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Luogo Pazzesco hosts on September 15 and 16, 2023, the site-specific installation Sproverbi (2023) by Orecchie D’Asino. The work consists of an installation and an unreleased video.
Sproverbi originates from an exercise and linguistic experimentation with proverbs: in a new combination, the beginning and the end of different sayings find an unexpected connection, generating observations and thoughts capable of maintaining their initial irony and the aura of mystery that characterizes the communicative and oratorical strength of these popular literary compositions. Orecchie D’Asino transforms Luogo Pazzesco into a village fair: a glass urn will contain slips of paper with reformulations of traditional proverbs, aiming to offer a reinterpretation of forms of popular and widespread communication. The precise statements that typically develop over the years with the goal of offering advice or warnings find in Sproverbi new combinations that, despite changing their original meaning, create new allusions and truths as valid as the original ones.
Orecchie D’Asino defines a dictionary of ‘sproverbi’ (pseudo-proverbs) that each visitor can discover by entering Luogo Pazzesco.
Orecchie D’Asino is a duo formed by Ornella De Carlo (1991) and Federica Porro (1994). Not favoring a single language, the duo continues their research by experimenting with various media, including installation, photography, video, and performance. Among the events they have participated in are festivals such as Cotonfioc Festival (2020), SIFEST OFF (2019), DIVAGO (2019), as well as solo and group exhibitions at Palmera Gallery, Bergen (2023); Bergen Atelier Gruppe (2023); and the Gajani Foundation, Bologna (2022).
Sproverbi
Luogo Pazzesco, Metronom, Via carteria 10,41121, Modena
