Aliasing: Error as Creative Potential in Dorfmann and Zaccari's Dual Exhibition at Casa Vuota

The exhibition 'Aliasing' at Casa Vuota in Rome, curated by Francesco Paolo del Re and Sabino De Nichilo, runs until September 13, 2026. It features works by two young artists, Suren Dorfmann and Emanuele Zaccari, both born in 2005. The title references a term from music recording and digital imaging describing spurious components from insufficient sampling, which here becomes a conceptual bridge between their practices. Dorfmann's installations, such as 'Troppo poco vuoto' (2026) and 'Muffa' (2026), use black ink on fabric and exploit tears in wallpaper to evoke wild nature and the conflict between urban and rural. Zaccari's oil paintings on canvas, including 'Summertime fun 1960s' (2026) and 'Beach day 1960s' (2026), re-present amateur films from the 1950s-1970s, introducing painterly distortions that create a nostalgic unease and temporal fracture. The curators describe the exhibition as engaging with the possibility of disturbance in an era obsessed with perfect data transmission. The artists embrace error as a generative force, revealing the real beyond representation.