Canemorto's 'Megalomanie' at Fondazione Nicola del Roscio: A Blast Between Reality and Fiction
The anonymous Italian trio Canemorto, active since 2017, presents 'Megalomanie' at Fondazione Nicola del Roscio in Rome, on view until July 18. The exhibition, curated by Davide Pellicciari and Carlotta Spinelli, revolves around a fictional explosion that destroyed what were to be the world's largest calcographic prints, intended for a Guinness World Record. The show opens with a front page of 'Il Quotidiano dell'Arte' announcing the artists' disappearance. A documentary film titled 'Megalomanie' attempts to reconstruct events. Displayed are damaged matrices transformed into sculptures, pre-destruction test prints, and a lab with microscopes showing micro-prints identical in detail to the monumental ones. The curators describe the project as a reflection on the semiotics of scale, oscillating between the monumental and the microscopic, reality and imagination.
Key facts
- Canemorto is an anonymous Italian artist trio active since 2017.
- The exhibition 'Megalomanie' is held at Fondazione Nicola del Roscio in Rome.
- The show runs until July 18, 2025.
- Curated by Davide Pellicciari and Carlotta Spinelli.
- The trio aimed to create the ten largest calcographic prints ever for a Guinness World Record.
- A fictional explosion during production supposedly destroyed the prints and caused the artists' disappearance.
- A documentary film 'Megalomanie' is part of the exhibition.
- The exhibition includes damaged matrices, test prints, and microscopes with micro-prints.
Entities
Artists
- Canemorto
Institutions
- Fondazione Nicola del Roscio
- Artribune
- Il Quotidiano dell'Arte
Locations
- Rome
- Italy