Curator Alessia Volpe turns a Naples flower shop into an invisible exhibition

In Naples, curator Alessia Volpe has transformed Tarsia, a non-profit space inside a plant and flower shop founded by artist Antonio Della Corte, into an invisible exhibition titled 'That the Body Is a Chorus, Bound to Disappear.' The show denies visitors visual access to artworks, replacing sight with sound and text. Works include Luzie Meyer's vocal piece, Florence Jung's naïve writings, and texts by the International Necronautical Society (INS). Volpe explains she aimed to counter Instagrammability and communication norms, giving the show a long, citation-like title. The only documentation is a fixed-camera video mimicking surveillance, lasting 2'16'' (the length of Meyer's song), pointing outward to the street. Volpe draws on Foucault's concept of heterotopia and Bonito Oliva's 'obligatory museum' for the Naples metro. She sees the project as a cleansing of the gaze and a practice of resistance, addressing death and disappearance in a space full of humidity and photosynthesis. The interview was conducted by Francesca Blandino for Artribune.