NEXT UP
November 2024
Event Selection I
by Beatrice Rainone
NEXT UP è la rubrica a cura di Beatrice Rainone, dedicata a una selezione critica delle iniziative più significative che affrontano i nuovi temi e linguaggi con cui l’arte contemporanea si confronta con la cultura digitale.
Shy Society
24 oct 2024 – 26 gen 2025
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
The site-specific installation by Dutch duo DRIFT, set up in the Renaissance courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi, offers an immersive experience that explores the link between art, technology and nature. The work is inspired by ‘nictonasty’, a natural phenomenon in which certain species of plants and flowers close during the night for self-defence and conservation, reopening at dawn. Visitors are invited to reflect on their relationship with the environment, while different disciplines dialogue in a poetic way thanks to the collaboration with scientists, programmers and artists.
Bloodchild. Scenes from a Symbiosis
5 oct – 16 nov 2024
Spazio Vitale FOUNDATION, Verona
Curated by Domenico Quaranta, the exhibition examines the complex relationship between humanity and technology, highlighting the implications of digitisation in everyday life. Inspired by Octavia L. Butler’s short story, the exhibition invites us to reflect on the current challenges and the need to reconsider this interaction in a balanced way. The ‘child of blood’ represents both the future of humanity and the present, highlighting the importance of managing the link between humans and technology to ensure our existence.
Eva & Franco Mattes:
“1 MB LINE”.
26 oct – 15 dec 2024
CTRL+ALT MUSEUM, PAVIA
Progetto Ludovico, founded by Lorenzo Perini Natali, presents the exhibition ‘1 MB Line’ by Eva & Franco Mattes at the Ctrl+Alt Museum in Pavia. Curated by Camilla Previ, the exhibition explores the impact of technology on human relations, dialoguing with the museum’s collection, which includes iconic devices such as the Olivetti Programma 101 and early Apple. Managed by the comPVter association, the museum offers an ideal setting for the work of the duo, known for their pioneering reflections on the influence of the internet on art.
Manuel Gardina: “Bordeland”.
FROM oCTOBER 11 in the Permanent Collection
Palazzo Maffei Casa Museo, Verona
Art and artificial intelligence meet in Borderland, the generative digital and interactive work by Manuel Gardina. Curated by Serena Tabacchi, the installation uses AI to transform and combine landscapes and portraits of the museum’s masterpieces, including works by Hokusai, Picasso and Magritte, inviting visitors to participate in the variation in real time and offering an experience that fuses art history and technological innovation.
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.
