Cecilia Canziani Podcast Explores Laura Grisi's Anthropological Relationship with Air and Nature

In an Artribune podcast, critic and curator Cecilia Canziani reconstructs the biographical story of Laura Grisi, focusing on her anthropological relationship with air, wind, and nature. Grisi, an eccentric figure active since the 1960s, resists easy categorization as an isolated artist. Canziani references Luce Irigaray's 'The Oblivion of Air' (1983) to frame Grisi's work. The retrospective journey concludes with 'Drop and Ocean,' a magnetic tape recording documenting physical reality. Canziani notes that Grisi's investigation finds not only mathematical rigor and precise geometry but also 'the sound of poetic word.' The podcast is part of 'Rubriche d’aria,' curated by Juan Pablo Macias and Alessandra Poggianti, and hosted on Spreaker. Canziani (born Rome, 1976) is an independent curator and lecturer at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the American University of Rome, and coordinator of the high-level curatorial program at IED Rome. She currently collaborates with the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna di Roma on the Herstory project with Lara Conte and Paola Ugolini, and with MAXXI L'Aquila, where she curated a site-specific intervention by Anastasia Potemkina.