u-/dys-
u-/dys- What is psychogeography? Born in the 1950s within Guy Debord’s Situationist International, psychogeography is an aesthetic and political practice that explores the relationship between urban space, behavior, and affect. Through methods such as the dérive, a walk guided by perceptual stimuli, and the détournement, the critical reuse of dominant signs, it sought to restore […]
Mostrina
Mostrina Mostrina is an exhibition project curated by Marco-Augusto Basso and Martina Montagna. Playing on the homonymy between the diminutive form of the Italian word ‘mostra’ (exhibition), and the insignia of military honors, “mostrina” aims to trigger a process of critical deconstruction of contemporary history and the role of artistic practices as a vehicle for […]
Foot drop
Foot drop Foot drop is a solo exhibition by Marco-Augusto Basso (1995), a project that brings together a series of sculptures conceived as an investigation into the physical, symbolic, and emotional relationships that exist between heterogeneous objects and situations. In this new production, the artist investigates the possible material behavior of things—their ability to […]
Charles Darwin and Steve lrwin Owned the Same Tortoise
Charles Darwin and Steve lrwin Owned the Same Tortoise In 1835, Charles Darwin left the Galápagos Islands on board the Beagle, taking some giant tortoises with him. One of them, named Harriet, was born around 1830 on the island of Santa Cruz – which, curiously enough, Darwin never visited.Harriet crossed oceans, empires and continents. […]
HEY, YAY!
HEY, YAY! The project, realized concurrently with the spaces of DOCK20 in Lustenau, inhabits the grey area of the fusion of happening, concert and performance.The space is set up to disorient the spectator and make him imagine that he is attending a concert that has already taken place, merging with the moment of disassembly.The performance […]
Discorso in forma di paesaggio
Discorso in forma di paesaggio (Discourse – The expression of thought by means of speech; in particular, it can involve two or more persons, and thus be a conversation.) Death of Master is a collective formed by Marco-Augusto Basso, Edoardo Fumagalli and Denise Tosato. Together they fuse tensions between bodies and environments, combining performance practices […]
AGON/MIMICRY/ALEA/ILINX
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 […]
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley Più di 50 anni fa, Masahiro Mori, all’epoca professore di robotica presso il Tokyo lnstitute of Technology, scrisse un saggio su come immaginava le reazioni delle persone a robot che avessero un aspetto e un comportamento simili a quelli umani. In particolare mostrò come, al variare della somiglianza, il sentimento di affinità […]
SACRA SAGRA
SACRA SAGRA “Sacra sagra” is the third episode developed by Palazzo Bronzo for FARE COLLETTIVO, the new exhibition series of Platea Palazzo Galeano. With FARE COLLETTIVO, Platea aims to explore the phenomenon of artistic collectives, asking the invited artists about the reasons for forming collectives and the needs for spaces of cooperation.Through exhibitions, publications, and […]
Three Songs
Three Songs “Three Songs” is an intervention between gallery spaces and underground cellars, entrusted to Marco-Augusto Basso and Flavia Spasari, it is the fourth part of TORRSO’s Un/Natural exhibition series, dedicated to the mobile, ubiquitous, unpredictable, industrious, and living nature of culture, for Pesaro Capitale della Cultura 2024. We witness a dialogue that tends toward […]