I saw you in a song: an anti-memoir*  

24.25.05.2024
Berlin

Solo Exhibition at Be Safe Studios
Curated by Sofia Mastrogiacomo and Julieta Colantonio

losing herself in a universe that doesn’t belong to her 
and yet again that doesn’t belong to anyone else
a text that shall never be read, only written and burned
yet the photographs prevail, 
substance of that which suspends but rushes to evade 
the stillness of a present that just faded away



Being enough of an outsider to inhabit what’s innermost. The search for meaning through a common language that is not. The intimacy of a sleepover. The latency of an important beginning. A hotel room where much occurred. The impossible mirror that is the main subject. A gloomy, smokey, backstage. The white book to a black book. To amplify what is within.
An inner reflection of the outside. Light filtering through.

And there again, the outsider’s shadow projects itself into the unknown.

*an attempt to both encapsulate and fade away the substance of memory.








C/O Berlin & visitBerlin: “Berlin Views”

22.10-03.11.2024
Berlin

Open-Air group exhibition at Tresor‘s Megafence
Project by C/O Berlin and visit Berlin



“Berlin is loud, full of life, and in constant flux. C/O Berlin and visitBerlin jointly invited photographers Kristin Bethge, Delfina Carmona, Marina Mónaco, and Christian Werner to capture their unique take on the city. The resulting images are intriguing in their use of visual languages and an unexpected array of motifs, showing a wide range of people, places, and moments far off the beaten path. This unique art project is all about seeing Berlin through new eyes and gaining new perspectives on the metropolis.”


Group Exhibition with Christian Werner, Kristin Bethge, Delfina Carmona.
Photo credits:  © C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker & Marina Mónaco







Polaroid x Civilist: “Dear Berlin”

24.10-27.10.2024
Berlin

Group exhibition at HVW8 Gallery
Project by Polaroid in collaboration with Civilist  


Group Exhibition with Steffen Grap, Alex Flach, Maxim Rosenbauer, Carolina Gamboa, Tim Rosenbaum, Lenny, Polly Roche, Julia Groening.









And suddenly, it was just a memory.

06.06-05.07.2024  
New York

Solo Exhibition at Contact Photo NYC


The exhibition was part of Contact Photo's 2024 artist-in-residence program, hosted by NYC-SPC (NYC Street Photography Collective).


Curated by Bora Kim and Jorge Garcia
Sponsored by WhiteWall










I saw you in a song

27.28.29.10.2023
Berlin

Solo Exhibition at Art House Rising
Curated by Sofia Mastrogiacomo and Julieta Colantonio


So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger.

Just Kids, Patti Smith.



In Marina Mónaco’s I saw you in a song the narrative unfolds as an
anti-memoir.

Echoing autonomous forms: a book, a sound piece, an installation, and a way of seeing -and being- in the world give form to a non-linear narrative.

Trafficking raw pulses between two realms: the sharp, woke lucid and deepest dream, the circle ends where it began.


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