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Giustina Testa

Unfinished is entering a somewhat childish dimension. It means remaining in that volatility of children, who are obsessed with one thing for three days, after which their interest is exhausted and they move on to something else.

I like being passionate about projects, passion is so important, I like the initial push. Instead, closing something I see it as the end, not a healthy fulfilment, but rather a “now it’s all over”.

If I tell you Unfinished, what comes to your mind?

Unfinished is entering a somewhat childish dimension. As a child I drew a lot, I was a precocious child, and I found a lot of notebooks with one mark per page because I started from the centre, then I didn’t like it, but I didn’t erase, I had to have the blank sheet in front of me and therefore I turned the page. “There was no way of having the smudge integrated into the drawing”, my mother told me, I’ve always been like that, I liked to leave. Not completing something also means remaining in the volatility of children, who are obsessed with one thing for three days, after which their interest is exhausted and they move on to something else.

I like to be passionate about projects, passion is so important, I like the initial push. Instead, closing something I see it as the end, not a healthy fulfilment, but rather a “now it’s all over”.

Unfinished what colour/shape is it?

For me it is white. The colour of the comeback, the space for any other shape and colour.

Is there something you have left undone in your life?

I think about my academic history, I have started many courses, successfully, but I have not finished even one. Theatre is actually the only thing I have continued to do: acting and writing.

What emotions do you associate with the unfinished?

Restlessness and also dissatisfaction, declined in a positive sense most of the time. Surely not doing something has also given me feelings of guilt, as if my value were represented a lot by what I do and what I have accomplished.

Where do you keep your unfinished ones?

Everywhere: for example on the bed, I started changing the wardrobes and the clothes are still there; there are knitted things on the armchair; messy documents on the desktop.

Do you show your unfinished works to someone or do you keep them for yourself?

Maybe I give some hints because I’m a bit jealous, I talk about it when I think I’ve given them a shape and then other people suggestions are welcome. In the creative phase, I am very insecure, I have to believe in it myself first

What is fertilizer for you?

Affections in the broadest sense, attention to what is around, realizing and becoming passionate about others, about their stories. Dignity is a great fertilizer, as an actor, I have to say that every story is worthy and needs to expect that dignity to be recognized. Listening to stories causes people to have less hesitation and aggression, more kindness.

3 words that you would match with unfinished?

Surprise, absolution, lightness … and rest.

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