Bruna Esposito's 'Altri Venti – Ostro' at Studio Miscetti

Bruna Esposito (Rome, 1960) presents 'Altri Venti – Ostro' at Studio Miscetti in Rome, an exhibition centered on frugal ecology and environmental sustainability, themes she has explored since the 1980s. Esposito, described as a 'poetically engaged' artist, has shown at Documenta Kassel (1997) and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1999. The show features 'Ostro', the first in a series of installations dedicated to Mediterranean winds like scirocco, grecale, and libeccio. The installation includes pencil drawings along the gallery corridor and a central gazebo made of bamboo and ropes, with a vaguely oriental appearance. The gazebo is moved by a fan powered by photovoltaic energy and interacts with two naval propellers at its base. Curator Benedetta Casini notes that the gazebo's central position suggests encounter, debate, and exchange, while the artist emphasizes its function to welcome visitors to sit and enjoy the ventilation. The work evokes a return to listening to nature, referencing poets Eugenio Montale and Predrag Matvejevic's 'Breviario Mediterraneo'. Esposito's accompanying catalog states: 'The air cools with its own movement, for millennia it has been so and we hope it will be for millennia to come.' The exhibition follows her previous show at the same venue, 'Allegro non troppo' (2017).