Anthropocene Collection
At the Muse, Italy's first collection on the ongoing eco-social transformation
Science and Environmental Humanities join together in an exhibition that seeks to embrace, understand and shed light on the current environmental crisis and its social, economic, political and ethical complexities.
In the “Anthropocene Collection”, the language of art is the key to a synthesis, including an emotional one, of the complexity of the geological era in which we live.
The core of the works on display were acquired thanks to the calls for participation of PAC 2022-2023 – Piano per l’Arte Contemporanea (Plan for Contemporary Art) and of the Italian Council IX, and were selected and developed as part of the ‘We are the flood’ project – an experimental platform for expression and capacity building for artists and creative people involved in the context of ecological transformation, conceived and curated by the artist Stefano Cagol.
The exhibited works
- “The Flight of the Blind Eagle” (2019) by Sharbeek Amankul
- “Concierto para el Bioceno” (2020) by Eugenio Ampudia
- “Phytosynthesis. Antirrhinum Majus” (2022) by Stefano Caimi
- “Bivacco” (2019) by Hannes Egger
- “Postforma” (2022) by Angela Fusillo
- “Topografie immaginarie” (2022) by Micol Grazioli
- “Pattern of Dissolution” (2017) by Elena Lavellés
- “Ora” (2019) by Silvia Listorti
- “Still Burning” (2010) by Shahar Marcus
- “o.T. (CLOUDS) (Nuvole)” (2016) by Philipp Messner
- “Tra radici sopite e arida pietra” (2023) by Giulia Nelli
- “Tides in the Body” (2023) by Hannah Rowan
- “Looking through the clouds” (2021) by Giacomo Segantin
- “Sposare la notte Ep. I” (2022) by g. olmo stuppia
The works already produced by the “We Are the Flood” project were also included:
- “Review Preview” (2022) by Nezaket Ekici
- “Lacrima” (2022) by Mary Mattingly
As well as the work produced within the framework of the Italian Council IX call:
- “Over Time” (2021) by Laura Pugno, produced within the framework of the Italian Council IX call.
Anthropocene Dialogues
An opportunity to meet the artists featired in the exhibition and engage in “Anthropocene dialogues”, short conversations over a cup of tea.
Here is the schedule of the first events:
Dec. 7, 2024, 5 to 7 p.m.: talk with artist Micol Grazioli.
Dec. 21, 2024, 5 to 7 p.m.: talk with artist g. olmo stuppia.
Jan. 11, 2025, 5 to 7 p.m.: talk with artist Hannes Egger.
Jan. 18, 2025, 5 to 7 p.m.: talk with artist Silvia Listorti.
Source: https://www.muse.it
