AGON/MIMICRY/ALEA/ILINX

AGON/MIMICRY/ALEA/ILINX explores the realm of relations through four concepts that reflect various aspects of social, cultural, and personal dynamics between the community of Palazzo Bronzo. The exhibition uses play as a tool to navigate the tensions between control and chaos, rules and freedom, the individual and the collective.

AGON is competition, drives many experiences, from physical to strategy. But competition is not just about direct confrontation—it’s also a way to test oneself, to face others in order to achieve a personal or collective goal. Sometimes the desire to win or be recognized influences our behavior, highlighting both the beauty and contradictions of rivalry. MIMICRY is simulation and role-playing, leads us into the realm of transformation. Here, play becomes a mirror of reality, allowing us to become someone else, to assume new identities. Role-playing games are an example form that questions our identity and our attitude in a society. ALEA takes play into the realm of uncertainty, where fortune and chance are the only true protagonists. From dice to lotteries, unpredictability becomes fertile ground for reflecting on the randomness that permeates our lives—on how much depends on external circumstances and how much is beyond our control by questioning the fine line between free will and the impact of random events on our existence. ILINX is vertigo, the loss of control. We play to transform into a quest for intense emotions, for experiences that challenge gravity and logic, like a rollercoaster ride or a frenzied dance. Such a loss becomes a form of surrender, a moment when the individual is swept away by an uncontrollable flow of sensations, challenging stability and trying to navigate existence in an unstable and unpredictable territory.

In this exhibition, the community of Palazzo Bronzo intertwines, creating a map of attitudes as a compass to self reflect. A tool for exploration without a precise key to decrypt. An ode to transformation.