Petr Davydtchenko's 'Perftoran' at Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi

Russian artist Petr Davydtchenko (born Sarov, 1986) presents 'Perftoran' at Palazzo Lucarini in Trevi, curated by Maurizio Coccia. The exhibition, returning after a year, critiques systemic power through textual works derived from pharmaceutical slogans, sculptural tables with lab flasks and monitors showing geo-financial documents, modular surfaces, hazmat suits, archive boxes, and beds. A video documents Davydtchenko eating a live bat. He repeated this performance at the Altare della Patria in Rome and delivered bats to Bergamo hospital to propose a vaccine from their blood. In a deconsecrated chapel, a lab has been set up where scientists collaborate with the artist to test natural substance combinations for immune potential. Posters reading 'Innovative Health' accompany the campaign. The title references Soviet professor Beloyartsev's persecution after his lab discoveries.