Aniello Barone's Nistagmo: An Immersive Installation at Saaci/Gallery
Aniello Barone (born 1965 in San Giovanni a Teduccio) presents an immersive environmental installation at Saaci/Gallery in Saviano, run by Sabato Angiero. The work invites viewers through a path of transparent cellophane drapes into a 'white room' where two opposing videos cause involuntary optical-visual oscillations. One video shows white poverty, the other a drilling machine eroding a salt wall. The installation recreates Barone's journey into the salt mines of Racalmuto, described by Leonardo Sciascia in his 1956 social critique 'Le parrocchie di Regalpetra'. The title 'Nistagmo' refers to an eye disorder, symbolizing how 'our mechanistic and consumerist civilization forces us to live' with no fixed point on the screen of the world, as curator Antonello Scotti states.
Key facts
- Aniello Barone was born in 1965 in San Giovanni a Teduccio.
- The exhibition is held at Saaci/Gallery in Saviano, owned by Sabato Angiero.
- The installation includes transparent cellophane drapes leading to a 'white room'.
- Two opposing videos create optical-visual oscillations.
- One video depicts white poverty, the other a machine drilling a salt wall.
- The work references Barone's journey to the salt mines of Racalmuto.
- Leonardo Sciascia's 1956 book 'Le parrocchie di Regalpetra' is cited.
- Curator Antonello Scotti provided a statement on the work's meaning.
Entities
Artists
- Aniello Barone
- Leonardo Sciascia
- Antonello Scotti
Institutions
- Saaci/Gallery
- Artribune
Locations
- San Giovanni a Teduccio
- Saviano
- Racalmuto