Botto e Bruno Podcast: Monologhi al Telefono

Artribune published a podcast episode featuring the artist duo Botto e Bruno, composed of Gianfranco Botto (born 1963 in Turin) and Roberta Bruno (born 1966 in Turin). The monologue reflects on observations from their window during lockdown, rethinking perspectives on the outside world and a new contemporaneity where everything has become less instinctive and more calibrated. Their window became the sole connection to the city, used to capture scenes for their videos via a fixed camera. The podcast is curated by Donatella Giordano and available on Spreaker. Botto e Bruno, active since the 1990s, work with photography, video, and installations focusing on peripheral and border landscapes, elevating them as spaces preserving popular culture memory. Their works often take the form of large wallpapers covering entire walls and floors, assembled from an archive of photographs, prints, collages, and clippings. They create three-dimensional models on cardboard, realized on-site. Their piece 'The ballad of forgotten places' won the third edition of the Italian Council competition in 2018 and entered the collections of the Musei Reali di Torino.