CRUISING GIARDINI
After Proiezioni d’inverno last December, the Marc Turlan returns to CASETTA STUDIO with a solo exhibition and a site-specific installation. The artist presents photographic works in poster format and on fabric installed on the external facades of the space as well as inside. The photography will dialogue with mosaic works inspired by four authors: Hervé Guibert, Sarah Kane, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Marguerite Duras, all central to Turlan’s artistic practice and poetics. The title Cruising Giardini is intended as a reference to the figure and work of Derek Jarman, British filmmaker and artist, who explored the theme of cruising in many of his works, interweaving this practice with a deep sensitivity to the natural environment. In his famous garden at Prospect Cottage, on the English coast of Dungeness, Jarman has created a space where wilderness and seascape merge with artistic and personal elements. This garden, conceived as a place of refuge and contemplation, reflects his vision of cruising as an act of exploration and connection with one’s surroundings. Jarman saw cruising not only as an erotic experience, but also as a way of inhabiting and re-signifying natural spaces, thus creating a synergy between desire, art and nature.