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Elsewhere brooklyn calendar12/18/2023 This parable connects the exploitation of the Carrara quarries with one of the crucial transit points between Africa and Europe, through which thousands of migrants pass and die today, and through which fishermen and naval fleets have passed and perished in so many battles, from the Punic Wars to World War II. As part of a performance, the artist loaded this huge rock onto a merchant ship that navigated for three days a symbolic route between Italy, Malta, Tunisia, and Libya, and finally at a set point released it into the sea. On the upper floor, the imageless narrative of The Journey immerses us in the sea, expanding the acoustic and metaphorical range of the 20-ton block of Carrara marble that is at the origin of the work. By pointing out burning issues as energy wars, nuclear power, environmental regulation and recycling, Biscotti creates a small short-circuit within the art institution, illuminating and connecting all the works-here invisibly, while above it becomes visible as a labyrinth of tentacles. A Conductor is an example of the interests hidden in a material that the artist reuses to reconnect with society. Excavation as an interpretative opening meets extraction as a hole that we actively manipulate from the present. Similarly, the ceramics in Trees on Land, made from olive ash and clay, speak of the void left by the incinerated trees, burned in an attempt to contain the spread of a devastating plant bacteria. However, this creates a void where there was none, while generating new layers of decontextualised meaning (diaries, boxes, digital databases…). On the ground floor, the site of The City takes us underground to interpret, preserve, and archive the remains of a prehistoric city. In between, a work connects them physically and conceptually: A Conductor, a recycled cable from a decommissioned nuclear power station that is connected to the Art Centre’s electrical supply and provides power for the entire exhibition. For the exhibition at Fabra i Coats, curated by Joana Hurtado, Biscotti presents two large installations, The City and The Journey, accompanied by two respective sculptural works, Trees on Land and Drifting. Rossella Biscotti unravels layers of meaning and relational networks, as well as collective or individual imaginaries that alter the authorised version of the world in which we live.
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