Emilio Vavarella's Solo Show Explores Machine Autonomy in Bologna

Emilio Vavarella (born 1989 in Monfalcone) presents a three-room exhibition at GalleriaPiù in Bologna. The first room features a montage of discarded documentary footage shot by animals that accidentally activated cameras, creating chaotic, unprecedented images. In the second room, the Latin phrase "Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum" comes to life: Vavarella uses 3D printing errors, stressing them to the limit to produce improbable sculptures that diverge from the original digital model, with the plotter autonomously generating art. The third room showcases total machine insubordination: a dating site hack caused robots to converse among themselves; Vavarella collected these dialogues, which play through speakers on robotic arms with random movements, making the sound indecipherable unless the listener is positioned correctly. The exhibition runs through 2017 at GalleriaPiù in Bologna.