The screen is a muscle

The collaboration between Intesa Sanpaolo and Artissima continues with the fourth edition of the artists’ film and video programme hosted in the spaces of Gallerie d’Italia – Torino. The exhibition is titled The screen is a muscle and it is curated by Luca Lo Pinto. The screen is a muscle is a show conceived as a composition of video works that do not follow a theme but are developed in a visual and sonic trajectory that is both heterogeneous and coherent. The project brings together experiments with images in movement created by artists with imaginaries in which reflections on the body, the digital dimension, gender stereotypes and urban nature are manifested in a sensual, emotional and poetic way, offering a space of freedom without rhetoric to the eyes of visitors. The title pays homage to the famous work The Mind is a Muscle (1968) by Yvonne Rainer, a pioneer in the production of an emancipation of the human subject in the context of dance, eliminating any conventions of gesture and deeply articulating the action of watching and being watched.

The exhibition space lends itself to use as a gymnasium in which the works dictate the movements of the spectators and impose a duration as they are experienced. The videos are projected one after the next, in keeping with a circular presentation that obliges the viewer to move, generating an immersive and dynamic experience. The viewing is paced by adding an ulterior level of dramaturgy, with short audio interventions created for the occasion by the artist Martina Ruggeri, which break up and introduce new rhythms in the score.

Galleries and artists: Bruce Conner (Thomas Dane, London, Napoli); Julia Scher (Esther Schipper, Berlin, Seoul, Paris); Shahryar Nashat (Sylvia Kouvali, London, Piraeus); James Richards (Sylvia Kouvali, London, Piraeus); Vijay Masharani (Clima, Milano); Eva & Franco Mattes (Apalazzo, Brescia); SAGG Napoli (Import Export, Warsaw, London and Zazà, Milano, Napoli); Anastasia Sosunova (Eastcontemporary, Milano); Low Jack & Invernomuto (Pinksummer, Genova); Tommy Malekoff (Zero…, Milano).

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