5 secondi

Like a flipbook, the volume—published by Arbor Editions and curated by Lisa Andreani—invites readers to reflect on the possibility of pausing, slowing down, and letting go. This is precisely what happens in 5 secondi, the work that gives the book and the exhibition—presented at the Fondazione Baruchello in Rome—their title. Martinucci documents an action performed in a public space. The central gesture—a simple fall—is broken down into one hundred and twenty frames, revealing the transformative potential of a fleeting instant. On one side, the volume gathers a polyphony of voices — Maria Alicata, Lisa Andreani, Damiano Gullì in conversation with the artist, Serena Schioppa, and Carla Subrizi — who reflect on the meaning and perception of a minimal span of time. On the other, it presents the artist’s exhibition project in the form of a cinematic flipbook and a record that emerges from the pages.

Speakers Lisa Andreani, independent curator and PhD researcher at IUAV University of Venice Andrea Martinucci, visual artist Edoardo Visalli, founder of the Bahut studio in Rome and editor at Arbor Editions

Moderator Damiano Gullì, Curator for Contemporary art and public program at Triennale Milano, and contributor to the book