The screen is a muscle

The collaboration between Intesa Sanpaolo and Artissima continues with the fourth edition of the artist film and video program, hosted at Gallerie d’Italia – Turin. The exhibition, entitled The screen is a muscle, is curated by Luca Lo Pinto.

The screen is a muscle is conceived as a score of video works that do not follow a specific theme but develop a visual and sonic trajectory that is at once rhythmic, heterogeneous, and coherent. The project brings together moving image experiments by artists whose imaginaries explore the body, the digital, gender stereotypes, and urban nature, expressed in ways that are sensual, emotional, and poetic, offering visitors a space of freedom free of rhetoric.

The title pays homage to the celebrated work The Mind is a Muscle (1968) by Yvonne Rainer, a pioneer in emancipating the human subject within the context of dance, eliminating gestural conventions and profoundly articulating the act of looking and being looked at.

The exhibition space is conceived as a kind of gym, where the works dictate the spectators’ movements and impose a temporal duration on their experience. The videos are projected one after the other in a circular sequence, compelling viewers to move and creating an immersive and dynamic encounter. Punctuating the screenings—and adding an additional layer of dramaturgy—are short sound interventions specially created by artist Martina Ruggeri, which interrupt and introduce new rhythms into the score.

Galleries and artists: THOMAS DANE, Bruce Conner; ESTHER SCHIPPER, Julia Scher; KOUVALI, Shahryar Nashat; KOUVALI, James Richards; CLIMA, Vijay Masharani; APALAZZO, Eva & Franco Mattes; IMPORT EXPORT| ZAZà, SAGG Napoli; EASTCONTEMPORARY, Anastasia Sosunova; PINKSUMMER, Low Jack & Invernomuto; ZERO, Tommy Malekoff.

The dialogue with Intesa Sanpaolo will also continue at the fair with the presentation of an original exhibition project, reaffirming the value of the partnership.