Installation

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Romeo Castellucci

November 5 – 20, 2022

PREMIERE

Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am to 8 pm. On November 11 the installation will only be available until 6 pm Entrance with ticket for the 23rd International Exhibition

For the 23rd International Exhibition Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries, Romeo Castellucci – the Triennale’s Grand Invité 2021-2024 – investigates the unknown through an installation in which the mechanical element completely replaces the human. The work is set in dialogue with domani (“tomorrow”), a performance action presented in May as a preview of the Exhibition. “The job of living continues day after day in the fundamental duality of waking and sleeping. The supreme division of light and darkness is the false rhythm of an immobile, polar panorama that has swallowed up every word and every language. This silence is a ‘front’ that blends together the cradle and terror. A timeless sweetness, forced to exist in time…”

Romeo Castellucci – director and set, lighting and costumes designer – is known around the world for creating a language based on the totality of the arts and aimed at a holistic perception of a work of art. Born in Cesena in 1960, he has been active as an artist since the early 1980s and his works have been presented and produced by leading theaters and international festivals in over sixty countries across every continent. He has been director of the Theater Section at the Venice Biennale, artiste associé at the Avignon Festival and guest director at the Schaubühne Theater in Berlin. He is a member of the Royal Academy in Belgium, and was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale and an honorary degree from the University of Bologna. He has been made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic, and amongst his many top artistic prizes he has also won two Golden Mask for opera.

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Info

– The installation involves loud audio and situations of total darkness and bright light. The experience is not recommended for people with photosensitivity or epilepsy – On November 15, the installation was not accessible for a few hours due to a technical glitch, which is currently resolved. Apologizing for the inconvenience, we invite anyone who was unable to see it to return to Triennale with the ticket purchased on November 15 to visit the installation – Have you purchased a ticket or subscription for the 2022 theater season? Show it at the Triennale ticket office and you will get a discount to visit the 23rd International Exhibition

Credits

conception: Romeo Castellucci music: Scott Gibbons production & visual art supervisor: Istvan Zimmermann (Plastikart Studio) sound design, programming: Nicola Ratti engineering design: Franco Faggiotto with Amedeo Guizzi stage manager: Matteo Massocco project coordinator: Valentina Tescari engines, rigging: Studio 2 lights: NonSoloLed with the help of: Stefano Bardelli a Triennale Milano production on the occasion of the 23rd International Exhibition Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries