Enne Boi Transforms TOAST Project Space into Imaginary Record Label

Enne Boi (b. 1989) presents a solo project at TOAST Project Space in Florence, converting the small booth into a temporary shop for Facciatosta Records, a fictional label specializing in erotic film soundtracks. The 45 rpm record covers become artworks displayed on wooden shelves, available for browsing. At the opening, DJ Per Signora (artist Luigi Presicce, acting as curator—though he prefers the term 'coach') scratched records. The project invites viewers to step outside traditional art-space-spectator dynamics, emphasizing shared, relaxed enjoyment of painting and music as equal languages. The covers and records evoke a nostalgic soft-porn aesthetic tied to 1970s erotic cinema and sexy comedies aired on private TV in the 1980s, a forbidden yet innocent realm. Enne Boi's painting exemplifies a fresh, robust expressionism seen among young Italian and international artists, often paired with a desire to transcend conventional exhibition spaces. TOAST Project Space, founded earlier this year by artist Stefano Giuri within the Manifattura Tabacchi—a 1930s industrial archaeology site designed by Pier Luigi Nervi—has become a hub for experimentation, hosting interventions by Rebecca Moccia, Marco Ceroni, and Guendalina Cerruti. Its small size allows it to adapt to each artist's intentions every two months.