Enter the ♡ is an audiovisual installation that introduces and contextualises Myein. The central image is a 3D piñata, mostly familiar to us from children’s parties. Traditionally, the piñata was part of a ritual that celebrated abundance; here it is used as a way of thinking about the use of archives in the gamification* of artworks.
* Gamification is the attempt to influence human behaviour through game mechanics and the promise of a reward.
“Myein” is an ancient Greek word meaning to close the eyes and the mouth to mirror the sense of unspeakableness when confronted with a mystery, such as faith. It refers to the overload of visual data that modern media unleashes on us and the resulting destruction of our attention span. In the work of Dorliguzzo and Santalucia, “myein” is a mechanism of defence and rejection. They also ask us what is left to celebrate when physical spaces such as libraries, archives and museums are being replaced by graphic reproductions and virtual spaces. The artists also became interested in the idea of sacrilege as a tool to disrupt the principles of power. Sacrilege does not have negative connotations for them: on the contrary, it is about being open to a new approach to images and artworks. This then raises a question: in an era where technical reproducibility offers an infinite potential for repurposing images, where artificial intelligence can create new masterpieces, how can we still read the pictorial surfaces of our museums? What value do we assign to them?
Concept Riccardo Santalucia and Gloria Dorliguzzo
Audiovisual installation Riccardo Santalucia
In cooperation with Kunstencentrum KAAP
With the support of Musea Brugge
Riccardo Santalucia (°1994, Milan) is an audiovisual artist, sound designer and coder who devises live performances and multimedia installations. He often works with generative systems, DIY software and field recordings. His use of computer technology is focused on creating devices that allow the subterranean connections between tradition and heritage and the culture of video gaming and what we call cyborgs to be navigated.
In 2022, he travelled to Tuscany, Italy, as part of his artistic research into traditional flag-waving and lacemaking. He is currently working on No Flag No Wind, You Flag I Wind, a performance about human ageing, which is a co-production with V2_Lab for Unstable Media in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
As a composer, Riccardo collaborates with other artists: in 2021, with the Venetian collective EXTRAGARBO on ACABADABRA (Kort Theater Rome, 2021); and between 2018 and 2021 with choreographer Ariella Vidach on ELLE_Vive, HABIT_data and HU_robot. He has been working with choreographer Gloria Dorliguzzo since 2019, and curated the sound design for the performance Folk Tales and the short film Skin/Out (which won the award for best experimental film at the Around International Film Festival // Barcelona and the Cinedans FEST). He has been the Sound Design thesis supervisor at IED Milan since 2021.
Gloria Dorliguzzo (°1984) is a choreographer. She approaches dance from the perspective of the martial art kenjutsu, the art of the Japanese sword, which she still practices. Encounters with Yoshito Ohono, Malù Airaldo, Adriana Boriello and Claudia Castellucci have had a strong impact on her research into physical expression. This research combines plasticity and compositional rhythm with a special focus on visual arts. As a performer, she has collaborated with international choreographers and directors, including Nikos Lagousakos, Cindy Van Acker, Crysanthi Badeka, Ariella Vidach and Giselle Vienne. Since 2018, she has worked as a performer and choreographer with director Romeo Castellucci, who choreographed Third Reich and Pavane for Prometheus. She will be choreographing MA Mystery11, a new piece by Romeo Castellucci created especially for the city of Elefnina, Capital of Culture in 2023. She debuted as an author in 2019 with Folk Tales at the Sant’Arcangelo Festival. She won best experimental film with Skin/Out at the Barcelona Film Fest and at Holland Cinedans. She will have her Lenz debut with Dies Irae, a concert/performance for 14 adolescent girls, inspired by the work of Galina Ustvolkaya. She is presenting her installation and performance Nynphenproject at Festival Eutopia in Lucca.
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