Magazzino Italian Art was pleased to present an interview with artist Bruna Esposito about her process and the work, Altri Venti – Ostro (2020), on view at Magazzino Italian Art from May 27, 2021 through September 13, 2021. In the interview the artist spoke about her four-decade commitment to sustainability. Her most recent installation Altri Venti – Ostro (2020) questioned the ubiquitous use of air conditioners to manipulate our environment. For Esposito, the air conditioner, considered good across the world, with its excessive consumption and release of pollutions into the environment, was a fertile point to posit the question: What will our world look like if we as a culture refused to live without personal comforts? Ostro is the first of several variations on a theme designed to evoke the winds of the Mediterranean, such as the libeccio, sirocco, and gregale.
The video’s narrative unfolds through footage of Altri Venti – Ostro installed at STUDIO STEFANIA MISCETT in Rome before it traveled to Magazzino as well as the installation process on the museum grounds.
Altri Venti – Ostro was selected among the winners of the 9th edition of the Italian Council 2020 - a program to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The participation in the program was promoted by the Cultural Association Mantellate – STUDIO STEFANIA MISCETTI, and realized in collaboration with several partners in addition to Magazzino Italian Art, including Bienalsur, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Italian Institute of Culture of Lisboa, Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci; and with the support of Tools for Culture. International promotion followed an itinerary of exhibitions and talks ending in Spring 2022 with the acquisition of the artwork by Museo Pecci.
Video by Domenico Palma.
