The artist, dressed like a marshaller, simulates the
poses of some famous classical Greek masterpieces. The iconic marshalling signals
and the artistic language mix up and generate a polyphony full of references,
familiar and mysterious at the same time. A marshaller can move huge airplanes using
only a small amount of conventional signs; what does art move? The project
probes the limits of language and shows that the loss of an unilateral sense
produces a proliferation of viewpoints: on one hand, the richness of meanings
amplifies the knowledge of reality, on the other hand, it makes the boundary
between rationality and absurd more and more labile and confused.
The sound, produced by Paolo Romano specifically for this project,
consists of contrabass chords partially modified with digital software so to
create a classical and futuristic atmosphere.
Light signals and gestures spread in all directions;
in this way, the observer is disoriented and fascinated for something that
looks familiar and absurd at the same time. The project guides the public into
the space, but the simultaneity of multiple indications and the excess of
meanings bring the public to feel puzzled and disorientated. The mixed feelings
allow the observer to open his mind and see the space in a polymorphic shape:
multiple senses are privileged over a static and univocal point of view. This
is why all poses have the same duration, but their position changes every
time.
Because of the pandemic, moving and travelling are becoming
increasingly problematic; so, the project deals with the travel theme and rises
some questions: how is the perception of bodies and space changing because of the
lockdowns? What role will technologies play in everyday life and human
relationships? The project, leaving room for to different answers, brings out
the necessity of establishing new spatial and existential reference points.
