This work explores a familiar feeling: standing under the shower, lost in time.  

It captures the moment when running water becomes a pause from everything.

Have you noticed that when things are tough, we stay in the shower longer? As if the water could wash away more than just our skin, maybe even our thoughts.

A 2012 study from Yale University found that people who feel lonely or overwhelmed often take longer, warmer showers or baths to comfort themselves.

Being alone in water connects us to something deep and instinctive, a kind of reset, a quiet ritual of cleansing and renewal.

This piece reflects on men’s mental health and vulnerability. It focuses on those quiet spaces where emotions come to the surface.

Is there a link between sadness and how long we stay under water?

This work asks that question—exploring the connection between emotion and immersion, while also resonating with the wider sense of instability and uncertainty shaped by today’s world of conflict, inequality, and unrest.

Edward Raneri (b. 1994) is an artist whose practice explores reflection, geometry, and perspective through installations, objects, and visual works. With a background in drawing, sculpture, and industrial design, he creates immersive experiences using mirrors, glass, and spatial constructions.

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His work interprets visual narratives inspired by natural phenomena and theoretical physics, seeking analogies between nature, time, and personal experience. Current projects address individuality, confinement, alienation, and the search for authenticity in a world that urges disconnection from essence. Raneri’s pieces reflect the fragility of being and the tension between stability and the inevitability of change.