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angela pagano

multidisciplinary artist

"Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper."

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Angela Pagano

Angela Pagano

SEX AND THE CREATIVE PROCESSPublished on BKK Unzine online magazine- April issue: NSFW theme.Handmade zine: paper, old vintage asian magazines, CanvaIf sex is a primal urge, then it's art. Energy that transforms. The desire to transcend, to connect. Sex brings creation, and creation is giving birth to something new. A baby, an idea.
I decided to connect Bangkok, with sex and the creative process in a fun and different way, Bangkok can be seen as sin city, a creative hub where ideas born and transform. I find the asian metropolis really sensual, mystical, full of mysteries, contrasts. When I moved to Bangkok I reconnected with my creative side and ideas started to flow. As my favorite director David Lynch states, ideas are like fish, ideas are like babies. Recalling Yung and Freud, I came up with "Sex and the Creative Process."

Per Omnia Saecula SaeculorumHandmade paper from Vietnam – Mai Châu
Drawing grained paper 125 g
Writing machine, transparent paper, personal drawings, pen, markers.
Chinese seal (snake, front page)Themes and References:Mind Over Matter
Rooted in Hermeticism and Neoplatonic philosophy, this theme explores the power of the mind to influence and transform matter. Drawing on the concept of the One— absolute transcendent source— enable mastery over matter itself.Le Veritable Dragon Rouge
A 16th-century grimoire of ceremonial magic, this foundational occult text offers spells, rituals, and esoteric instructions central to Western magical tradition.Symbolon
An ancient Greek concept of a divided token used for identification and unity. Symbolon represents the human origin myth of division and reunion, embodying the drive to transcend dualities and achieve wholeness—a metaphor for self-recognition and connection.The Cipher Manuscripts
Cryptic 19th-century documents that laid the groundwork for the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. They contain ritual instructions and esoteric teachings integrating Kabbalah, astrology, and Western mysticism.Asclepius (Fragment)
A Hermetic treatise from early centuries CE exploring the universe’s divine structure.Ouroboros
The ancient symbol of a serpent or dragon biting its own tail, representing eternal cycles, regeneration, and the unity of all things. It embodies the journey of return to the self and the infinite nature of life and time.Areté
A Greek ideal meaning excellence or virtue, reflecting the pursuit of one’s fullest potential through conscious moral and intellectual effort. Areté inspires personal growth, courage, and the betterment of both individual and community.

- "PREGHIERE INTERROTTE" -soon

- Interrupted Prayers -
Naples, Italy

- "NOTHING GETS LOST" -soon

Angela Pagano

Unweave - On the End of Things

Exploring grief through psychomagic acts

Monday, 1st of September 2025When the future is not what it used to be, every gain is a loss and every loss is a gain.Recognizing transformation and appreciating change. We all are so afraid of it sometimes. We like to preserve, to care, to devote. Vertigo still there.
Yes, sometimes can feel like removing a rib.The never ending death and rebirth.
The year of the snake, this year, Ouroboros reminds us: every end coils back into a beginning.Pain is a portal, habitat: look at it in front of you, light is blinding and that too is frightening. But go grab it, the void shines.

Rooted in Jodorowsky’s concept of psychomagic, gestures bypass reason and invite the unconscious to speak. By bringing symbols into real-life actions, we go beyond the rational mind and transform our experience, including old wounds.Blending ritual and symbolism to create a space for emotional release and transformation. Aiming to cut, cleanse, and rewrite the self, turning endings into beginnings.

Video

like the serpent shedding its skin, loss becomes renewal.

Angela Pagano

My journey started in 2022, my curiosity led me to use my hands and my discovery began with the use of clay, plaster, paper, paint, inks. I learnt from several materials.
Travelling allowed me to get familiar to new materials and processes, and this led me into a deeper form of expression, keeping quiet and organized my thoughs.

Chữ Nôm paper, Vietnam, November 2023.
In Hanoi, Vietnam, I came across @zoprojecthanoi, that preserves, supports and expands the Vietnamese traditional paper and its making techniques in a sustainable and creative way.
I met Tao, who informed me about workshop near Hoa Binh.
After few weeks I reached Mai Chau. After a long ride up to the mountain, rain, no internet, only buffalos, I tried to interact with the only people found on that road, and I finally arrived in a tiny house, Mong Space. I was finally introduced to the process.

Angela Pagano

OKTOPUSSY
The multipotential of women.- Takoyaki EditionThere are many women inside us.Oktopussy is a woman who embodies the octopus's adaptability and multipotential. A mutant, multitasking, intelligent figure.
The octopus (takoyaki) becomes a powerful symbol for her ability to conquer different roles, multidisciplinary, transforms herself, and own her sexuality and creativity.
The octopus’s arms symbolize the many roles a woman can embody: mother, lover, warrior,
creator, leader, each a powerful expression of her adaptability, resilience, and renewal.
Oktopussy celebrates a woman’s ability to transform, grow, conquer, give birth, to life, art.There are many women inside us.
Oktopus has 3 hearts. A woman, can keep many hearts inside her.We have infinite source of love to give.
We still love if our lover leaves.
We still love if our son leaves.
The struggle of a mother during a war.To women, mothers, heroines.

*References:- The Symbolism of the Octopus in Ancient Greek Myth:
Octopus is the prototype for legendary figures such as the multiheaded Hydra and
the paralyzing Medusa.
Medusa's connection to snakes and her ability to turn men to stone can be linked to primal
forces of nature and the cycle of life and death.- The Symbolism of the Octopus in Japanese Myth
In Japan, the Indigenous Ainu People and the followers
of Shintoism have woven stories about a colossal creature that resembles an octopus, known
as Akkorokamui. This spirit is described as a combination of a human and an octopus and is
considered benevolent by the locals. The legends suggest that Akkorokamui resides in the
waters of Funka Bay in Hokkaido and, like an octopus, can regenerate its limbs if damaged.
This unique ability has led the Ainu to believe that Akkorokamui possesses powerful healing qualities.- James Bond Octopussy

Angela Pagano

Insomnia generates great ideas or great monsters

Angela Pagano

PRESENT-TENSE

Bangkok, 2025

Here some excerpts from my first “short film”.
Let’s call it my little first experiment.Filmed with an old Fujifilm compact digital camera and an iPhone.Basically, I had fun experimenting with editing software, and it turned out to be a mess. But it was fun to learn.2025 began with the need of readjusting relations with many things, one of those was time.
Past, present, and future, the perception and contraction of them, and above all, the illusion of them. And the illusion of ONESELF.So I called it Present Tense.
Dreams and flashbacks, especially nightmares, reflection of oneself in others and the expansion and contraction of the ego, and a few glitches that need to be fixed.A technical crash decided for me to to leave it “unfinished”. I let it go.An idea that came up during a Vipassana retreatm where time "extended", infinite, NO time at all.
NO space NO self.We are shaped and reshaped by the circles we move in, by expectations. We born and die every day, again and again.

Angela Pagano

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"Without contraries there is no progression.
Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy,
love and hate, are necessary to human existence."William Blake - "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"

[WHO IS THE REAL TEMPTER IN OUR MODERN WORLD?]

GARDEN OF EDEN - Sacred and ProfaneA modern myth

Short Art Film – Art DirectionBangkok, 2025
The year of the snakeSet in front of a convenience store in Bangkok, Sacred and Profane reimagines the Garden of Eden as a symbolic space through two characters inspired by Adam and Eve – and perhaps the shadow of Lilith, the forgotten first woman.With a twist in the story, the film explores themes of desire, transformation, and duality, merging sacred iconography with tarot.The 7-Eleven, omnipresent in Asia, becomes the new Garden of Eden — a place of abundance, temptation, and choice. All suspended between spirituality and consumerism.On one hand, 7 recalls the seven days of Genesis, symbolizing creation; on the other, 11 signifies chaos, the breaking of divine order.
Between these extremes, the protagonists set in this contemporary setting, embody the tension between freedom and attachment, between control and desire — between obedience and rebellion.The first woman - Lilith - and the second - Eve - coexist in one single body.A visual experiment that plays with the friction between chaos and order.West, East, Obedience, Temptation, Free will, Sin.
Because in the end, contradictions always win.

In Buddhist philosophy, Loba means greed, craving, or attachment.
It is one of the Three Poisons (alongside Dosa – hatred, and Moha – delusion).Loba is the hand reaching for the fruit — the drive that pulls the character into action, knowing it will change everything.

Angela Pagano

Born in Naples, Italy, Angela Pagano is a multidisciplinary artist based between Europe and Asia.Her journey through diverse cultures has shaped her artistic exploration and inspiration, leading her to reflect, to process, with an anthropological eye.Movement, Polymorphism, Transformation, Contrasts, Symbolism, the ongoing dialogue between East and West, are at the core of her work.Angela plays with paper, plaster, acrylics, clay, charcoal, all kind of objects and tools.
Lately, shifting her focus on visual media — photography, video, and direction.Travelling across multiple countries, her work is a continuous exploration — translating ideas, myths from around the world, playing with meanings and words, blending analog and digital, and finding bridges between distant cultures.a visual thinker in constant motion.email: [email protected]
instagram: a.pagan.angelLanguages:
Italian, Spanish, English, French
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notes:my art is eclectic, and instead of choosing, i've learned to embrace it all, everything, everywhere.
Because I am here to explore, ask questions, and to UNDERSTAND.
it is tempting to seek clarity in this complex world, but i create from a place of curiosity, play, not certainty.
Travelling, movement is my constant. seeing the familiar in a new light and shifting our perception helps us understand each other and the world—on a larger scale, hopefully.I learn by heading to the places I have to go.