Davide La Montagna Reflects on Installation Exploring Love's Asymmetries and Communication
Artist Davide La Montagna discusses his 2022 installation 'You Could Have Been Anyone's Dream,' created for the Pluriball project concluding CAMPO22, a curatorial studies program by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. The work examines romantic language and communication difficulties between lovers through two types of rose water: a homemade version that developed mold and a commercial one that remained unchanged. La Montagna references influences including Kate Bush's 1978 song 'Oh to be in love,' Marguerite Duras's novel 'The Lover,' and Eva Illouz's sociological work on love. The artist describes the piece as evolving, imagining it in larger spaces with mist diffusers. The article appears in ATPdiary's 'I (never) explain' series, which features artists discussing individual works.
Key facts
- Davide La Montagna created the installation 'You Could Have Been Anyone's Dream' in late 2022.
- The work was part of Pluriball, the final project of CAMPO22, a curatorial program by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
- The installation uses two types of rose water to explore love's asymmetries and communication challenges.
- Influences include Kate Bush's 1978 song 'Oh to be in love' and Marguerite Duras's novel 'The Lover.'
- The article is part of ATPdiary's 'I (never) explain' series, which focuses on artists explaining single works.
Entities
Artists
- Davide La Montagna
- Kate Bush
- Marguerite Duras
- Eva Illouz
Institutions
- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
- ATPdiary