Other Economy with 88 Works on display, and in February 2020 she inaugurated her second solo show in Naples at Castel dell’Ovo in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Naples.

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The Cause

Today we want to lend our support to a fundraising campaign that intends to help the efforts of our heroic medical staff.

Thanks to our long-term partners, companies and celebrities we've been able to launch the #VinciamoNoi (#WeWin) campaign to support 3 main objectives:

finance the purchase of ventilators and breathing equipment;
provide new beds in intensive and sub-intensive care;
guarantee health care and rapid intervention of medical staff who find themselves on the front line.

This is why we've decided to combine our efforts with those of 3 major Italian companies whose commitment and dedication have made them stand out, particularly in recent weeks, and who are daily committed to dealing with the Corona Virus emergency: the Italian Red Cross, Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan and Spallanzani Hospital in Rome (National Institute of Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani) and Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia.

Given the rapidity with which today's medical emergency is evolving and the changing needs, the funds raised through this campaign may need to be allocated differently by the beneficiary organizations. In this way the funding will go directly to the areas that need it most, whilst at the same time respecting the transparency and full traceability of the funds raised through this campaign to tackle the coronavirus emergency.

The Italian Red Cross has been at the forefront since the start of the Covid-19 emergency, providing aid including emergency assistance, medical, psychological and logistical support, informing, managing and screening as well as carrying out many other crucial activities in the battle against an epidemic that is bringing the country to its knees. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Italian Red Cross is managing the safe transport of patients to and from the relevant healthcare structures, through the use of special high-level bio-containment vehicles designed for health emergencies of this entity.

The Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan is the reference center for the coordination of activities to fight Covid-19 in Northern Italy, a region in which the first Italian outbreaks were recorded and in which researchers have managed to isolate the Italian strain of coronavirus.

Spallanzani Hospital has been managing the Covid-19 emergency from the start, hosting the very first infected patients and isolating the virus. Today INMI researchers are working on the search for a vaccine while the medical staff focuses on caring for patients hospitalized at the facility.

The IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation is responsible for emergency management, both through the analysis of swabs and care and assistance of all patients, whilst continuing to carry out research and healthcare activities.

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