Chiara Dynys Brings a Moving Sea to Palazzo Citterio's Grande Brera

Chiara Dynys has installed a site-specific kinetic work titled "Once Again" in the underground Sala Stirling of Palazzo Citterio, part of the Grande Brera complex in Milan. The installation features a large rotating neon light and a wave machine inspired by Baroque theatrical machinery, with three rotating perspective rollers 10 meters wide creating the illusion of waves breaking on a shore. Curated by Anna Bernardini, former director of Villa Panza in Varese, the project references Nietzsche's concept of eternal return. Dynys describes the space as a "great prison of gray concrete" transformed into a "light and almost magical apparition." The work explores themes of space, time, and light, continuing the artist's decades-long research. Angelo Crespi, director of Grande Brera, calls Dynys "the most important Italian artist working between conceptual art, light, and traditional art" and sees the installation as a step toward Brera becoming a "motor of Italian contemporary art." The exhibition runs until September 7, 2025.