Sasso Carta Forbice: Playful Art Exhibition at Spazio 21 in Lodi
At Spazio 21 in Lodi, the group exhibition 'Sasso Carta Forbice' delves into themes of play, absurdity, poetic serendipity, and the ironies of existence. Among the highlights are Alessio Barchitta's tent that mimics a mini soccer field complete with unbreakable balls, and Gianfranco Baruchello's afterlife funeral trousseau. Bianca Pucciarelli brings a verbovisual poem to life, while Marco Cordero showcases impossible maps that lead to stone cairns. Daniela Novello reimagines everyday items in lead and wood, and Filippo La Vaccara's creations search for lightness. Nanni Balestrini's 1961 screen produces random poetry, and a 1972 pinball machine by William Terra and Corrado Costa features glowing letters. Luca Armigero's 2021 crypto art includes a QR code, culminating with Carla Sanguineti's tribute to the Moon and childhood.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Sasso Carta Forbice' at Spazio 21 in Lodi, 2021
- Features works by Alessio Barchitta, Gianfranco Baruchello, Tomaso Binga, Marco Cordero, Daniela Novello, Filippo La Vaccara, Nanni Balestrini, William Terra, Corrado Costa, Luca Armigero, Scarabottolo, Belli, and Carla Sanguineti
- Themes include play, nonsense, poetic chance, and irony
- Barchitta's tent simulates a mini soccer field with balls covered in recycled tiles
- Baruchello's funeral trousseau for the afterlife includes notes to never forget to laugh
- Tomaso Binga's verbovisual poem animates letters to praise the living
- Cordero's impossible maps lead to stone cairns with a gold-leaf stone
- Novello transforms everyday objects into lead and wood as contemporary archaeology
- La Vaccara's creatures on paper and wire include a superman without a cape and an oversized mallard
- Balestrini's 1961 screen generates random poems
- Terra and Costa's 1972 flipper with luminous letters under a veil dictates poems
- Armigero's crypto art installation uses a QR code to reveal a different reality
- Scarabottolo and Belli renew ex-voto tradition with body parts
- Sanguineti's work pays homage to the Moon, childhood, and Mother using photographs, mirrors, ribbons, feathers
Entities
Artists
- Alessio Barchitta
- Gianfranco Baruchello
- Bianca Pucciarelli
- Tomaso Binga
- Marco Cordero
- Daniela Novello
- Filippo La Vaccara
- Nanni Balestrini
- William Terra
- Corrado Costa
- Luca Armigero
- Scarabottolo
- Belli
- Carla Sanguineti
- Mercedes Auteri
Institutions
- Spazio 21
- Artribune
Locations
- Lodi
- Italy