ArtQ13 in Rome Explores Urban Chaos and Suburban Identity

ArtQ13, a frontier gallery in Rome's periphery, presents a group exhibition examining the Forma Urbis of the suburbs. The show features performances and installations that critique urban mobility and traffic. Guido Polidori's 'Critica Floreale' involves people reading poetry at metro and bus stops while holding large bouquets. Guido Antropoli's 'Volante Ruotante' shows a formally dressed man steering a wheel on a stool. Another performer in pajamas covered in toy cars wanders the area. Luana Lunetta's sound piece 'Azimuth' compiles recorded noises from the neighborhood. Stefan Nestorofski's audio track 'La Tana' is heard via headphones at a bus stop. Inside the gallery, Jonathan Monk displays a large ticket obscured by car tires. Sophie Whetnall's video 'Excess of Jang' shows a race car that is actually immobile on a stand. Carlo Caloro presents a useless machine. Augustin Meurs' 'Le petit livre-meurtre' collects translations of the word 'death' from 96 languages, performed as music. Nezaket Ekici's 'Traces of Home' takes place in a supermarket parking lot. The exhibition uses irony to highlight contradictions in urban planning and the need to reimagine the city.