The Weight of a Broken Promise: Navigating the Absence of Debt
“Debt is a distorted promise, an idea that begins with the intention to create balance but ends up generating tension, control, even guilt.” This thought came to mind while examining the images of this exhibition, a space that feels suspended in time, empty, yet heavy. It’s intriguing, isn’t
Vladislav Markov, ’blood thinner, low-dose aspirin, best painkillers for kids’
It’s Friday night, November 15, I’m entering The Address Gallery building, a stunning space in a private courtyard in Brescia’s historical city centre. Through the passage between the street and the gallery, I can just hear the chaos of the opening, multiple voices and sounds from the audience
Towards a New Critical Perspective: Fakewhale Presents “Authors’ Insights”
In an increasingly dynamic and multifaceted artistic landscape, creating spaces for open reflection where authoritative and passionate voices can engage is essential. Responding to this need, Fakewhale’s Log proudly introduces the new format, “Authors Insights’”, which focuses on exp
Curator Spotlight #3: Chen Baoyang
In the third chapter of the “Curator Spotlight” series, the exploration into the intersection of digital artistic experimentation and the cultural dynamics of the contemporary Chinese art scene continues. The generalization capabilities of generative AI have profoundly transformed the pr
Arcangelo Sassolino at Villa Panza: The Mechanical Dance of Desire
Inside the Scuderia Grande at Villa Panza, visitors are immersed in a realm where time and movement take on physical form. “The Condition of Desire,” Arcangelo Sassolino’s latest installation, is a site-specific work that merges art, science, and philosophy in a dynamic dialogue with t
From Algorithms to Irony: The Evolving Language of Modern Sculpture
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” said the Red Queen in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1871). Well, in 2025 (or in our futuristic vision of 2024) six impossible things a day might even feel like too few, given how rapidly artificial intellig
Frictions: The Poetic Dance of Control, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Tobias Krämer’s Kinetic Sculptures
In the Frictions series, Tobias Krämer explores the tension between control and unpredictability through the use of rubber as a primary material and movement as an expressive language. These works transcend static sculpture, becoming bodies in motion animated by robotic motors that infuse them with
Skygolpe: Digital Maieutics
“The avant-garde is nothing more than a symptom still easy to ignore.” (Digital Maieutics, Skygolpe, p. 5, 2024) From December 19 to 21, 2024, the second U.S. exhibition in the Paint on Pixel series took place at 48 Hester Street in New York. This series had previously debuted in New York at Chr
Suspended in Transition: Peter Wächtler’s Exploration of Failure and Impermanence
Upon crossing the threshold of Peter Wächtler’s exhibition, “Crackers,” the first thing that captures our attention is the sensation of being in an environment suspended between construction and ruin. The vast, linear spaces of Simian, with their raw concrete floors and untreated
