Elena Mazzi on Slowness, the Golden Ratio, and the Art System's Snail Shell

In an interview with Nilla Zaira D'Urso, Elena Mazzi, who was born in 1984 in Reggio Emilia and educated at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, elaborates on her anthropological approach, using the snail as a symbol. Her artistic contributions have been showcased in numerous exhibitions, such as the Norrbottens Biennale (2022), Museo de Antropología (2022), Museo MADRE (2021), and the Istanbul Biennale (2015). She has participated in residencies at ZK/U Berlin (2019) and HIAP Helsinki (2016–2017). In 2023, she produced the video Poç, which captures a local ritual in the Alps. Mazzi highlights the importance of keen observation, fair resource allocation within the art world, and references Rob Nixon's concept of Slow Violence concerning the environmental consequences of capitalism.