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Here are our projects:
For Theory&Practice, Lorem presents Angle#07, a new chapter in the DRA+ narrative universe, that continues the research begun in the previous works. The video continues Lorem’s investigation into states of consciousness and so-called “mythological machines”: narrative systems built from textual archives selected and curated by the artist, then transformed through combinatory processes and statistical models. In Angle#07, this inquiry takes the form of an apparition: an angel embodying consciousness and self-awareness through an evanescent and refined visual language.
Lorem’s practice explores states of consciousness and emotional landscapes through intense and immersive audiovisual narratives. Among the early artists to experiment with machine learning in the audiovisual field, Lorem has progressively developed a distinctive aesthetic language capable of intertwining sound, image, and artificial intelligence across AV performances, installations, experimental films, and music productions. The project is directed by Francesco D’Abbraccio.
Angle#07 | Lorem
METRONOM | Via Carteria 10 | 41121 Modena
From June 3 to June 30, 2026 | 24h
For Theory&Practice, Giacomo Mercuriali created Life is Easy, a film that reflects the logic of contemporary existence. Blending visual aesthetics typical of online content—such as memes, reels, and advertisements—this AI-generated video work transforms ordinary moments into brief fragments of shared knowledge. Its fast-paced editing echoes the continuous consumption of social media, while the protagonist, the artist himself, stages and records his daily actions as if they were content intended for online circulation. The result is a kind of visual diary that examines how we narrate and make public our personal experience today.
Giacomo Mercuriali is an artist and professor of Cultural Anthropology and Phenomenology of Contemporary Art at the Fine Art Academies of Bergamo and Como.
Life is Easy | Giacomo Mercuriali
METRONOM | Via Carteria 10 | 41121 Modena
from April 29 to May 26, 2026 | 24h
For Theory & Practice, Vittorio Maria Dal Maso presents Mnemosyne and my Advance, a video work that explores the perceptual threshold between reality and fiction. On the screen, augmented images unfold through the interplay of elements drawn from the surrounding environment and digitally generated components. This interaction produces a dynamic visual field that heightens the viewer’s sensory engagement. The imagery draws both from historical archives and contemporary culture, assuming the role of conceptual icons that activate layers of memory and interpretation. Dal Maso employs the device of a “double” monitor: the represented, virtual screen—at times fragmented or broken—and the physical display of the Digital Video Wall onto which the work is projected. Through this strategy, the artist establishes a visual pairing that intensifies the dialogue between the real and the represented, inviting viewers to question the boundaries of perception and mediation.
Vittorio Maria Dal Maso is an artist engaged in the experimental construction of images through artificial intelligence. He is also the founder of 700×100®, a creative studio dedicated to research and artistic production enhanced by AI.
MNEMOSYNE AND MY ADVANCE | Vittorio Maria Dal Maso
METRONOM | Via Carteria 10 | 41121 Modena
From March 18 to April 14, 2026 | 24h
DIVERGENCES is a video work conceived by mixed-media artist Federica Sasso and sound artist Luca Pagan, who collaborate under the name 4E. During a live performance, a man who lost his left leg walks continuously on a treadmill, positioned within a sterile environment and fully immersed in a virtual reality simulation. The work reflects on how an external object is perceived both through digital systems and through embodied experience, connecting these dimensions to human perception of space and the stimuli that traverse it. The artists push the relationship between human beings and technology to its limits, inviting viewers to question the future transformations of interactions between the physical and the virtual, the role of ergonomic solutions, and the implications these may have within contemporary society.
Federica Sasso is a visual artist and researcher who uses photography, video, and artificial intelligence to explore the relationship between the human body and technology, as well as the boundary between the real and the virtual. Luca Pagan, a sound artist and performer, focuses his research on the interaction between sound, body, and space, with particular attention to sonic biofeedback and devices that integrate motion sensors, AI, and audio. Their collaboration led to the creation of studio 4E, an intermedial laboratory whose name refers to the four dimensions of cognition: embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended.
DIVERGENCES | Federica Sasso & Luca Pagan
METRONOM | Via Carteria 10 | 41121 Modena
From February 18 to March 10, 2026 | h24
The work is rooted in the research project The Y, initiated in 2016, in which the artist reconstructs, through digital technologies, the identity of her biological father whom she never knew. Using gaming software and 3D sculpture, Zari models his face and expressions, giving shape to a presence that is both artificial and intimate.
With the project We Have the Same Eyes, the artist establishes a virtual relationship with her father, developing an emotional connection that crosses the boundaries between reality and simulation.
The work begins with a single word “Daddy”, learned from her mother and visible in an archival family photograph. From this original fragment, the project evolves into a physical 3D sculpture of the father’s face, and then, through video, focuses on the complexity and variability of his expressions.
Alba Zari’s practice (Bangkok, 1987) integrates photography and virtual tools through a documentary-based approach to investigate social, cultural, and identity-related dynamics, with particular attention to themes of memory and mental health. Her work questions photography as both trace and construction of the gaze, balancing analytical rigor with poetic sensitivity. Biographical experience lies at the core of her practice. Continuous movement since childhood has contributed to shaping a perspective attentive to the social and political dimensions of places and to conditions of fragility and marginalization.
We Have the Same Eyes | Alba Zari
METRONOM | Via Carteria 10 | 41121 Modena
from 28 January to 17 February, 2026 | h24
