Stefano Cagol
dal 18/5/2012 al 29/6/2012
Segnalato da
18/5/2012
Stefano Cagol
Laznia Centre For Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Flower fear - sleep terror. The installation connects all the floors of the centre in a reflection on personal fears and collective fears: ascending/descending spiral as a metaphor of actual chronic behaviors and reactions influenced by the media, public opinion, politics, economy, and prejudices.
Curated by Kamila Wielebska
On the Night of Museums, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art presents FLOWER FEAR - SLEEP TERROR, the first intervention in Poland by the Italian artist Stefano Cagol.
This installation – specifically conceived for the site – connects all the floors of the centre in a reflection on personal fears and collective fears. Visitors of the institution are involved in experiencing the ascending/descending spiral as a metaphor of actual chronic behaviors and reactions influenced by the media, public opinion, politics, economy, and prejudices. By physical and mental borders.
“People manipulated by TV news, politics, market, etc. are like people who are asleep because they trust in what they hear. And this happens mechanically because we just need to trust somebody; the question 'who should we trust' sounds banal.” – Kamila Wielebska
Stefano Cagol’s installation is realized on the occasion of the presentation at Laznia CCA of his monograph in which Kamila Wielebska – among more-than-twenty art professionals – is part of an extended conversation with the artist. The monograph titled PUBLIC OPINION is edited by Andrea Viliani (2011, CHARTA, Milan, 232 pages, paperback, 30 x 23 cm, ISBN 978-88-8158-820-6).
Kamila Wielebska is an art critic and curator, and an editor-in-chief of Intertekst published by Laznia CCA
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Opening: May 19, h 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art
ul. Jaskolcza 1 80-767 Gdansk
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