Yuri Ancarani's video trilogy on social control at Castello di Rivoli

Yuri Ancarani (Ravenna, 1972) presents a new video trilogy at Castello di Rivoli, following its debut at Kunsthalle Basel. The trilogy, conceived as a modern triptych, focuses on three sites of social control: prison, stadium, and bank. It includes the award-winning San Vittore (2018), winner of the second edition of the Italian Council grant; the previously known San Siro (2014); and the new, still-in-progress San Giorgio (2019). San Vittore transforms Milan's San Vittore prison into an enchanted castle through drawings by children of inmates, supported by the association Bambinisenzasbarre, highlighting the tension between fragility and state authority. San Siro depicts the stadium's architecture as dystopian and expressionist, with fans likened to factory workers in Metropolis. San Giorgio enters a bank vault, where gold bullion contrasts with cold, controlled spaces and machines systematically destroy documents, questioning the absurdity of hyper-rationality. The exhibition is curated by Emanuela Termine.