STEFANO CAGOL
(Trento - IT 1969)
vive e lavora in Trentino Südtirol - ITlives and works in Trentino Südtirol - IT
AL PRIMA E AL DOPO (DI NOI) - 2024
installazionebulbo alogeno cinematografico sospeso, timer, materiale recuperato (specchi, metallo, vetro, alluminio)
dimensioni ambientali
TO THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER (OF US) -
2024
installationhang cinematographic halogen bulb,
found objects
(mirrors, glass, aluminum, metal)
site specific size
Stefano Cagol ha studiato all’Accademia di Brera, Milano, e alla Ryerson University, Toronto, con una borsa post-dottorato del governo canadese. Vincitore dell’Italian Council (2019), è stato, fra l’altro, Visiting all’ E.on Stiftung e Premio Terna per l’arte contemporanea. Lavora su arte concettuale, eco- e land-art, occupandosi da anni di confini, virus, bandiere, cambiamenti climatici. Ha partecipato a manifestazioni
internazionali (55a Biennale di Venezia, Manifesta 11, 1a Biennale di Xinjiang, 2a Biennale OFF del Cairo, 1a Biennale di Singapore). Sue personali si sono tenute, fra l’altro, al Centro CCA di Tel Aviv (2021), alla Galleria Civica/MART di Trento (2016), allo ZKM di Karlsruhe (2012). Numerose le partecipazioni a collettive dell’artista in Europa e in Asia, e, come performer, al Museo Wolfsburg (DE). Nell’opera in mostra, un reperto delle origini dell’era elettrica, la lampadina a incandescenza, è sospesa come sulla soglia del tempo nello scavo della cappella sottoposta alla navata settecentesca della posteriore cattedrale. A intervalli programmati, la lampadina, abbagliante come una Nana Rossa, illumina violentemente reperti fra i reperti, le pietre archeologiche e i detriti/rifiuti dell’antropocene contemporaneo, un caos di materiali riflettenti recuperati nella discarica di Noto. Il visitatore si trova così coinvolto in un viaggio attraverso lo spazio e il tempo, e nella riflessione sull’impatto dell’uomo e della sua azione.
courtesy l’artista
https://www.stefanocagol.com
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Stefano Cagol studied at the Brera Academy and Ryerson University in Toronto with a post-doctoral fellowship from the Government of Canada. Recipient of the Italian Council (2019) of the Italian Ministry of Culture, he was awarded as a Visiting of E.on Stiftung and with the Terna prize for Contemporary Art. His work in the fields of Conceptual Art, Environmental Art, Eco-Art and Land Art, has focused for years on borders, viruses, flags and climatic issues. He participated in biennials such as the 55th Venice Biennale, Manifesta 11, 2nd OFF Cairo Biennale, 1st Xinjiang Biennale, 1st Singapore Biennale. Among his solo exhibitions the CCA Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv (2021), the Galleria Civica in Trento/Mart (2016), ZKM Karlsruhe (2012). In addition to many participations in collective shows in Europe and Asia, Cagol acted as a performer at the Wolfsburg Museum (DE).
In the shown work, a relic from the infancy of the electric era, the incandescence bulb, hangs, as at a time threshold, over the dig of the chapel placed beneath the XVIII century nave of the later baroque cathedral. At planned intervals, the
bulb, dazzling like a red dwarf star, violently lights up relics among relics, both the archaeologic stones and the waste of today’s anthropocene, a chaos of reflecting debris collected at the Noto’s dump. The visitor is thus driven into a trip through space and time, and
called to reflect on human impact and its outcomes.
courtesy the artist
https://www.stefanocagol.com
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