Under the guise of anticipating the future, science fiction speaks to us of the present. It is a laboratory of hypotheses that manipulate and extrapolate the repressive norms and dogmas of today’s world, its ambitions, social afflictions, opportunities and perils. A Gateway To Possible Worlds exhibition, curated by Alexandra Müller, brings together over 200 works from the late 1960s to the present day.
Art & science fiction whisks visitors away to a 2300m2 sci-fi world. It puts the spotlight on the bonds between imaginary worlds and our reality with the help of artists, authors, architects and film directors. It builds on current demands for 21st century utopias to spark debate, inspiration and a form of hope.
The project by the architects Clémence La Sagna, Achille Racine and Georgi Stanishev immerses spectators in a science-fiction environment. Starting from a very ordinary archetype, the famous museum “white cube”, they have subverted and undermined it through a series of interventions: wide cracks open up gaps with porous areas between the spaces. The gaps act as passageways, whilst some walls are laid bare to reveal their structure, like flayed architecture.
Some floor slabs are missing to give a glimpse of the technical floor below, some gaps host films that are visible horizontally. It isn’t about creating a show-stopper but instead shaking up our senses to take us into another world and create a bond between container and content.
Curatore: Alexandra Müller Fino al 17 April 2023, Grande Nef e Galerie 3