Sara Lepore

Ingrediente pentru un tort de miere, cu dragoste

A plastic tablecloth becomes a symbolic bridge, guiding the artist through a backward journey along his family tree, with a geographical, linguistic, and generational displacement. The disorder of photographs reveals a linguistic misunderstanding: in her mother’s photo archive, the artist discovers what she imagines — or wishes — to be a youthful love letter about her father. Written in a language that, although maternal, was never passed down to her, the letter turns out to be a small collection of recipes. This small recipe book becomes an opportunity to reconnect, after years, with her aunts in Romania and to cook with them in a context of total mutual incomprehension—a cake that, once again, becomes an object of ambiguity.

In the rush or emotion of the moment, what was supposed to be a honey cake ends up becoming an apple cake.The project thus documents the disorienting affection toward a lost familial identity. This reconnection is symbolically recreated through the table itself, a physical and metaphorical meeting place where language, food, and gestures serve as tools to rebuild a dialogue between past and present.

By transforming misunderstanding into an opportunity for rediscovery, language becomes a tool for cultural and identity reclamation.

Project featured in Giovane Fotografia Italiana #12 | UNIRE / BRIDGING

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Sara Lepore