Vertigo video art exhibition at MAST Bologna explores rapid societal changes
Curated by Urs Stahel, the exhibition 'Vertigo – Video scenarios of rapid changes' at Fondazione MAST in Bologna presents 34 video works by international artists including Richard Mosse, Cao Fei, Wang Bing, and Eva and Franco Mattes. Running from February 10 to June 30, 2024, the show is organized into six thematic sections addressing capitalist production, commerce, social contracts, altered human behavior, communication mutations, and environmental destruction. Highlights include Wang Bing's '15 hours' (2017) documenting a Chinese garment factory, Cao Fei's 'Asia One' (2018) set in Amazon warehouses, and Richard Mosse's immersive two-channel installation 'Broken Spectre' (2022) about Amazon rainforest devastation. Stahel notes that over 40% of the European population is abandoning traditional media, and the exhibition aims to systematically organize present chaos without oversimplifying complexity.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Vertigo – Video scenarios of rapid changes' at Fondazione MAST, Bologna
- Curated by Urs Stahel
- 34 video works by international artists
- Dates: February 10 to June 30, 2024
- Six thematic sections
- Includes works by Richard Mosse, Cao Fei, Wang Bing, Eva and Franco Mattes
- Wang Bing's '15 hours' (2017) documents 15-hour shifts in a Chinese garment factory
- Cao Fei's 'Asia One' (2018) is set in Amazon warehouses
- Richard Mosse's 'Broken Spectre' (2022) addresses Amazon deforestation
- Stahel states over 40% of European population abandons traditional media
Entities
Artists
- Urs Stahel
- Richard Mosse
- Cao Fei
- Wang Bing
- Eva and Franco Mattes
- Stefan Panhans
- Andrea Winkler
- Nina Fischer
- Maroan el Sani
- Laura Cocciolillo
Institutions
- Fondazione MAST
- Amazon
Locations
- Bologna
- Italy
- Zhejiang
- China