IX Edition 2019 — Il Resto

Liceo Volta opened its doors to the ninth edition of the festival with an exhibition composed of installations, films and site specific interventions, conceived as a choreographic score that blends with the environment and the objects of the school. Video Sound Art invited the public to dwell on the remains, on the destiny we choose for wastes without place and category.

The questions revolve around the not yet, the future, what is left to imagine a space for revolutionary action and initiate a transformative act. The exhibition path ascends between corridors and stairs imbued with the presence of students. It is in the ascent that utopia turns into enquiry and the artists, surrounded by shiny tiles and mixing instruments, stake much of what is at stake on the reversal of point of view.   “The stronger the content of the performance, the more the formal aspect needs to be developed. In chemistry labs, the works mix contradictory pairs – elegance and repulsive details – doubling visual perception. In the total scenic effervescence the unmasking takes place.Laura Lamonea, curator of the project.