Wang Tuo’s new video installation is currently on view in a group exhibition “Canicula” at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice, Italy, on the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.
“Canicula will premiere eight new site-specific video installations commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, the initiative conceived by Beatrice Bulgari to promote the culture of moving images and to support international artists, institutions, and theorists in their explorations of the dialogue between disciplines and time-based media.
The exhibition concept for Canicula is inspired by the phenomena of extreme light and heat as material and metaphorical frameworks, in which matter, people, and ideas are put under pressure. Image overload, information distortion, memory saturation, abuses of power, and oppressive temperatures are taking societies – and, indeed, the Earth itself – to the very brink of collapse. The works in Canicula evoke the sensations associated with the overwhelming atmosphere of the present moment in which our bodies, minds, and politics are immersed. Within this context, the works engage with internal and external agents of consumption and erosion to ponder the irresolvable riddle of image production and its broader implications.” – Fondazione In Between Art Film
Curator: Alessandro Rabottini, Artistic director, Fondazione In Between Art Film and Leonardo Bigazzi, Curator, Fondazione In Between Art Film
Venue: Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice (Castello 6691, 30122 Venice, Italy)