FRANCO VACCARI, ESPOSIZIONE IN TEMPO REALE N.45, 2017
Courtesy the artist and P420 Gallery, Bologna

FRANCO VACCARI, PROVVISTA DI RICORDI PER IL TEMPO DELL’ALZHEIMER, 2003, DIGITAL FILM FROM VHS, 21’57’’
Courtesy the artist and P420 Gallery, Bologna

When I visited the place I found myself in front of a massive building perfectly preserved, with a large room in the raised part that once served as a dormitory for soldiers guarding the City. I immediately thought of recreating a similar situation where, instead of soldiers, were going to spend the night not only the valiant exhibitions visitors, always willing to discover new experiences, but also the assorted group of curious people that represents the current version of the picaros, the beggars, the storytellers, the mendicant friars of the seventeenth century.

Franco Vaccari