A group exhibition about presence
in materials, shapes,
and in how we choose to pay attention.

From the Latin “prae” (before) and “esse” (to be), praesentia suggests not only being there, but being fully before something, encountering it, attentively.

Presence is often understood as something immediate, simply being there. 

Yet it is increasingly fragile, shaped by distraction and speed. 

To be present has become an effort rather than a given.

Praesentia brings together works that insist on a different kind of attention.

Across sculpture, textile, and object-based practices, materials are not passive surfaces but active carriers of weight, texture, and tension.
They require a slower looking, an awareness of scale, surface, and subtle shifts in form.

The exhibition proposes presence as a condition that emerges through attention, something that unfolds gradually, through time spent, rather than instantly perceived.