Tomaso De Luca's Horror Film-Inspired Show at Monitor Rome
Tomaso De Luca (Verona, 1988) presents 'Standards of Living' at Monitor gallery in Rome, a solo exhibition exploring the unsettling vitality of matter and the spectral voice of objects. The show, rooted in two years of research, asks what if matter rebels against human disruption by producing its own language. De Luca, winner of the 2020 Maxxi prize, populates the space with works that evoke an unmade horror film. Kinetic sculptures like 'Technology for a Ghost' (2024) and 'A Badly Made Box' (2024) combine obsolete technology with eerie soundscapes. Eight assemblages function as storyboards for the imagined film, transforming domestic experiences into horrific scenarios through sculpture, painting, collage, and drawing. The series 'Ghost Stories (Correspondance des vivants et des morts)' (2024) features bleached cyanotypes of web texts mixing crime news and ghost articles, inspired by an anonymous 1795 volume. The exhibition demands time for viewing and digestion, challenging perceptions of reality and identity.
Key facts
- Tomaso De Luca was born in Verona in 1988.
- He won the Maxxi prize in 2020.
- The exhibition is titled 'Standards of Living'.
- The show is at Monitor gallery in Rome.
- The exhibition includes kinetic sculptures 'Technology for a Ghost' (2024) and 'A Badly Made Box' (2024).
- There are eight assemblages acting as storyboards for an imagined horror film.
- The series 'Ghost Stories (Correspondance des vivants et des morts)' (2024) uses bleached cyanotypes.
- The series is inspired by an anonymous 1795 volume.
Entities
Artists
- Tomaso De Luca
Institutions
- Monitor
- Maxxi
Locations
- Verona
- Italy
- Rome