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NEXT UP

FEBRUARY 2025

Event Selection II

by Beatrice Rainone

NEXT UP is the column curated by Beatrice Rainone, dedicated to a critical selection of the most significant initiatives that address the new themes and languages with which contemporary art confronts digital culture.

Kamilia Kard, HERbarium - Dancing for an AI, 2023, video installazione. Courtesey CUBO Unipol.

Una, Doppia, Collettiva. L’identità al tempo del Metaverso
07.02 – 31.05. 2025

CUBO in Porta Europa

CUBO in Bologna transforms into a dreamlike stage, where art embraces the future and digital meets the “soul.” In this poetic journey through the Metaverse, four international artists – LaTurbo Avedon, Auriea Harvey, Kamilia Kard, and Mara Oscar Cassiani – transcend the boundaries between the tangible and the virtual, weaving together 3D sculptures, video installations, and interactive performances.

Here, the cold language of technology dances with the ancient questions of existence: if once we gathered around the warmth of fire, today we find new life in the pulse of the CPU. An invitation to lose oneself in a universe where walls vanish and communities merge in a poetic embrace.

FLOWERS. Dal Rinascimento all’Intelligenza Artificiale
14.02 – 14.09.2025

Rome, Chiostro del Bramante 

Fragile, powerful, revolutionary: flowers have been telling stories for centuries. This exhibition transforms them into a journey through classical art and digital experimentation, from Jan Brueghel to Ai Weiwei, passing through AI. Over 90 works from institutions worldwide explore the connection between nature, beauty, and technology. A visual and conceptual explosion in the heart of Rome.

Temple of Flowers (Il Piccolo Paradiso), Austin Young, 2025. Courtesy Chiostro del Bramante.
Render della mostra Dall’origine al destino, Centro arti e scienze Golinelli Bologna. Courtesy Centro arti e scienze Golinelli Bologna

Dall’origine al destino 
08.02 – 30.06.2025

Centro arti e scienze Golinelli Bologna

The Golinelli Foundation revolutionises the concept of exhibitions, transforming its spaces into a spiral that unites the charm of history with the power of digital. The journey begins with the birth of writing and leads to the era of Artificial Intelligence. The highlight? T-Simmetry, a tunnel that rewinds time and stimulates imagination. A meeting of art, science, and innovation that invites us to rethink the rules of progress.

Beatrice Rainone

Born in 1999, she is a museum educator and mediator. She graduated in Art History at the University of Florence with a thesis on the concept of reproducibility in crypto-art. She currently works in various cultural institutions in Tuscany, including Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Fondazione Pistoia Musei, Museo del Tessuto.

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