Caterina Arcuri's 'Transforma' at MARCA Catanzaro

Caterina Arcuri (born 1963 in Catanzaro) presents 'Transforma' at MARCA, the Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro, in Calabria. The exhibition demands the visitor's presence as essential to the life of the works. Combining regular modules with alternating white, mirrored, and opaque surfaces, the installation invites viewers to project themselves into the pieces, generating reflections and traversing them with their gaze. The title 'Transforma' goes beyond strict etymology to signify crossing, passing through, and seeing beyond. The result is a tight dialectic between solid volume and perceptual change. Arcuri describes the show as 'livable as well as visible.' The works emerge from the museum floor like underground springs, then flow like a river, embodying slow and impetuous time as 'the visible layer of history that covers and will be covered.' The review is by Jasmine Pignatelli.