Transmitting the dread of matter Epitaph by Romeo Castellucci

Epitaph is a photographic work that is not easy to browse. Enigmatic images appear before our eyes without words to explain them. This article does not claim to provide a method on how Epitaph should be read; mystery is indeed part of Castellucci’s artistic project. It does provide, however, a few keys to understand how the Italian director develops his aesthetic from the spectator’s gaze, and how these images may potentially trigger a certain “dread of matter” within the spectators.