Domenico Mangano & Marieke van Rooy's 'Sonnet Cycle' Explores Post-Truth in Milan

The exhibition 'Sonnet Cycle' by Domenico Mangano (Palermo, 1976) and Marieke van Rooy (Weert, 1974), curated by Lorenzo Bruni, delves into the transmission of information in the age of social media and post-truth. The titular video features deliberately sulfurous images and incomprehensible traces that unfold through sonnets composed and recited by the artists in their respective languages, leaving the visitor free to imagine the city of Palermo. 'Fresh Sonnets' present fresh images fished from a nebulous magma, unusually juxtaposed to blur the line between familiar and foreign. In 'The Pure Truth About Strange People,' miniatures from the 1271 book 'Der naturen bloeme' by Jacob van Maerlant depict mysterious peoples—real or presumed—behind which the artists observe the observer, transforming the experience into a narrative of experience itself. The show aims to stimulate viewers to reflect on the importance of collective memory in an era where even a hoax can influence public opinion.