Intesa Sanpaolo

Intesa Sanpaolo confirms its support for the new edition of Artissima, as the fair’s Main Partner for the fifth year. The fair and Intesa Sanpaolo share the idea that art is a fundamental driver to reactivate virtuous mechanisms of social dynamism and cultural enrichment.

The collaboration continues this year with the fourth edition of the film and artist video exhibition, hosted in the spaces of Gallerie d’Italia – Torino. The exhibition is entitled The screen is a muscle and is curated by Luca lo Pinto. The screen is a muscle is an exhibition conceived as a score of video works that do not follow a theme but develop a visual and rhythmic sound trajectory that is both heterogeneous and coherent. The project brings together experiments with moving images created by artists with imaginations in which reflections on the body, the digital world, gender stereotypes and urban nature are expressed in a sensual, emotional and poetic way, offering visitors a space of freedom, free from rhetoric. The title pays homage to the famous work, The Mind is a Muscle (1968) by Yvonne Rainer, a pioneer in producing an emancipation of the human subject in the context of dance, eliminating all gestural conventions and profoundly articulating the action of looking and being looked at.

The exhibition space lends itself to being used as a gym where the works dictate the movements of the viewers and impose a duration on the experience of the works themselves. The videos are projected one after the other in a circular pattern, forcing viewers to move around and creating an immersive and dynamic experience. Adding a further layer of drama, the viewing is punctuated by short sound interventions designed specifically by artist Martina Ruggeri, which break up and introduce new rhythms into the score.

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

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

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